Patents by Inventor Ran MOKADY
Ran MOKADY 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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Publication number: 20240118093Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to techniques for proactively delivering navigation options to a user via a mobile device. In various embodiments, one or more navigation options can be determined for the user and delivered to the user's mobile device at a relevant time. Navigation options can be selected based on the user's current location, the user's future plans, the time, and other locally relevant information, such as friends nearby or a nearby favorite location of the user. The navigation options can be delivered to the user's mobile device at a time that the navigation options are relevant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Gary Voronel, Donald Barnett, Timothy Wantland, Ran Mokady, Amid Moradganjeh
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Patent number: 11821735Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to techniques for proactively delivering navigation options to a user via a mobile device. In various embodiments, one or more navigation options can be determined for the user and delivered to the user's mobile device at a relevant time. Navigation options can be selected based on the user's current location, the user's future plans, the time, and other locally relevant information, such as friends nearby or a nearby favorite location of the user. The navigation options can be delivered to the user's mobile device at a time that the navigation options are relevant.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gary Voronel, Donald Barnett, Timothy Wantland, Ran Mokady, Amid Moradganjeh
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Patent number: 11722571Abstract: Methods and devices for causing a communications session between a first device and a second device to end based on lack of speech activity are described herein. In some embodiments, a communications between a first device and a second device may be initiated by the first device, where a first user account associated with the first device is authorized to initiate communications session with the second device by a second user account. After the communications session is started, audio data is received by a speech activity detection system, which determines whether the audio data represents speech or non-speech. If, after the communications session begins, non-speech is detected by the first device for more than a predefined amount of time, then the communications session is caused to end so that the first device is not capable of receiving video and/or audio associated with the second device.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mario Chenier, Tony Roy Hardie, Nawdesh Uppal, Brian Oliver, Ran Mokady
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Patent number: 11721332Abstract: In various embodiments, a voice command is transmitted while the user is performing an activity. The user’s activity is determined, along with follow on actions for the request. If the user is performing an interaction-limiting activity, subsequent actions may be presented in a simplified display to reduce the likelihood that user interacts with the display. Additionally, certain follow on actions may be considered complex. If a complex follow on action occurs during an interaction-limiting activity, the request may be flagged and delayed until the user has completed the interaction-limiting activity.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ran Mokady, Kris Jones, Vishnu Vijay, Mark Elliott, John Stephen Mintoft
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Patent number: 11657812Abstract: Methods and systems for providing message playback using a shared electronic device is described herein. In response to receiving a request to output messages, a speech-processing system may determine a group account associated with a requesting device, and may determine messages stored by a message data store for the group account. Speaker identification processing may also be performed to determine a speaker of the request. A user account associated with the speaker, and messages stored for the user account, may be determined. A summary response indicating the user account's messages and the group account's message may then be generated such that the user account messages are identified prior to the group account's messages. The messages may then be analyzed to determine an appropriate voice user interface for the requester such that the playback of the messages using a shared electronic device is more natural and conversational.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Brian Oliver, Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, Gregory Michael Hart, Ran Mokady
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Patent number: 11632345Abstract: Systems and methods to prevent or diminish message thread explosion are disclosed. Message data sent between members of a communal profile and/or between members of multiple communal profiles may be consolidated into a single message thread, which may be displayed on devices associated with the members associated with of the communal profile(s). Consolidation of the message data into a communal message thread may allow users to more intuitively view conversations between members of their communal profile and/or between members of their communal profile and other communal profiles without viewing individual message threads between members of the communal profile(s).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brandon Taylor, Chris Parker, Ran Mokady, Christo Frank Devaraj, Nancy Yi Liang, Blair Harold Beebe
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Patent number: 11564090Abstract: Techniques for enabling a system to verify operations or transactions as being associated with a user account are described. A system receives message data associated with an unverified operation or an unverified transaction. The system generates first audio data that includes a representation of a first digital signature based on at least a first verification code. The system sends a message including second message data with an ability to output the first audio data responsive to first device playing the first audio data within earshot of the second device. The system receives, from a second device, second audio data that represents the first audio data. The system determines that the second audio data includes an audio representation of a second digital signature based on at least the first verification code. The system verifies the unverified operation and associates the operation with the user account to indicate that the operation is a verified operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ran Mokady, Samuel Scott Gigliotti
