Patents Examined by Phuong-Thao Cao
  • Patent number: 11250071
    Abstract: For a trigger-based contextual information feature, user generated content can be received and stored in a file. Context, including at least a timestamp, can be obtained and stored as metadata for the user generated content. A trigger to display contextual information can be received. In response to receiving the trigger, current context can be obtained, including at least a current timestamp. One or more contexts of the obtained context can be identified to provide as the contextual information based on the current context including an amount of time between the timestamp and the current timestamp; and provided for display along with the user generated content. Such a feature can facilitate effective recall of the purpose or original intent of content based, in part, on time from original note.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric B Thompson, Jason Silvis, Aaron Shepherd, Lyra Loxha
  • Patent number: 11243969
    Abstract: A system may include a server, which may receive a request from a customer device. The server may retrieve data records associated with the request from data sources. The server may process and present a standardized data record on analyst devices. The server may remove data gaps from the standardized data record, in response to receiving inputs from at least one analyst device. The server may generate and update status indicators on a user interface of each analyst device when any analyst device may operate on the standardized data record. The server may use a completed data record to generate a dynamic electronic document. The server may present the dynamic electronic document on a user interface of the customer device. The server may update values within the dynamic electronic document when there is a change in information within the data records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HITPS LLC
    Inventors: Mark Sayre, Ramiro Ballesteros
  • Patent number: 11232163
    Abstract: An e-commerce search ranking system is provided and generally includes a server (e.g., application server), a database, and a customer computing device. The server can obtain user search query listings associated with a search term of users' search sessions to determine user engagement of the items. The server also determines that the items, and any items appearing before the items in each user search query listing, were examined. The server can then aggregate the information in the database. The server can also determine additional search terms related to the search term of the users' search session, and obtain user search query listings for the additional search terms. The server can determine user engagement for items appearing in those user search query listings, and can aggregate that information in the database as well. The aggregated information can be used to determine a final item ranking for a search request inquiry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Zhenrui Wang, Onur Gungor, Sreenivasa Prasad Sista
  • Patent number: 11232253
    Abstract: When different client devices request the same document, most of content of the response from the server (i.e. the response document from a web server) will be the same. Embodiments allow the client devices to use fingerprints, i.e. hashes, sent by a capture system to pinpoint only the changing portions of the document instead of sending the entire document. In various embodiments, the client compares client-generated fingerprints for the document with capture system-generated fingerprints for most likely appearing portions of text of the document or related documents to fully represent and sends to the capture system the client document in a compact and efficient way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Quantum Metric, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Luciano Ciabarra, Jr., Yiduo Wang
  • Patent number: 11222129
    Abstract: A first request to perform an entity resolution operation is received from a first client. The first request is related to a first record uploaded by the first client. The first record has one or more first attributes. The first record is stored in a secure data store. The first request is transmitted to a first program split of a secure multi-party computation. An entity resolution operation is performed by the first program split of the secure multi-party computation and by a third program split of the secure multi-party computation. The entity resolution operation is performed based on the received request. The entity resolution operation is related to the first record and one or more second records uploaded to the secure data store by a second client. The third program split of the secure multi-party computation operates in the secure data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeb R. Linton, Dennis Kramer, Michael Amisano, John Melchionne
  • Patent number: 11222061
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating accurate digital media clusters corresponding to predicted distribution classes from a repository of digital media based on network distribution history. For example, a digital media clustering system can apply machine learning models at a remote server (based on network distribution history of a network account of a user) to generate predicted distribution classes for future electronic communications. The remote server can provide the predicted distribution classes to a user client device for secure local analysis of digital media stored at the client device. Based on the predicted distribution classes and the stored digital media, the client device can suggest digital media items to distribute via a networking system. Thus, the disclosed system can surface digital media content without providing any information regarding the digital media items stored at the client device to a remote server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Yue Zhao, Yu Wang, William Samuel Bailey, Mari Sheibley
  • Patent number: 11216418
    Abstract: A method for use in a computing device having a storage arranged in accordance with a local file system to seamlessly access information for files of a cloud storage system (CSS), the storage being separate from the CSS. The method comprises: receiving, by the computing device, metadata for at least one directory of the CSS; creating in the local file system, based on the received metadata for the at least one directory, a directory structure consisting of at least one directory, the directory structure being in correspondence with the structure of the at least one directory of the CSS for which the metadata was received; and upon receiving a request for a listing of a directory in the CSS, providing the directory listing directly, based on the directory structure of the local file system, for directories of the CSS for which, and to the extent, that metadata was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CTERA Networks, Ltd.
