Patents Examined by Abul K. Azad
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Patent number: 11961516Abstract: A method for computer control of online social interactions based on conversation processing. A portion of a conversation with a given user is recorded, stored in memory, and processed so as to influence subsequent interactions. These may include audio or other contextualized annunciations of subsequent telephone calls. Other modes addressing conversational processing for social purposes can result in interwoven conversation guided among threads of interest, advertising and incented participation of conversational content and placement. The invention is capable of implementation in telecommunications systems such as cellular, local exchange, and VOIP, and in combination with other forms of internet-based telecommunication, including smart phones and adaptive forums chat rooms.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Conversation Processing Intelligence, Corp.Inventors: Richard Leeds, Elon Gasper
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Patent number: 11954439Abstract: A data labeling method and device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: based on a knowledge graph, remotely acquiring data to be labeled; performing data cleaning and pre-labeling to the data to be labeled, to obtain pre-labeled data; and performing labeling correction to the pre-labeled data.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Bingqian Wang
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Patent number: 11922930Abstract: A system and method for contextualized communication events and notifications for project management based on conversation processing. A portion of a conversation with a given user is recorded, stored in memory, and processed so as to influence subsequent interactions. These may include audio or other contextualized annunciations of related information and expectations concerning project responsibilities, schedules, and dependencies. Subsequent meetings and telephone calls may chivvy the project along through reminders of potential compliance or noncompliance with stated and accepted assignments. Other modes addressing conversational processing for social purposes can result in interwoven conversation guided among threads of interest, advertising and incented participation of conversational content and placement.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Conversation Processing Intelligence, Corp.Inventors: Richard Leeds, Elon Gasper
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Patent number: 11922950Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes receiving audio input by a microphone of an access control device that controls access through a passageway, processing an audio signal associated with the audio input to identify and authenticate a user, determining a command corresponding with the audio signal in response to identification and authentication of the user, and performing at least one action that corresponds with the command.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLCInventors: Daniel Langenberg, Joseph W. Baumgarte, Joshua Long, Brady Plummer, John D. Goodwin, Dakoda Johnson, Benjamin J. Hopkins, Robert Prostko, Robert Martens
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Patent number: 11922962Abstract: A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Seungkwon Beack, Tae Jin Lee, Min Je Kim, Kyeongok Kang, Dae Young Jang, Jeongil Seo, Jin Woo Hong, Chieteuk Ahn, Ho Chong Park, Young-cheol Park
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Patent number: 11922935Abstract: A voice interaction method, where a service type set on which a user has a voice interaction intention is predicted based on a target event that can trigger voice interaction, and when a service type of a first service expressed by a voice instruction is a target service type in the service type set, the first service is executed.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zijuan Shi, Weiran Nie
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Patent number: 11914787Abstract: Disclosed is a method for a social interaction by a robot device. The method includes receiving an input from a user, determining an emotional state of the user by mapping the received input with a set of emotions and dynamically interacting with the user based on the determined emotional state in response to the input. Dynamically interacting with the user includes generating contextual parameters based on the determined emotional state. The method includes determining an action in response to the received input based on the generated contextual parameters and performing the determined action. The method further includes receiving another input from the user in response to the performed action and dynamically updating the mapping of the received input with the set of emotions based on the other input for interacting with the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kachana Raghunatha Reddy, Vanraj Vala, Barath Raj Kandur Raja, Mohamed Akram Ulla Shariff, Parameswaranath Vadackupurath Mani, Beda Prakash Meher, Mahender Rampelli, Namitha Poojary, Sujay Srinivasa Murthy, Amit Arvind Mankikar, Balabhaskar Veerannagari, Sreevatsa Dwaraka Bhamidipati, Sanjay Ghosh
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Apparatus and method for selecting one of a first encoding algorithm and a second encoding algorithm