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Publication number: 20220252407Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to techniques for proactively delivering navigation options to a user via a mobile device. In various embodiments, one or more navigation options can be determined for the user and delivered to the user's mobile device at a relevant time. Navigation options can be selected based on the user's current location, the user's future plans, the time, and other locally relevant information, such as friends nearby or a nearby favorite location of the user. The navigation options can be delivered to the user's mobile device at a time that the navigation options are relevant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Gary Voronel, Donald Barnett, Timothy Wantland, Ran Mokady, Amid Moradganjeh
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Publication number: 20220165268Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for outputting indications regarding voice-based interactions are described. A first speech-controlled device detects spoken audio corresponding to recipient information. The first device captures the audio and sends audio data corresponding to the captured audio to a server. The server determines a second speech-controlled device of the recipient and sends a signal to the recipient's second speech-controlled device representing a message is forthcoming. The recipient's second speech-controlled device outputs and indication representing a message is forthcoming.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Manish Kumar Dalmia, Tony Roy Hardie, Ran Mokady, Nick Ciubotariu, Sandra Lemon
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Patent number: 11320274Abstract: Various embodiments pertain to techniques for proactively delivering navigation options to a user via a mobile device. In various embodiments, one or more navigation options can be determined for the user and delivered to the user's mobile device at a relevant time. Navigation options can be selected based on the user's current location, the user's future plans, the time, and other locally relevant information, such as friends nearby or a nearby favorite location of the user. The navigation options can be delivered to the user's mobile device at a time that the navigation options are relevant.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gary Voronel, Donald Barnett, Timothy Wantland, Ran Mokady, Amid Moradganjeh
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Patent number: 11264030Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for outputting indications regarding voice-based interactions are described. A first speech-controlled device detects spoken audio corresponding to recipient information. The first device captures the audio and sends audio data corresponding to the captured audio to a server. The server determines a second speech-controlled device of the recipient and sends a signal to the recipient's second speech-controlled device representing a message is forthcoming. The recipient's second speech-controlled device outputs and indication representing a message is forthcoming.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Manish Kumar Dalmia, Tony Roy Hardie, Ran Mokady, Nick Ciubotariu, Sandra Lemon
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Patent number: 11240331Abstract: Methods and devices for causing a communications session between a first device and a second device to end based on lack of speech activity are described herein. In some embodiments, non-speech may be detected for both the first device and the second device. If the non-speech associated with the first device is determined to occur at a substantially same time as the non-speech associated with the second device, then this may indicate that no individuals are talking within earshot of their respective devices. Furthermore, the non-speech detected by the first device and the non-speech detected by the second device may both be of an amount of time that is greater than a predefined temporal threshold. If so, then the communications session may be caused to end because speech activity has not been detected by either device for more than the predefined temporal threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mario Chenier, Tony Roy Hardie, Nawdesh Uppal, Brian Oliver, Ran Mokady
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Patent number: 11184580Abstract: Various other embodiments enable a processing device to receive at least a first set of images from a capture device. In some cases, the first set of images is a video clip captured using a first frame rate over a first duration of time. In some embodiments, the processing device analyzes the first set of images to determine one or more properties associated with the images. Based upon the determined properties, some embodiments modify and playback the first set of images at a second frame rate over a second duration of time.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mart Kelder, Alexey Romanovsky, Xianing Zhu, Ran Mokady
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Publication number: 20210210094Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating communications between shared electronic devices are described herein. In some embodiments, a group account may be assigned to a shared electronic device. The group account may include one or more user accounts, where individuals associated with those user accounts may interact with the shared electronic device, and also may form a part of the group account. When a message is sent from one shared electronic device to another personal device or shared electronic device, the message may be indicated as being sent from the group account, as if the shared electronic device corresponds to its own separate account. In some embodiments, speaker identification processing may be employed to determine a speaker of the message and, if the speaker is able to be identified, the message may be sent from the corresponding speaker's user account instead of the shared electronic device's corresponding group account.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Venkata Krishnan Ramamoorthy, Gregory Michael Hart, Samuel Scott Gigliotti, Scott Southwood, Ran Mokady, Hale Sostock, Roman Yusufov