    Inventor: Aron Brand
  • Patent number: 11204968
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a platform is provided that utilizes information available to a computer system to feed a neural network. The neural network is trained to determine both the probability that a searcher would select a given potential search result if it was presented to him or her and the probability that a subject of the potential search result would respond to a communication from the searcher. These probabilities are essentially combined to produce a single score that can be used to determine whether to present the searcher with the potential search result and, if so, how high to rank the potential search result among other search results. In a further example embodiment, embeddings used for the input features are modified during training to maximize an objective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Liu, Daniel Sairom Krishnan Hewlett, Qi Guo, Wei Lu, Xuhong Zhang, Wensheng Sun, Mingzhou Zhou, Anthony Hsu, Keqiu Hu, Yi Wu, Chenya Zhang, Baolei Li
  • Patent number: 11204940
    Abstract: Data replication conflict processing after structural changes to a database is provided by a method that includes identifying a structural change made to a database record of a database at a target site, recognizing, based at least in part on the structural change, a conflict in a replication operation to be performed at the target site to replicate, to the target site, change data from a source site, and performing conflict processing, the conflict processing including applying one or more modifications to the change data to comport with the structural change made to the database record of the database at the target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gregg A. Upton
  • Patent number: 11188423
    Abstract: Operating a data processing and storage apparatus to perform continuous backup monitoring for a collection of stored file system objects. In response to changes respective to a number of the file system objects, a set of Data Management Application Program Interface (DMAPI) events is created. For each of the events, accessory file system object information relative to a file system object subject to the change is determined. The events are grouped into an event group and a unique group identifier and an overall group size count are assigned to each of the events included in the event group. The events are sent together with the respective accessory file system object information, the respective group identifier and the respective group size to a number of backup clients registered as applications. The backup clients are to process the events together with the respective accessory file system object information, the respective group identifier and the respective group size into a number of backup requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nils Haustein, Fabian Kuhl, Christian Mueller, Dominic Mueller-Wicke, Thomas Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11169983
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for generating a transactional change tracking summary for a database. A method includes executing a transaction on a table of a database, wherein the table includes a micro-partition and the transaction is executed on the micro-partition. The method includes, in response to the transaction being fully executed, generating a change tracking entry comprising an indication of one or modifications made to the table by the transaction. The method includes storing the change tracking entry in a change tracking stream, wherein the change tracking stream includes one or more sequential change tracking entries that each correspond to a different transaction that is fully executed on the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Subramanian Muralidhar, Istvan Cseri, Torsten Grabs, Benoit Dageville
  • Patent number: 11151093
    Abstract: Distributed system controllers provide on-demand data access in complex, heterogenous data storage. In one embodiment, the distributed system controllers respond to name space metadata event messages published on a persistent message but to maintain a common name space in a complex of heterogenous data storage systems. In one embodiment, data unit access request metadata messages are propagated in recursive, cascading hops along a persistent message bus until the requested data unit is located and retrieved. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Harold J. Roberson, II, Christopher J. Tan, Robert B. Basham
  • Patent number: 11106720
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to generate session information based on information regarding items of a plurality of item types associated with interactions performed by active users of a social networking system. A graph is generated based on the session information. At least a first item of the items is assigned to a cluster based on similarity between the item and the cluster. The cluster is provided to a recommender system to facilitate selection of relevant information for potential presentation to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Bradley Ray Green
  • Patent number: 11106746
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. An informational database may be analyzed based upon an entity to identify an informational article. The informational article may be analyzed to identify one or more first references associated with a first sentiment category and/or one or more second references associated with a second sentiment category. Sentiment tags, indicative of sentiment categories, may be assigned to one or more first reference content items associated with the one or more first references and/or to one or more second reference content items associated with the one or more second references. For each content item of a plurality of content items associated with the entity, a sentiment category associated with the content item may be determined based upon a comparison of the content item with the one or more first reference content items and the one or more second reference content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: Shaunak Mishra, Aasish Kumar Pappu, Lakshmi Narayan Bhamidipati
