Patents Examined by William Spieler
  • Patent number: 11836177
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing knowledge panels with search results. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining search results that are responsive to a received query. A factual entity referenced by the query is identified. Content is identified for display in a knowledge panel for the factual entity. The content includes at least one content item obtained from a first resource and at least one second content item obtained from a second resource different than the first resource. Data is provided that causes the identified search results and the knowledge panel to be presented on a search results page. The knowledge panel presents the identified content in a knowledge panel area that is along side at least a portion of the search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Jeromy William Henry
  • Patent number: 11831721
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein involve a first playback device, associated with a first household, where the first playback device is configured to mirror a playback queue that is associated with a second playback device, where the second playback device is associated with a second household. For instance, a device associated with the first household, such as a controller, may send a command to the first playback device to mirror the playback queue associated with the second playback device. Based on the received command, the first playback device may mirror the playback queue that is associated with the second playback device such that contents of a playback queue that is associated with the first playback device are the same as contents of the playback queue that is associated with the second playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Beckhardt
  • Patent number: 11809484
    Abstract: System and method for differentiable networks trainable to learn an optimized query of a 3D model database used for object recognition includes training a first differentiable network configured as a differentiable renderer by generating 2D images from 3D models of a first object of a dissimilar second object while optimizing rendering parameters for producing 2D images by gradient descent of a first triple loss function. Visual variation among the images is maximized. A second differentiable network configured as a convolutional neural network defined by a regression function is trained by generating searchable feature vectors of the 2D images. The feature vectors are determined using optimized neural network parameters determined by gradient descent of a second triple loss function to achieve high correlation to an input image of the first object and low correlation to images of the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry Software Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Planche, Rajat Vikram Singh
  • Patent number: 11790012
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for tagging data. The method is executed by a device having a communications module and includes providing, via the communications module, to a client device, an option to associate tags with an event, the option enabling a tag to be selected, created, or customized to add context to the event. The method also includes receiving via the communications module, from the client device, tagged data added by the client device, associating the tagged data with the event, and storing the tagged data in a database of tagged data from a plurality of client devices, the database of tagged data being associated with a plurality of events. The method also includes using the database of tagged data to generate or train an associative model, and using the associative model to generate at least one suggested tag based on associations between the plurality of client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventor: Dino Paul D'Agostino
  • Patent number: 11748416
    Abstract: In some aspects, a content-extraction system can receive a query from a client device and generate a result set of digital content responsive to the query. For instance, the content-extraction system can obtain, from a search system, a set of digital content matching one or more keywords. The content-extraction system can exclude digital content items lacking core content, digital content items with duplicative content, or both. In some aspects, the content-extraction system can determine, for one or more remaining digital content items, a content attribute score. The content-extraction system can select, as the result set of digital content, a subset of digital content based on the content attribute scores. The content-extraction system can output the result set to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Equifax Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Hicklin, Noushin Rezapour Asheghi
  • Patent number: 11734253
    Abstract: Techniques are described for use in database and data management systems to efficiently capture and replicate changes that occur in database tables. The changes are captured in a transaction-consistent order, and in a format that may easily be searched and accessed using common relational queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Juchang Lee, Chang Gyoo Park, Hyoung Jun Na
  • Patent number: 11734251
    Abstract: Lock table management is provided for a lock manager of a database system, in which lock management is provided in a manner that is fast and efficient, and that conserves processing, memory, and other computational resources. For example, the lock table management can use a hashmap in which keys and values are stored in separate arrays, which can be loaded into separate CPU cache lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Chang Gyoo Park
  • Patent number: 11727008
    Abstract: A method for responding to a tabular database (TD) query, the method may include (i) receiving the TD query, wherein the TD query comprises one or more numerical conditions; (ii) determining, using gap filters and based on the one or more numeral conditions, a relevancy to the TD query of groups of cells of the TD that are associated with the gap filters; wherein different gap filters are associated with different groups of cells of the TD; wherein each gap filter comprises one or more pairs of minimum-maximum values that are defined based on one or more gaps between sorted values of the group of cells, wherein at least one gap filter of the gap filters is set up based on a storage parameter of the gap filter and a filtering parameter of the gap filter; (iii) skip a scanning of one or more groups of cells of the TD that are irrelevant to the TD query; and (iv) generate a response to the TD query, wherein the generating comprises scanning one or more groups of cells of the TD that are relevant to the TD query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: VAST DATA LTD.
    Inventors: Asaf Levy, Eyal Gordon
  • Patent number: 11720638
    Abstract: A network platform for managing agricultural display content (e.g., seed listings) can be implemented to enable posting users to create complex listings that have static data, variable data, and geographic data associated with each listing. One or more map user interfaces have different viewing levels to specify network site visibility for each listing at different viewing levels (e.g., region level, subregion level).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: OnlineSeedSales LLC
    Inventors: Robert Lynn Miller, Kari Makala Heusinkveld, Brock Patrick Adrian, Michiel Johan Henry Hekker, Miguel Isidoro Santana
  • Patent number: 11704306
    Abstract: A restricted view definition is received by a database system. The restricted view definition defines a view over a database table with one or more restrictions on use of the view. The view over the database table is generated based on the restricted view definition. A query directed at the view is received by the database system. The database system determines whether the query directed at the view is permitted based on the one or more restrictions on the use of the view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventor: Marcin Zukowski
  • Patent number: 11704362
    Abstract: A process mining system performs process mining using visual logs generated from video streams of worker devices. Specifically, for a given worker device, the process mining system obtains a series of images capturing a screen of a worker device while the worker device processes one or more tasks related to an operation process. The process mining system determines activity labels for a plurality of images. An activity label for an image may indicate an activity performed on the worker device when the image was captured. The activity label is determined by extracting information from pixels of the image and inferring the activity of the worker device from the extracted information. The process mining system generates event logs from the visual logs of worker devices and uses the event logs for process mining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SKAN INC.
