Patents by Inventor Hilary Hayes

Hilary Hayes 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).

  • Publication number: 20250023876
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for creating and/or providing shared virtual spaces are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: provide and/or create a virtual space capable of being modified by multiple authorized users, the virtual space having an exterior perimeter defining an interior area, and the interior area having at least one volumetrically-mapped virtual item therein; receive a modification to the virtual item(s) from a first authorized user; and store the modification of the virtual item(s) in association with the virtual space such that the modification is persistent and shared among all authorized users unless and until another modification is made to the virtual item by an authorized user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Ilana Orly Shalowitz, Ashley Gustafson, Laura Mary Phelps Blum, Jessica Kitchens, Hilary Hayes
  • Publication number: 20240282300
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending instructions for presenting a visual programming interface for a composer tool to a client system, wherein the visual programming interface comprises primitives for conversation design, wherein the primitives comprise at least an input-primitive, a response-primitive, and a decision-primitive, receiving instructions from a user for creating a conversation design flow for an application via the visual programming interface from the client system, wherein the conversation design flow comprises at least one or more input-primitives for one or more voice inputs and one or more input-primitives for one or more signal inputs, simulating an execution of the conversation design flow within the composer tool, and exporting the conversation design flow to a software package configured to be executable by the application, wherein the application is operable to process voice inputs and signal inputs according to the input-primitives of the conversation design flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Julien Philippe Gilbert Odent, Matthew Moheeka, Tony Nguyen, Hilary Hayes
  • Patent number: 12069061
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for creating and/or providing shared virtual spaces are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: provide and/or create a virtual space capable of being modified by multiple authorized users, the virtual space having an exterior perimeter defining an interior area, and the interior area having at least one volumetrically-mapped virtual item therein; receive a modification to the virtual item(s) from a first authorized user; and store the modification of the virtual item(s) in association with the virtual space such that the modification is persistent and shared among all authorized users unless and until another modification is made to the virtual item by an authorized user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ilana Orly Shalowitz, Ashley Gustafson, Laura Mary Phelps Blum, Jessica Kitchens, Hilary Hayes
  • Publication number: 20230078578
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for creating and/or providing shared virtual spaces are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: provide and/or create a virtual space capable of being modified by multiple authorized users, the virtual space having an exterior perimeter defining an interior area, and the interior area having at least one volumetrically-mapped virtual item therein; receive a modification to the virtual item(s) from a first authorized user; and store the modification of the virtual item(s) in association with the virtual space such that the modification is persistent and shared among all authorized users unless and until another modification is made to the virtual item by an authorized user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ilana Orly Shalowitz, Ashley Gustafson, Laura Mary Phelps Blum, Jessica Kitchens, Hilary Hayes
  • Publication number: 20230027666
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for recording moments as they are occurring and utilizing a virtual assistant to re-play those moments as a fully or partially immersive experience are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: record data for a particular moment as the moment is occurring and utilize a virtual assistant to replay the moment as a fully or partially immersive experience. The recorded data may include indicators of a plurality of sensory perceptions for the recorded moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ashley Gustafson, Hilary Hayes, Ilana Orly Shalowitz, Ella Mei Yon Biggadike Harris, Jessica Kitchens