Patents by Inventor Frank-Robert Kline, III

Frank-Robert Kline, III has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reducing description length based on confidence
    Patent number: 11755276
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example, a user request for a media item is received. Based on the user request, at least one media item and a description of the at least one media item are identified. A confidence level is obtained that an identified media item of the at least one media item corresponds to the requested media item. In accordance with a determination that the confidence level exceeds a first confidence threshold, a length of the identified description is reduced to obtain a modified description and the modified description of the identified media item is provided in a first spoken response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James Sinesio, Patrick L. Coffman, Frank-Robert Kline, III, Sara E. Kufeldt, Robert Macrae, Kranti K. Parisa, Ankur Goyal
  • REDUCING DESCRIPTION LENGTH BASED ON CONFIDENCE
    Publication number: 20210357172
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example, a user request for a media item is received. Based on the user request, at least one media item and a description of the at least one media item are identified. A confidence level is obtained that an identified media item of the at least one media item corresponds to the requested media item. In accordance with a determination that the confidence level exceeds a first confidence threshold, a length of the identified description is reduced to obtain a modified description and the modified description of the identified media item is provided in a first spoken response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew James SINESIO, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Frank-Robert KLINE, III, Sara E. KUFELDT, Robert MACRAE, Kranti K. PARISA
  • System and method for decentralized online data transfer and synchronization
    Patent number: 8955103
    Abstract: A method of sharing data is disclosed. A request from a client node to access data in a share associated with a server node is received. A communication from a management nexus is received. The communication includes a confirmation of an identity of the client node and a confirmation of an authorization for the client node to access the data in the share associated with the server node. The client node is allowed to access the data in the share associated with the server node based on the communication from the management nexus. However, the data is not sent to the management nexus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hightail, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank-Robert Kline, III, Aaron Moise Nathan, Jonathan R. Schoenberg