Patent number: 11908485Abstract: An apparatus for selecting one of a first encoding algorithm having a first characteristic and a second encoding algorithm having a second characteristic for encoding a portion of an audio signal to obtain an encoded version of the portion of the audio signal has a first estimator for estimating a first quality measure for the portion of the audio signal, which is associated with the first encoding algorithm, without actually encoding and decoding the portion of the audio signal using the first encoding algorithm. A second estimator is provided for estimating a second quality measure for the portion of the audio signal, which is associated with the second encoding algorithm, without actually encoding and decoding the portion of the audio signal using the second encoding algorithm. The apparatus has a controller for selecting the first or second encoding algorithms based on a comparison between the first and second quality measures.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Emmanuel Ravelli, Stefan Doehla, Guillaume Fuchs, Eleni Fotopoulou, Christian Helmrich -
Patent number: 11908476Abstract: An artificial intelligence enabled system is disclosed. The system includes a core component for enabling AI-powered interactions between the system and its users and one or more agents that understand user intent and automatically interact with products and services on the web and/or in the physical world through imitation of a human user.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Rabbit Inc.Inventors: Cheng Lyu, Peiyuan Liao, Zhuoheng Yang
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Patent number: 11900924Abstract: A semantic parsing method includes extracting, by a first server, a first entity of a first slot from a first user sentence, modifying the first entity to a second entity of a second slot when the first entity is a pronoun, sending a first server request to a second server, and obtaining a first service result from the second server in response to the first service request. The first service request includes indication information of a first intention and the first entity, the second server is an application server that provides a first skill, and the first service result is based on the first intention and the first entity. The first server returns the first service result to a device to output by the device.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Qing Zhang, Wei Yang, Lianghe Zhang, Yibo Zhang
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Patent number: 11900962Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus for voice activity detection (VAD). The VAD comprises creating a signal indicative of a primary VAD decision and determining hangover addition. The determination on hangover addition is made in dependence of a short term activity measure and/or a long term activity measure. A signal indicative of a final VAD decision is then created.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventor: Martin Sehlstedt
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Patent number: 11886822Abstract: Methods, apparatus, system and computer-implemented method are provided for embedding a portion of text describing one or more entities of interest and a relationship. The portion of text describes a relationship for the one or more entity(ies) of interest, where the portion of text includes multiple separable entities describing the relationship and the entity(ies). The multiple separable entities including the one or more entity(ies) of interest and one or more relationship entity(ies). A set of embeddings for each of the separable entities is generated, where the set of embeddings for a separable entity includes an embedding for the separable entity and an embedding for at least one entity associated with the separable entity. One or more composite embeddings may be formed based on at least one embedding from each of the sets of embeddings. The composite embedding(s) may be sent for input to a machine learning model or classifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BenevolentAI Technology LimitedInventors: Paidi Creed, Aaron Jefferson Khey Jin Sim
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Patent number: 11887609Abstract: An apparatus for estimating an inter-channel time difference between a first channel signal and a second channel signal, includes: a calculator for calculating a cross-correlation spectrum for a time block from the first channel signal in the time block and the second channel signal in the time block; a spectral characteristic estimator for estimating a characteristic of a spectrum of the first channel signal or the second channel signal for the time block; a smoothing filter for smoothing the cross-correlation spectrum over time using the spectral characteristic to obtain a smoothed cross-correlation spectrum; and a processor for processing the smoothed cross-correlation spectrum to obtain the inter-channel time difference.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Eleni Fotopoulou, Markus Multrus, Guillaume Fuchs, Emmanuel Ravelli, Markus Schnell, Stefan Doehla, Wolfgang Jaegers, Martin Dietz, Goran Markovic
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Patent number: 11875240Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for tuning a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model based on a knowledge base. Instead of manually generating questions relevant to the knowledge base, providing those questions to the generative AI model, and manually reviewing the answers generated by the generative AI model in order to tune the generative AI model over many iterations, a natural language processing model may be configured to leverage the knowledge base to automatically generate questions and answers based on the knowledge base. In this manner, the natural language processing model is able to generate tuning data that may be used to automatically tune the generative AI model. The systems and methods also disclose automatic tuning of the generative AI model, including testing and feedback that may be used to improve tuning of the generative AI model.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Dusan Bosnjakovic, Anshuman Sahu
