Patents by Inventor Okan Kolak
Okan Kolak 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).
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Patent number: 11979518Abstract: In some implementations, an utterance that requests a voice call is received, the utterance is classified as spoken by a particular known user, the particular known user is determined to be associated with a personal voice number, and in response to determining that the particular known user is associated with a personal voice number, the voice call is initiated with the personal voice number.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Vinh Quoc Ly, Raunaq Shah, Okan Kolak, Deniz Binay, Tianyu Wang
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Patent number: 11947603Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating terms of a search query based on a user's spoken utterances, identifying multiple cross-platform messages based on the generated terms, and to generating, via a presentation device, a single interface that enables the user to interact with identified messages. Based on a spoken utterance, the disclosed embodiments may determine user-specified search terms and/or criteria, and based on the user-specified search terms and/or criteria, may obtain cross-platform message data that corresponds to the search query. The communications device may generate one or more interface elements that describe corresponding ones of the cross-platform messages, which may be presented within a unified graphical user interface or voice-user interface by a communications device.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Vinh Quoc Ly, Ahmet Onur Tekdas, Timo Mertens, Okan Kolak, Charles Randell Sievert, Christine Nguyen, Jin Lu
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Patent number: 11935530Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for using a multimodal response in the dynamic generation of client device output that is tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions etc. A multimodal response can include a core message to be rendered for all interaction types as well as one or more modality dependent components to provide a user with additional information.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: April Pufahl, Jared Strawderman, Harry Yu, Adriana Olmos Antillon, Jonathan Livni, Okan Kolak, James Giangola, Nitin Khandelwal, Jason Kearns, Andrew Watson, Joseph Ashear, Valerie Nygaard
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DYNAMICALLY DELAYING EXECUTION OF AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ACTIONS AND/OR BACKGROUND APPLICATION REQUESTS
Publication number: 20230410804Abstract: Implementations set forth herein allow a user to access a first application in a foreground of a graphical interface, and simultaneously employ an automated assistant to respond to notifications arising from a second application. The user can provide an input, such as a spoken utterance, while viewing the first application in the foreground in order to respond to notifications from the second application without performing certain intervening steps that can arise under certain circumstances. Such intervening steps can include providing a user confirmation, which can be bypassed, and/or time-limited according to a timer, which can be displayed in response to the user providing a responsive input directed at the notification. A period for the timer can be set according to one or more characteristics that are associated with the notification, the user, and/or any other information that can be associated with the user receiving the notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Denis Burakov, Sergey Nazarov, Behshad Behzadi, Mario Bertschler, Bohdan Vlasyuk, Daniel Cotting, Michael Golikov, Lucas Mirelmann, Steve Cheng, Zaheed Sabur, Okan Kolak, Yan Zhong, Vinh Quoc Ly -
Publication number: 20230353671Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indicating callers for incoming voice calls. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions receiving an incoming voice call, determining a calling number and a called number from the incoming voice call, identifying a user account that corresponds to the called number, determining a contact name for the calling number based on contact entries for the user account, and providing the contact name for output.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Ahmet Onur Tekdas, Raunaq Shah, Deniz Binay, Tianyu Wang, Okan Kolak
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Patent number: 11758042Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indicating callers for incoming voice calls to a shared device among multiple users. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions receiving an incoming voice call, determining a calling number and a called number from the incoming voice call, identifying a user account that corresponds to the called number, determining a contact name for the calling number based on contact entries for the user account, and providing the audible contact name for output to the device speaker.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Ahmet Onur Tekdas, Raunaq Shah, Deniz Binay, Tianyu Wang, Okan Kolak
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Dynamically delaying execution of automated assistant actions and/or background application requests
Patent number: 11749280Abstract: Implementations set forth herein allow a user to access a first application in a foreground of a graphical interface, and simultaneously employ an automated assistant to respond to notifications arising from a second application. The user can provide an input, such as a spoken utterance, while viewing the first application in the foreground in order to respond to notifications from the second application without performing certain intervening steps that can arise under certain circumstances. Such intervening steps can include providing a user confirmation, which can be bypassed, and/or time-limited according to a timer, which can be displayed in response to the user providing a responsive input directed at the notification. A period for the timer can be set according to one or more characteristics that are associated with the notification, the user, and/or any other information that can be associated with the user receiving the notification.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Denis Burakov, Sergey Nazarov, Behshad Behzadi, Mario Bertschler, Bohdan Vlasyuk, Daniel Cotting, Michael Golikov, Lucas Mirelmann, Steve Cheng, Zaheed Sabur, Okan Kolak, Yan Zhong, Vinh Quoc Ly -