  • Patent number: 11100157
    Abstract: A processor may create a preference vector by generating preference vector entries in fields that correspond to content attributes associated with at least one media program presented via a media device, each entry including a playback duration and a year. The processor may create a media entity matrix of entity vectors for entities associated with production of media programs. For each entity vector, the processor may generate matrix entries in fields that correspond to content attributes associated with at least one media program associated with the entity, each matrix entry including a year and a score, the score weighted by an epoch factor based upon a time span associated with the at least one media program presented via the media device. The processor may determine entity rankings based upon dot products between the preference vector and the entity vectors and provide a recommendation based upon the rankings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Raymond Hsu, Ashok Sahu
  • Patent number: 11086887
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, a search query from a client device; obtaining, by the computing device, classification and confidence information by applying natural language classification to the search query; generating, by the computing device, search results based on the classification and confidence information, wherein a ratio of the search results is based on the classification and confidence information; and providing, by the computing device, the search results to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lisa Seacat DeLuca
  • Patent number: 11086840
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for generating a transactional change tracking summary for a database. A method includes executing a transaction on a table of a database, wherein the table includes a micro-partition and the transaction is executed on the micro-partition. The method includes, in response to the transaction being fully executed, generating a change tracking entry comprising an indication of one or modifications made to the table by the transaction. The method includes storing the change tracking entry in a change tracking stream, wherein the change tracking stream includes one or more sequential change tracking entries that each correspond to a different transaction that is fully executed on the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Subramanian Muralidhar, Istvan Cseri, Torsten Grabs, Benoit Dageville
  • Patent number: 11080233
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, system, and device for generating and managing archived data. To illustrate, an archive request including an indication of a first set of files is received from an entity device. Archive information is generated based on the first set of files and stored at a first storage location and the first set of files are transmitted to an archival storage location. After the storage at the archival storage location, the archive information is accessed from the first storage location based on a retrieval request from the entity device and a request is transmitted to the archival storage location based on the archive information. The first set of files are received from the archival storage location and stored at a second storage location. A notification is sent to the entity device indicating the first set of files are available at the second storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: JFrog Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoav Landman
  • Patent number: 11068511
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining information related to a plurality of communication interactions between a first user and at least one other user, wherein each of the communication interactions is associated with a communication source and wherein the obtained information identifies a response by the first user to a received communication; constructing a plurality of relationship graphs for the user, wherein each relationship graph corresponds to one communication source and wherein each of the relationship graphs indicates (i) relationships between the first user and at least one other user and (ii) a condition of each of the relationships with respect to other relationships within the relationship graph; and constructing an aggregate relationship graph, wherein the constructing an aggregate relationship graph comprises computing an importance score for each relationship between the user and another user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vijay Ekambaram, Ramasuri Narayanam, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11068357
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing restore operations for data packets by a restore agent is provided. The apparatus predicts a first time period of completing a first restore operation for the data packets and determines a second time period of performing the first restore operation until the first restore operation is stopped at a point of time. The apparatus also identifies an incomplete status of the first restore operation at the point of time based on a comparison between the first time period and the second time period, and collects information describing the incomplete status. The apparatus further starts a second restore operation for the data packets from the incomplete status based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Mahesh Reddy A. V., Swaroop Shankar DH, Mahantesh Ambaljeri, Chetan Battal