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Patent number: 11868736Abstract: Introduced here is a computer program that is representative of a software-implemented collaboration platform that is designed to facilitate conversations in virtual environments, document those conversations, and analyze those conversations, all in real time. The collaboration platform can include or integrate tools for turning ideas—expressed through voice—into templatized, metadata-rich data structures called “knowledge objects.” Discourse throughout a conversation can be converted into a transcription (or simply “transcript”), parsed to identify topical shifts, and then segmented based on the topical shifts. Separately documenting each topic in the form of its own “knowledge object” allows the collaboration platform to not only better catalogue what was discussed in a single ideation session, but also monitor discussion of the same topic over multiple ideation sessions.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Moonbeam, Inc.Inventors: Nirav S. Desai, Trond Tamaio Nilsen, Philip Roger Lamb
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Patent number: 11869499Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an extracting unit (133) that extracts a changing message related to a change in macro data (M), the changing message including at least one piece of first information indicating a function to be executed, and second information linked to the first information, from a user speech; a presuming unit (134) that presumes an element to be changed in the macro data (M) based on the changing message extracted by the extracting unit (133); and a changing unit (135) that changes the element to be changed in the macro data (M) presumed by the presuming unit (134), based on the changing message.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yuhei Taki, Hiro Iwase, Kunihito Sawai, Masaki Takase, Akira Miyashita
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Patent number: 11869496Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing device that processes a voice-based agent interaction, and an information processing method, and provides an information processing system. The information processing device is provided with: a communication unit that receives information related to an interaction with a user through an agent residing in a first apparatus; and a control unit that controls an external agent service. The control unit collects the information that includes at least one among an image or a voice of the user, information related to operation of the first apparatus by the user, and sensor information detected by a sensor with which the first apparatus is equipped. The control unit controls calling of the external agent service.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Hara, Shinpei Kameoka
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Patent number: 11847421Abstract: A discussion support device acquires, via a communication network, a plurality of comments relating to a main topic of a discussion, extracts a plurality of ideas, a plurality of favorable points, a plurality of unfavorable points, and a plurality of issues from the acquired plurality of comments, identifies a topology between the extracted plurality of ideas, plurality of favorable points, plurality of unfavorable points, and plurality of issues, and creates a facilitation structure to realize the identified topology.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Takayuki Ito, Shun Shiramatsu, Shota Suzuki
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Patent number: 11837230Abstract: Network source identification via audio signals is provided. A system receives data packets with an input audio signal from a client device. The system identifies a request. The system selects a digital component provided by a digital component provider device. The system identifies audio chimes stored in memory of the client device. The system matches, based on a policy, an identifier of the digital component provider device to a first audio chime stored in the memory of the client device. The system determines, based on a characteristic of the first audio chime, a configuration to combine the digital component with the first audio chime. The system generates an action data structure with the digital component, an indication of the first audio chime, and the configuration. The system transmits the action data structure to the client device to cause the client device to generate an output audio signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventor: Peter Kraker
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Patent number: 11830483Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for processing man-machine dialogues, which includes: acquiring a first user voice message from a client; determining a dialogue intent corresponding to the first user voice message; determining a target duplex wake-up mode corresponding to the dialogue intent based on an intent wake-up mode table, wherein the intent-wake mode table includes duplex wake-up modes corresponding to a plurality of candidate dialogue intents respectively, and the duplex wake-up modes comprise a full-duplex wake-up mode and a half-duplex wake-up mode; and sending a wake-up mode instruction corresponding to the target duplex wake-up mode to the client, such that the client processes the first user voice message according to the target duplex wake-up mode. Using the method and apparatus for carrying out the method, the wake-up mode of the client may be switched dynamically.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AI SPEECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Xinwei Yang