Publication number: 20230237104Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating terms of a search query based on a user's spoken utterances, identifying multiple cross-platform messages based on the generated terms, and to generating, via a presentation device, a single interface that enables the user to interact with identified messages. Based on a spoken utterance, the disclosed embodiments may determine user-specified search terms and/or criteria, and based on the user-specified search terms and/or criteria, may obtain cross-platform message data that corresponds to the search query. The communications device may generate one or more interface elements that describe corresponding ones of the cross-platform messages, which may be presented within a unified graphical user interface or voice-user interface by a communications device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Vinh Quoc Ly, Ahmet Onur Tekdas, Timo Mertens, Okan Kolak, Charles Randell Sievert, Christine Nguyen, Jin Lu
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Publication number: 20230208969Abstract: In some implementations, an utterance that requests a voice call is received, the utterance is classified as spoken by a particular known user, the particular known user is determined to be associated with a personal voice number, and in response to determining that the particular known user is associated with a personal voice number, the voice call is initiated with the personal voice number.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Vinh Quoc Ly, Raunaq Shah, Okan Kolak, Deniz Binay, Tianyu Wang
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DYNAMICALLY DELAYING EXECUTION OF AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ACTIONS AND/OR BACKGROUND APPLICATION REQUESTS
Publication number: 20230125662Abstract: Implementations set forth herein allow a user to access a first application in a foreground of a graphical interface, and simultaneously employ an automated assistant to respond to notifications arising from a second application. The user can provide an input, such as a spoken utterance, while viewing the first application in the foreground in order to respond to notifications from the second application without performing certain intervening steps that can arise under certain circumstances. Such intervening steps can include providing a user confirmation, which can be bypassed, and/or time-limited according to a timer, which can be displayed in response to the user providing a responsive input directed at the notification. A period for the timer can be set according to one or more characteristics that are associated with the notification, the user, and/or any other information that can be associated with the user receiving the notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Denis Burakov, Sergey Nazarov, Behshad Behzadi, Mario Bertschler, Bohdan Vlasyuk, Daniel Cotting, Michael Golikov, Lucas Mirelmann, Steve Cheng, Zaheed Sabur, Okan Kolak, Yan Zhong, Vinh Quoc Ly -
Patent number: 11622038Abstract: In some implementations, an utterance that requests a voice call is received, the utterance is classified as spoken by a particular known user, the particular known user is determined to be associated with a personal voice number, and in response to determining that the particular known user is associated with a personal voice number, the voice call is initiated with the personal voice number.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Vinh Quoc Ly, Raunaq Shah, Okan Kolak, Deniz Binay, Tianyu Wang
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Patent number: 11595514Abstract: In some implementations, a determination that a first party has spoken a query for a voice-enabled virtual assistant during a voice call between the first party and a second party is made, in response to the determination that the first party has spoken the query for the voice-enabled virtual assistant during the voice call between the first party and the second party, the voice call between the first party and the second party is placed on hold, a determination that the voice-enabled virtual assistant has resolved the query is made, and in response to the determination that the voice-enabled virtual assistant has handled the query, the voice call between the first party and the second party is resumed from hold.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Vinh Quoc Ly, Raunaq Shah, Okan Kolak, Deniz Binay, Tianyu Wang
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Patent number: 11562036Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating terms of a search query based on a user's spoken utterances, identifying multiple cross-platform messages based on the generated terms, and to generating, via a presentation device, a single interface that enables the user to interact with identified messages. Based on a spoken utterance, the disclosed embodiments may determine user-specified search terms and/or criteria, and based on the user-specified search terms and/or criteria, may obtain cross-platform message data that corresponds to the search query. The communications device may generate one or more interface elements that describe corresponding ones of the cross-platform messages, which may be presented within a unified graphical user interface or voice-user interface by a communications device.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Vinh Quoc Ly, Ahmet Onur Tekdas, Timo Mertens, Okan Kolak, Charles Randell Sievert, Christine Nguyen, Jin Lu
