Patents by Inventor Diana Mackinnon

Diana Mackinnon 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).

  • AUTOMATED EVALUATION OF SYNTHESIZED SPEECH USING CROSS-MODAL AND CROSS-LINGUAL TRANSFER OF LANGUAGE ENCODING
    Publication number: 20240420726
    Abstract: A method for evaluating synthesized speech, including receiving a speech sample in a first language; and determining a rating of the speech sample based on an encoding of the speech sample by an artificial intelligence encoding model, the rating of the speech sample corresponding to a naturalness of the speech sample, wherein the encoding of the speech sample is based on a first training stage of the encoding model using a first set of training data and a second training stage of the encoding model using a second set of training data, the first set of training data includes unlabeled speech audio, unlabeled text, and paired speech audio and text data in the first language and at least one additional language, and the second set of training data includes rated speech audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Thibault SELLAM, Ankur BAPNA, Joshua CAMP, Diana MACKINNON, Ankur P. PARIKH, Jason RIESA
  • Wellness support groups for mobile devices
    Patent number: 11270788
    Abstract: A method of managing an online support group to increase the odds that users will attain their wellness goals is disclosed. A request from a user to join a support group is received. A preference of the user with respect to a type of the support group is received. The support group is selected from a plurality of support groups based on the preference of the user and a preference of a member of the support group. Based on an acceptance by the user of an option to join the support group, the plurality of support groups is reorganized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Noom, Inc.
    Inventors: Ketill Gunnarsson, Thomas Patrick Joynt, Viktor Braut, Diana Mackinnon, Zrinka Gavran, Stacy Sami Lee, Artem Petakov, Ken Nesmith, Astha Gupta, Thomas Payne, Christos Avgerinos, Vera Kern, Mark Simon, Yun Eui So, Betina Evancha, William Avery Ginsberg, Nathan Ie, Matt Sonier, Jesse Sae-ju Jeong, Thomas Benjamin Hildebrandt, Charlie Sneath, Gennadiy Shafranovich
  • WELLNESS SUPPORT GROUPS FOR MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180262584
    Abstract: A method of managing an online support group to increase the odds that users will attain their wellness goals is disclosed. A request from a user to join a support group is received. A preference of the user with respect to a type of the support group is received. The support group is selected from a plurality of support groups based on the preference of the user and a preference of a member of the support group. Based on an acceptance by the user of an option to join the support group, the plurality of support groups is reorganized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ketill Gunnarsson, Thomas Patrick Joynt, Viktor Braut, Diana Mackinnon, Zrinka Gavran, Stacy Sami Lee, Artem Petakov, Ken Nesmith, Astha Gupta, Thomas Payne, Christos Avgerinos, Vera Kern, Mark Simon, Yun Eui So, Betina Evancha, William Avery Ginsberg, Nathan Ie, Matt Sonier, Jesse Sae-ju Jeong, Thomas Benjamin Hildebrandt, Charlie Sneath, Gennadiy Shafranovich
  • Wellness support groups for mobile devices
    Patent number: 9992292
    Abstract: A method of managing an online support group to increase the odds that users will attain their wellness goals is disclosed. A request from a user to join a support group is received. A preference of the user with respect to a type of the support group is received. The support group is selected from a plurality of support groups based on the preference of the user and a preference of a member of the support group. Based on an acceptance by the user of an option to join the support group, the plurality of support groups is reorganized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Noom, Inc.
    Inventors: Ketill Gunnarsson, Thomas Patrick Joynt, Viktor Braut, Diana Mackinnon, Zrinka Gavran, Stacy Sami Lee, Artem Petakov, Ken Nesmith, Astha Gupta, Thomas Payne, Christos Avgerinos, Vera Kern, Mark Simon, Yun Eui So, Betina Evancha, William Avery Ginsberg, Nathan Ie, Matt Sonier, Jesse Sae-ju Jeong, Thomas Benjamin Hildebrandt, Charlie Sneath, Gennadiy Shafranovich
  • WELLNESS SUPPORT GROUPS FOR MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150281384
    Abstract: A method of managing an online support group to increase the odds that users will attain their wellness goals is disclosed. A request from a user to join a support group is received. A preference of the user with respect to a type of the support group is received. The support group is selected from a plurality of support groups based on the preference of the user and a preference of a member of the support group. Based on an acceptance by the user of an option to join the support group, the plurality of support groups is reorganized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Noom, Inc.
    Inventors: Ketill Gunnarsson, Thomas Patrick Joynt, Viktor Braut, Diana Mackinnon, Zrinka Gavran, Stacy Sami Lee, Artem Petakov, Ken Nesmith, Astha Gupta, Thomas Payne, Christos Avgerinos, Vera Kern, Mark Simon, Yun Eui So, Betina Evancha, William Avery Ginsberg, Nathan Ie, Matt Sonier, Jesse Sae-ju Jeong, Thomas Benjamin Hildebrandt, Charlie Sneath, Gennadiy Shafranovich