Patents Examined by Quoc A. Tran
  • Patent number: 10977424
    Abstract: An example method involves (i) accessing first data defining multiple portions of a content item, wherein at least a plurality of the portions represent text; (ii) selecting, from the plurality of portions representing text, a subset of the portions representing text, wherein the selecting is based on each portion of the selected subset having a particular characteristic; (iii) based on the text represented by the portions of the selected subset, generating second data that represents a concatenation of the text represented by the portions of the selected subset; and (iv) providing output based on the generated second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Gracenote Digital Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri, Gregory P. Defouw
  • Patent number: 10971190
    Abstract: In an example implementation, a method is described. The implementation accesses a plurality of media clips including a first video clip and a second video clip, matches a first fingerprint of the first video clip with a second fingerprint of the second video clip. The implementation also matches a first event location of the first video clip with a second event location of the second video clip, determines an overlap of the first video clip with the second video clip based at least in part on the match of the first fingerprint with the second fingerprint and the match of the first event location with the second event location, merges the first and second video clips into a group of overlapping video clips based on the overlap, and generates a presentation that includes the group formed by merging the first and second video clips based on the overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale T. Roberts, Randall E. Cook, Markus K. Cremer
  • Patent number: 10970091
    Abstract: A mobile app is analyzed to determine each UI configuration in a set of UI configurations that is reachable in a possible use of the mobile app. A set of elements used in the mobile app relative to a selected UI configuration from the set of UI configurations is detected. A function performed by a selected element relative to the selected UI configuration is analyzed. The function is matched with a function identified in a hierarchy of elements, the hierarchy being applicable to a plurality of mobile apps. A category of the function identified in the hierarchy is assigned to the selected element. Using the hierarchy, a type of development skill used in developing the selected element is determined. In a blueprint of the mobile app, the category, the type of the development skill, and a numerosity of occurrences of the selected element in the mobile app are output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frederick H. Balboni, Blaine H. Dolph, Raman Harishankar, Susan L. Sylvia, Catalin Sava, Ram Viswanathan
  • Patent number: 10970475
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for suggesting revisions to a document-under-analysis (“DUA”) from a seed database, the seed database including a plurality of original texts each respectively associated with one of a plurality of final texts. The method includes tokenizing the DUA into a plurality of statements-under-analysis (“SUAs”), selecting a first SUA of the plurality of SUAs, generating a first similarity score for each of the plurality of the original texts, the similarity score representing a degree of similarity between the first SUA and each of the original texts, selecting a first candidate original text of the plurality of the original texts, and creating an edited SUA (“ESUA”) by modifying a copy of the first SUA consistent with a first candidate final text associated with the first candidate original text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BLACKBOILER, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Herr, Daniel P. Broderick, Daniel Edward Simonson
  • Patent number: 10963152
    Abstract: Techniques for map interface interaction are described. One example method includes receiving user input specifying a map search operation, the map search operation including a first location and a distance determining point each specifying a location in a set of map data representing a physical area; determining a selected distance between the first location and the distance determining point, wherein the selected distance represents a physical distance between the physical locations represented by the first location and the distance determining point; determining a demarcated range based on the first location and the selected distance, the demarcated range representing a subset of the physical area; and displaying one or more target objects in the demarcated range as a search result set, each target object associated with a physical location in the subset of the physical area represented by the demarcated range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10943064
    Abstract: One or more table content documents (TCDs) can be constructed for a set of tabular data or portion thereof. A set of query features corresponding to a question can be matched to one or more TCDs. A respective candidate answer can be generated for each of the one or more TCDs having a set of features matching the set of query features above a threshold. Zero or more candidate answers can be output to a user consumable data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ashish Mungi, Purushothaman K. Narayanan, Ankur Parikh
  • Patent number: 10936172