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Patent number: 11558501Abstract: In some implementations, a determination that a first party has spoken a query for a voice-enabled virtual assistant during a voice call between the first party and a second party is made, in response to the determination that the first party has spoken the query for the voice-enabled virtual assistant during the voice call between the first party and the second party, the voice call between the first party and the second party is placed on hold, a determination that the voice-enabled virtual assistant has resolved the query is made, and in response to the determination that the voice-enabled virtual assistant has handled the query, the voice call between the first party and the second party is resumed from hold.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Vinh Quoc Ly, Raunaq Shah, Okan Kolak, Deniz Binay, Tianyu Wang
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Dynamically delaying execution of automated assistant actions and/or background application requests
Patent number: 11545151Abstract: Implementations set forth herein allow a user to access a first application in a foreground of a graphical interface, and simultaneously employ an automated assistant to respond to notifications arising from a second application. The user can provide an input, such as a spoken utterance, while viewing the first application in the foreground in order to respond to notifications from the second application without performing certain intervening steps that can arise under certain circumstances. Such intervening steps can include providing a user confirmation, which can be bypassed, and/or time-limited according to a timer, which can be displayed in response to the user providing a responsive input directed at the notification. A period for the timer can be set according to one or more characteristics that are associated with the notification, the user, and/or any other information that can be associated with the user receiving the notification.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Denis Burakov, Sergey Nazarov, Behshad Behzadi, Mario Bertschler, Bohdan Vlasyuk, Daniel Cotting, Michael Golikov, Lucas Mirelmann, Steve Cheng, Zaheed Sabur, Okan Kolak, Yan Zhong, Vinh Quoc Ly -
Publication number: 20220051675Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for using a multimodal response in the dynamic generation of client device output that is tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions etc. A multimodal response can include a core message to be rendered for all interaction types as well as one or more modality dependent components to provide a user with additional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: April Pufahl, Jared Strawderman, Harry Yu, Adriana Olmos Antillon, Jonathan Livni, Okan Kolak, James Giangola, Nitin Khandelwal, Jason Kearns, Andrew Watson, Joseph Ashear, Valerie Nygaard
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Patent number: 11194874Abstract: Systems and methods for ranking communities based on content are described. A method includes receiving a search query from a user device of a first user of a social network. The method further includes analyzing content within groups of the social network to identify one or more of the groups that have content related to the search query. The method may further include ranking the identified groups for presentation of the identified groups in a ranked order on a client device in response to the search query, where ranking of the identified groups is based on a corresponding majority or total amount of members that have posted content matching the search query, and spam content used within the groups by members of the groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Bryan Christopher Horling, Okan Kolak
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Publication number: 20210368042Abstract: In some implementations, an utterance that requests a voice call is received, the utterance is classified as spoken by a particular known user, the particular known user is determined to be associated with a personal voice number, and in response to determining that the particular known user is associated with a personal voice number, the voice call is initiated with the personal voice number.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Vinh Quoc Ly, Raunaq Shah, Okan Kolak, Deniz Binay, Tianyu Wang
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Patent number: 11164576Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for using a multimodal response in the dynamic generation of client device output that is tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions etc. A multimodal response can include a core message to be rendered for all interaction types as well as one or more modality dependent components to provide a user with additional information.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: April Pufahl, Jared Strawderman, Harry Yu, Adriana Olmos Antillon, Jonathan Livni, Okan Kolak, James Giangola, Nitin Khandelwal, Jason Kearns, Andrew Watson, Joseph Ashear, Valerie Nygaard
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DYNAMICALLY DELAYING EXECUTION OF AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ACTIONS AND/OR BACKGROUND APPLICATION REQUESTS
Publication number: 20210335356Abstract: Implementations set forth herein allow a user to access a first application in a foreground of a graphical interface, and simultaneously employ an automated assistant to respond to notifications arising from a second application. The user can provide an input, such as a spoken utterance, while viewing the first application in the foreground in order to respond to notifications from the second application without performing certain intervening steps that can arise under certain circumstances. Such intervening steps can include providing a user confirmation, which can be bypassed, and/or time-limited according to a timer, which can be displayed in response to the user providing a responsive input directed at the notification. A period for the timer can be set according to one or more characteristics that are associated with the notification, the user, and/or any other information that can be associated with the user receiving the notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Denis Burakov, Sergey Nazarov, Behshad Behzadi, Mario Bertschler, Bohdan Vlasyuk, Daniel Cotting, Michael Golikov, Lucas Mirelmann, Steve Cheng, Zaheed Sabur, Okan Kolak, Yan Zhong, Vinh Quoc Ly