Patents by Inventor Ben Mackey

Ben Mackey 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).

  • Patent number: 12645871
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives, by a computing device, a text change in a text entry which includes one or more text units. The method may access, using a data store, a record associated with a user identifier which includes one or more top N similar hash values associated with the user identifier. The method may determine one or more hash values by applying a hash function over the one or more text units of the text change. The method may compare each of the one or more hash values to the one or more top N similar hash values. In response to determining a match between at least one of the one or more hash values and the one or more top N similar hash values, the method may determine a phrase suggestion using the text change to visually present on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Inventor: Ben Mackey
  • Publication number: 20240169148
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives, by a computing device, a text change in a text entry which includes one or more text units. The method may access, using a data store, a record associated with a user identifier which includes one or more top N similar hash values associated with the user identifier. The method may determine one or more hash values by applying a hash function over the one or more text units of the text change. The method may compare each of the one or more hash values to the one or more top N similar hash values. In response to determining a match between at least one of the one or more hash values and the one or more top N similar hash values, the method may determine a phrase suggestion using the text change to visually present on the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Ben Mackey
  • Patent number: 11960822
    Abstract: A computer-implemented process is programmed to programmatically receive at a first computer a digital electronic object including a source text that is directed to a target audience and that was composed at a second computer, determine a style value specifying a particular communication style from among different communication styles based on a communication profile of the target audience, evaluate the source text using a trained machine-learning model, receive a classification output from the machine-learning model, generate an output set of suggested edits to the source text based on comparing the classification output to the source text, and transmit the output set of suggested edits to the second computer. The classification output from the machine-learning model includes a modified text based on the source text. The modified text has been classified using the particular communication style specified in the style value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Grammarly, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Mackey, Michail Golokolosenko, Nikolai Oudalov, Volodymyr Nykytiuk
  • Publication number: 20230297766
    Abstract: A computer-implemented process is programmed to programmatically receive at a first computer a digital electronic object including a source text that is directed to a target audience and that was composed at a second computer, determine a style value specifying a particular communication style from among different communication styles based on a communication profile of the target audience, evaluate the source text using a trained machine-learning model, receive a classification output from the machine-learning model, generate an output set of suggested edits to the source text based on comparing the classification output to the source text, and transmit the output set of suggested edits to the second computer. The classification output from the machine-learning model includes a modified text based on the source text. The modified text has been classified using the particular communication style specified in the style value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ben Mackey, Michail Golokolosenko, Nikolai Oudalov, Volodymyr Nykytiuk