    Abstract: A method of computerized presentation of a document set view for auditing information of a set of documents. The method includes the initial step of receiving on a computer a selection of an original document. The original document has multiple pages with each of the pages of the original document having corresponding page content. A selection is received from the user of a first region a page of the original document. This process is repeated to retrieve a text string from all of the pages. An addendum document with multiple pages is received. A text string is retrieved from the pages of the addendum document without user intervention. A document set view is provided using the retrieved text stings and displayed for the user to update the associated information and thus allowing for the user to perform a data audit of the automated portion of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Bluebeam, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Wezorek, Elliot Chenault
  • Patent number: 10929265
    Abstract: Optimizing automated interactions with web pages by identifying, for each of multiple web pages, path information including an incoming hyperlink path having at least one hyperlink, where the incoming hyperlink path leads to the web page, and/or an outgoing hyperlink path having at least one hyperlink, where the outgoing hyperlink path emanates from the web page, determining whether the path information of each of the web pages meets a similarity condition, excluding from an interaction set of the web pages any of the web pages whose path information meets the similarity condition, and causing an automated interaction to be performed with any of the web pages in the interaction set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Igal Kreichman, Omer Tripp
  • Patent number: 10929598
    Abstract: At least one XML document to be validated is parsed, and XML data in the at least one XML document is represented as data objects in at least one data object model in a memory. At least one rule document is parsed and a rule object model that includes rule objects is created in the memory. At least part of the data objects are extracted from the at least one data object model and at least part of rule objects are extracted from the rule object model. Partial validation is performed in a corresponding execution context that validates the extracted at least part of the data objects based upon the extracted at least part of the rule objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Baldwin, Duncan G. Clark, Xin Peng Liu, Xi Ning Wang, Liang Xue, Yu Chen Zhou
  • Patent number: 10929479
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for using linked documents. A system may receive, from a computing device, a request for a document. Content of the document may be defined based on state information and stateless information. A system may determine a local replica of the document in a local database. The local replica of the document may be linked to a primary replica of the document. The local replica of the document may include a snapshot of the primary replica of the document. The primary replica of the document may be stored in a remote database which may be accessible through a remote server. The system may subscribe to the primary replica of the document through the remote server, and may provide access to the document to the computing device based at least in part on the subscription to the primary replica of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: David Skiff, Peter Wilczynski, Timothy Wilson, John Carrino
  • Patent number: 10928216
    Abstract: As part of a technique for positioning viewports over interactive digital maps, a digital map of a geographic area is provided via a user interface of a computing device. The currently visible portion of the digital map is displayed in a viewport. A user gesture is detected, where the user gesture communicates a particular acceleration to the viewport, along a particular direction, to move the viewport from its current position to a target position over the digital map. A current user context for the digital map is determined. A new position of the viewport over the digital map is determined in accordance with (i) the user gesture and (ii) the current user context, such that the new position is different from the target position, and the viewport is moved from its current position to the new position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: David X. Wang, Stephen Broadfoot, Fabian Tamp, Robertus Christianus Elisabeth Mariet, Taylah Hasaballah
  • Patent number: 10923155
    Abstract: In an example implementation, a method is described. The implementation accesses a plurality of media clips including a first video clip and a second video clip. The implementation also matches a first fingerprint of at least a part of the first video clip with a second fingerprint of at least a part of the second video clip. The implementation also determines a temporal overlap of the first video clip with the second video clip based at least in part on the match. The implementation also, based on the temporal overlap of the first video clip with the second video clip, merges the first video clip and the second video clip into a group of overlapping video clips, and transmits, to a client computing device, data identifying the group of overlapping video clips and specifying a synchronization of the first video clip with the second video clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale T. Roberts, Randall E. Cook, Markus K. Cremer
  • Patent number: 10915703
    Abstract: At least one XML document to be validated is parsed, and XML data in the at least one XML document is represented as data objects in at least one data object model in a memory. At least one rule document is parsed and a rule object model that includes rule objects is created in the memory. At least part of the data objects are extracted from the at least one data object model and at least part of rule objects are extracted from the rule object model. Partial validation is performed in a corresponding execution context that validates the extracted at least part of the data objects based upon the extracted at least part of the rule objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Baldwin, Duncan G. Clark, Xin Peng Liu, Xi Ning Wang, Liang Xue, Yu Chen Zhou