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Publication number: 20210110823Abstract: Methods and systems for providing message playback using a shared electronic device is described herein. In response to receiving a request to output messages, a speech-processing system may determine a group account associated with a requesting device, and may determine messages stored by a message data store for the group account. Speaker identification processing may also be performed to determine a speaker of the request. A user account associated with the speaker, and messages stored for the user account, may be determined. A summary response indicating the user account's messages and the group account's message may then be generated such that the user account messages are identified prior to the group account's messages. The messages may then be analyzed to determine an appropriate voice user interface for the requester such that the playback of the messages using a shared electronic device is more natural and conversational.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Brian Oliver, Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, Gregory Michael Hart, Ran Mokady
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Patent number: 10916243Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating communications between shared electronic devices are described herein. In some embodiments, a group account may be assigned to a shared electronic device. The group account may include one or more user accounts, where individuals associated with those user accounts may interact with the shared electronic device, and also may form a part of the group account. When a message is sent from one shared electronic device to another personal device or shared electronic device, the message may be indicated as being sent from the group account, as if the shared electronic device corresponds to its own separate account. In some embodiments, speaker identification processing may be employed to determine a speaker of the message and, if the speaker is able to be identified, the message may be sent from the corresponding speaker's user account instead of the shared electronic device's corresponding group account.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Venkata Krishnan Ramamoorthy, Gregory Michael Hart, Samuel Scott Gigliotti, Scott Southwood, Ran Mokady, Hale Sostock, Roman Yusufov
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Patent number: 10887764Abstract: Techniques for enabling a system to verify that contact data are to be added to a user account are described. A system receives message data. The system generates first audio data that includes a representation of a verification code. The system sends a message comprising the audio data to a first device. The system receives, from a second device, second audio data that represents the first audio data. The system confirms that the second audio data included a representation of the verification code, and then verifies that the contact data is to be added to the user account.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ran Mokady, Samuel Scott Gigliotti
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Patent number: 10811012Abstract: Methods and systems for providing message playback using a shared electronic device is described herein. In response to receiving a request to output messages, a speech-processing system may determine a group account associated with a requesting device, and may determine messages stored by a message data store for the group account. Speaker identification processing may also be performed to determine a speaker of the request. A user account associated with the speaker, and messages stored for the user account, may be determined. A summary response indicating the user account's messages and the group account's message may then be generated such that the user account messages are identified prior to the group account's messages. The messages may then be analyzed to determine an appropriate voice user interface for the requester such that the playback of the messages using a shared electronic device is more natural and conversational.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Brian Oliver, Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, Gregory Michael Hart, Ran Mokady
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Patent number: 10750116Abstract: A system is configured to synchronize a first video, a second video, and an audio track. The system analyzes image content associated with the first video and the second video to obtain a first subset of images of the first video and a second subset of images of the second video. The system then determines a music beat of the audio track to be synchronized with one of the first subset of images or the second subset of images. The system then adjusts a framerate of the first subset of images or the second subset of images based on the determined music beat to synchronize the first subset of images or the second subset of images. The first subset of images and the second subset of images may then be combined, which the system then plays back from a designated playback slot along with the audio track.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mart Kelder, Alexey Romanovsky, Xianing Zhu, Ran Mokady
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Publication number: 20200143811Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for outputting indications regarding voice-based interactions are described. A first speech-controlled device detects spoken audio corresponding to recipient information. The first device captures the audio and sends audio data corresponding to the captured audio to a server. The server determines a second speech-controlled device of the recipient and sends a signal to the recipient's second speech-controlled device representing a message is forthcoming. The recipient's second speech-controlled device outputs and indication representing a message is forthcoming.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Christo Frank Devaraj, Manish Kumar Dalmia, Tony Roy Hardie, Ran Mokady, Nick Ciubotariu, Sandra Lemon