    Inventors: Manish Garg, Mubarak Abdulla, Sanjyot Gindi, Aanjan Hari, Evgueni Hadjev, Ajay Gabale, Avinash Misra, Anoop Mishra
  • Patent number: 11698887
    Abstract: A virtual file organization system, method and program product are disclosed. Included is a system that assigns classification tags to files stored within a storage system based on a natural language processing (NLP) context analysis of each file; and a virtual smart folder that is viewable within a user interface, wherein: opening the virtual smart folder causes a set of virtual subfolders to be displayed in which each virtual subfolder includes a category title; opening of a virtual subfolder causes a set of files residing at disparate locations in the storage system to be displayed; and the files displayed by opening the virtual subfolder each include an assigned classification tag that is associated with the category title of the virtual subfolder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajay Kumar, Gaurav Saraf
  • Patent number: 11687552
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for displaying dynamic content on a graphical user interface. A first data illustration of a first facet of data is displayed in a first two-dimensional interface, wherein the first two-dimensional interface corresponds to a side or cross-section of a three-dimensional interface, and the first two-dimensional interface displays a plurality of filters for the first data illustration. A selection for one of the plurality of filters and a selection to display a second facet of data are received from a user. A dynamic rotation of the three-dimensional interface to a second side or cross-section that corresponds to a second two-dimensional interface is displayed, wherein a second data illustration of the second facet of data is displayed in the second interface, the second data illustration being filtered according to the selected filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saju Asokan, Vineeth Gopalakrishnan Nair, Neenu Jacob, Jothish Jenardhanan
  • Patent number: 11687500
    Abstract: Synchronizing metadata among storage systems synchronously replicating a dataset, where synchronizing the metadata includes: receiving, at a first storage system of the storage systems, an I/O operation directed to the dataset; determining, in dependence upon the I/O operation, a metadata update describing a mapping of segments of content to a virtual address within a storage object, wherein the storage object includes the dataset; and synchronizing metadata on a second storage system of the storage systems by sending the metadata update to the second storage system to update a metadata representation on the second storage system in accordance with the metadata update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: David Grunwald, Steven Hodgson, Tabriz Holtz, Ronald Karr
  • Patent number: 11681989
    Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying information sets in determined orders are described. The information sets comprise vehicle service information. An order of information set identifiers associated with the information sets is based on vehicle identifying information of a subset of vehicles, and an additional search term comprising a symptom identifier and/or a vehicle component identifier of a component located on the vehicles. The information set identifiers of the group can be arranged according to a hierarchy of information set identifiers. The information sets are output to a vehicle service tool (VST) that displays the information sets. The VST can provide feedback data indicative of whether any aspect of an information set was selected while displayed. A server can aggregate feedback data received from multiple instances of displaying the information sets and determine a modified order for at least some of the information set identifiers of the previously determined group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick S. Merg, Jacob G. Foreman, Todd Mercer, Joshua C. Covington, Kahlil H. Cacabelos, Thomas Southward, Roy S. Brozovich
  • Patent number: 11681752
    Abstract: A video management system (VMS) may search for one or more events in a plurality of video streams captured and stored at a plurality of remote sites. The VMS may generate time-stamped metadata for each video stream captured at the remote site. The time-stamped metadata for each video stream may identify one or more objects and/or events occurring in the corresponding video stream as well as an identifier that uniquely identifies the corresponding video stream. Each of the plurality of remote sites may send the time-stamped metadata to a central hub, wherein the time-stamped metadata may be stored in a data lake, and a user may enter a query into a video query engine, wherein the video query engine may be operatively coupled to the central hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kirupakar Janakiraman, Baskaran Muthusamy, Keyurbhai Patel
  • Patent number: 11681699
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide techniques for automatically extracting data from web pages. Such extraction can take place without the use of a browser, and without necessarily rendering the entire web page. Thus, data extraction can be performed more efficiently and more quickly, while reducing the computing resources needed to perform such operations. In at least one embodiment, data extraction and translation are performed by automatically parsing structured data from visible and hidden elements of a web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Alison, Ryan Engle, Jacob Riesterer, Jonathan Coon
  • Patent number: 11675748
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a view of a virtual file system through a file viewer of a computer operating system are described herein. In an embodiment, an application receives a request to return data to display in a view of a file repository from a service of a computer operating system which is configured to cause displaying of the view of the file repository. The application accesses stored configuration information which identifies one or more particular queries which are mapped to a particular folder of the file repository. The application transmits the one or more particular queries to a database management system and receives structured data that satisfies the one or more particular queries in response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN US, INC.
    Inventors: Shuai Li, Vladimir Svidersky
  • Patent number: 11677867
    Abstract: Provided are a data structure including a header area, and a payload area comprising data, a method of generating the data structure, and extracting information from the data structure. At least one of the header area and the payload area includes at least one sub-area in which one or more signal fields are included. At least one signal field among the signal fields includes information for signalling presence or absence of one or more information fields located at least partly in the data structure, the one or more information fields corresponding to the one or more signal fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alain Mourad, Sung-hee Hwang, Daniel Ansorregui, Belkacem Mouhouche, Hak-ju Lee
  • Patent number: 11669492
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reserving a usable storage space on a storage device is provided. The method includes collecting context data representing an environment surrounding the storage device; selecting at least one file from among files stored in the storage device by using at least one of the context data and user profile data; and processing the selected file and reserving a usable storage space on the storage device. The method reserves the usable storage space by using the context data or user profile data, thereby allowing efficient reserving of usable storage space without a user's manual intervention and preventing waste of unnecessary resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muthukumar Subramanian, Revoti Prasad Bora