  • Patent number: 10909427
    Abstract: A method and device for classifying webpages are provided. The method comprises: parsing a plurality of webpage elements from a webpage to be predicted; predicting a candidate webpage classification to which the webpage to be predicted belongs respectively according to respective webpage elements; and determining a final webpage classification of the webpage to be predicted by comparing the candidate webpage classifications predicted respectively based on the respective webpage elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING QIHOO TECHOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED, QIZHI SOFTWARE (BEIJING) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jinping Chen
  • Patent number: 10910015
    Abstract: In an example implementation, a method is described. The implementation accesses a plurality of media clips and metadata for the plurality of media clips. The implementation also uses the metadata for the plurality of media clips to select, from the plurality of media clips, a subset of media clips including a first media clip and a second media clip. The implementation also matches a first fingerprint of at least a part of the first media clip with a second fingerprint of at least a part of the second media clip. The implementation also determines a temporal overlap of the first media clip with the second media clip based at least in part on the match. The implementation also, based on the temporal overlap, merges the first media clip and the second media clip into a group of overlapping media clips, and generates a presentation that includes the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale T. Roberts, Randall E. Cook, Markus K. Cremer
  • Patent number: 10902194
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for handing approximate (or uncertain) values in spreadsheet applications. More specifically, the technology describes spreadsheet applications that support arrays or sets of approximate (or uncertain) values as native entities. An approximate (or uncertain) value may be the value of a cell of the spreadsheet that is resolvable by formula, charts and other functionalities. In some implementations, approximate values may include a range of data and a probability distribution that can be automatically created by the spreadsheet application, generated based on context, input by the user, etc. Because the approximate (or uncertain) value is natively available, it can be incorporated in a spreadsheet like other values. Additionally, the approximate (or uncertain) values can automatically propagate through a spreadsheet calculation to obtain a final approximate result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Blunt Toronto, Advait Sarkar, Christian Mendel Canton, Andrew Donald Gordon, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Johnny Campbell, Anusha Iyer
  • Patent number: 10884765
    Abstract: An object configuration graphical user interface including a set of configurable objects in a content region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Model N, Inc.
    Inventors: Rinku A. Daxini, Wilson Lau, Kavita Waldia, Victor Yemelianenko
  • Patent number: 10867127
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating tables from print-ready digital source documents. A document is received and one or more text fragments are identified on a rendered page of the document. A wrapping region collection is generated, comprising one or more wrapping regions. A tabular, narrative and label score is generated for each wrapping region. A block type is assigned to each wrapping region based on the scores. A wrapping region group and a block set are generated. One or more tables are generated based on text fragments corresponding to one of the one or more blocks. The text fragments are organized into corresponding fields of the one or more tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: DATAWATCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Kyre, Jeffrey Lucas Eldridge, Austin Alexander Spears, Samuel Allen Hudock
  • Patent number: 10861206
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for displaying a presentation across various electronic devices. An embodiment operates by receiving a presentation slide comprising a plurality of layout segments and an object. The embodiment determines a device characteristic for an electronic device. The embodiment determines the object in a layout segment of the plurality of layout segments. The embodiment determines a layout rule based on the determined device characteristic, the determined layout segment, and a property of the object. The embodiment modifies the object based on the determined layout rule. The embodiment then outputs a layout result based on the presentation slide and the modified object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Drew Hamlin, Andrew Chung, William Joseph Flynn, III
  • Patent number: 10860289
    Abstract: A customization portal provides an interface for customizing an implementation of a voice-based information retrieval system executed by a virtual assistant. The virtual assistant has been previously trained for natural language understanding (NLU) of speech input indicating selection of some menu items. For other menu items, the customization portal allows the use of context-independent signifiers (e.g., letters or numbers) or custom signifiers (e.g., free-form text) that avoid the need for NLU with respect to selection of those menu items. This approach allows the system to provide a natural-feeling conversation for the user, while also providing the flexibility to present custom menu choices and content to a user without specialized NLU training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Dana Young