Patents by Inventor Jakob Foerster

Jakob Foerster 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: 20190213058
    Abstract: Methods and systems may help to provide filtered notification content that provides useful information to the intended recipient, but does not provide the same information to an unauthorized viewer. To do so, when an application event occurs, filtered notification content may be generated. The filtered notification content may combine a non-obfuscated portion of the event content and an obfuscated portion of the event content, such that when viewed by an intended recipient, the filtered notification content provides implicit information that the device expects the particular user to understand based on the user's own experience and/or other factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Jakob Foerster
  • Patent number: 10346223
    Abstract: Methods and systems may help to provide filtered notification content that provides useful information to the intended recipient, but does not provide the same information to an unauthorized viewer. To do so, when an application event occurs, filtered notification content may be generated. The filtered notification content may combine a non-obfuscated portion of the event content and an obfuscated portion of the event content, such that when viewed by an intended recipient, the filtered notification content provides implicit information that the device expects the particular user to understand based on the user's own experience and/or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Jakob Foerster
  • Publication number: 20190186937
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating return journey notifications include obtaining a request for navigational directions to a target destination. An outbound journey route from an initial location to the target destination can be determined, wherein the outbound journey route includes an estimated outbound journey time. A return journey route from the target destination to a return destination can be determined, wherein the return journey route includes an estimated return journey time. The outbound journey route and/or return journey route can be determined at least in part from one or more of current traffic conditions or historical traffic conditions. One or more notifications regarding the return journey route can be generated when comparing the estimated outbound journey time to the estimated return journey time results in a determination that one or more predetermined criteria are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Jakob Foerster
  • Patent number: 10320939
    Abstract: A system and method includes receiving, by a server system from a first user device executing a first instance of a messaging application, a first message for a user of a second user device executing a second instance of the messaging application. The method also includes determining whether the first message includes a first reference to a first media item. The method includes responsive to determining that the first message includes the first reference to the first media item, generating media playlist information identifying the first media item. The method further includes sending the media playlist information identifying the first media item to a content sharing platform, the first media item to be added to a media playlist maintained by the content sharing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Matthew Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20190158924
    Abstract: The timing for displaying an overlay a video is optimized using a system that includes an engagement component that receives information regarding frames of a video at which respective users of a plurality of users stop engaging with the video and an analysis component that calculates user engagement scores for the frames based on the information, wherein the user engagement scores reflect a percentage of the plurality of users that stop engaging with the video at the respective frames, and wherein the higher the percentage the lower the user engagement score. The system further includes an identification component that identifies a subset of the frames associated with relatively lower user engagement scores in comparison to other frames of the video and an overlay component that configures an overlay for displaying over the video near at least one of the frames included in the subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Dhruv Bakshi
  • Patent number: 10282089
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes outputting, by a computing device (102) and for display at a display device (104) operatively coupled to the computing device, a graphical keyboard (124) comprising a plurality of keys, and receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a gesture detected at a presence-sensitive input device operatively coupled to the computing device. In this example, the method also includes detecting, by one or more sensors (154) of the computing device, data indicative of one or more user states determined to affect gesture accuracy; selecting, by the computing device and based at least in part on the indication of the gesture and the data, a particular candidate string; and outputting, by the computing device and for display at the display device, the particular candidate string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Othar Hansson
  • Patent number: 10187700
    Abstract: The timing for displaying an overlay a video is optimized using a system that includes an engagement component that receives information regarding frames of a video at which respective users of a plurality of users stop engaging with the video and an analysis component that calculates user engagement scores for the frames based on the information, wherein the user engagement scores reflect a percentage of the plurality of users that stop engaging with the video at the respective frames, and wherein the higher the percentage the lower the user engagement score. The system further includes an identification component that identifies a subset of the frames associated with relatively lower user engagement scores in comparison to other frames of the video and an overlay component that configures an overlay for displaying over the video near at least one of the frames included in the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Dhruv Bakshi
  • Publication number: 20190019501
    Abstract: In some implementations, a language proficiency of a user of a client device is determined by one or more computers. The one or more computers then determines a text segment for output by a text-to-speech module based on the determined language proficiency of the user. After determining the text segment for output, the one or more computers generates audio data including a synthesized utterance of the text segment. The audio data including the synthesized utterance of the text segment is then provided to the client device for output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Jakob Foerster
  • Patent number: 10133533
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to aligning display devices. A trajectory path of a pointer between a first point on a first display device and a second point on a second display device is captured. A first direction of a first portion of the trajectory path on the first display device is determined. A second direction of a second portion of the trajectory path on the second display device is determined. An adjustment value to correct a misalignment between the first display device and the second display device is determined based on a difference between the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Jakob Foerster
  • Publication number: 20180183739
    Abstract: A system and method includes receiving, by a server system from a first user device executing a first instance of a messaging application, a first message for a user of a second user device executing a second instance of the messaging application. The method also includes determining whether the first message includes a first reference to a first media item. The method includes responsive to determining that the first message includes the first reference to the first media item, generating media playlist information identifying the first media item. The method further includes sending the media playlist information identifying the first media item to a content sharing platform, the first media item to be added to a media playlist maintained by the content sharing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Matthew Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20180070145
    Abstract: The timing for displaying an overlay a video is optimized using a system that includes an engagement component that receives information regarding frames of a video at which respective users of a plurality of users stop engaging with the video and an analysis component that calculates user engagement scores for the frames based on the information, wherein the user engagement scores reflect a percentage of the plurality of users that stop engaging with the video at the respective frames, and wherein the higher the percentage the lower the user engagement score. The system further includes an identification component that identifies a subset of the frames associated with relatively lower user engagement scores in comparison to other frames of the video and an overlay component that configures an overlay for displaying over the video near at least one of the frames included in the subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Dhruv Bakshi
  • Patent number: 9820004
    Abstract: The timing for displaying an overlay a video is optimized using a system that includes an engagement component that receives information regarding frames of a video at which respective users of a plurality of users stop engaging with the video and an analysis component that calculates user engagement scores for the frames based on the information, wherein the user engagement scores reflect a percentage of the plurality of users that stop engaging with the video at the respective frames, and wherein the higher the percentage the lower the user engagement score. The system further includes an identification component that identifies a subset of the frames associated with relatively lower user engagement scores in comparison to other frames of the video and an overlay component that configures an overlay for displaying over the video near at least one of the frames included in the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Dhruv Bakshi
  • Publication number: 20160224240
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes outputting, by a computing device (102) and for display at a display device (104) operatively coupled to the computing device, a graphical keyboard (124) comprising a plurality of keys, and receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a gesture detected at a presence-sensitive input device operatively coupled to the computing device. In this example, the method also includes detecting, by one or more sensors (154) of the computing device, data indicative of one or more user states determined to affect gesture accuracy; selecting, by the computing device and based at least in part on the indication of the gesture and the data, a particular candidate string; and outputting, by the computing device and for display at the display device, the particular candidate string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Othar Hansson
  • Patent number: 9384738
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a dynamic threshold for speaker verification are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, for each of multiple utterances of a hotword, a data set including at least a speaker verification confidence score, and environmental context data. The actions further include selecting from among the data sets, a subset of the data sets that are associated with a particular environmental context. The actions further include selecting a particular data set from among the subset of data sets based on one or more selection criteria. The actions further include selecting, as a speaker verification threshold for the particular environmental context, the speaker verification confidence score. The actions further include providing the speaker verification threshold for use in performing speaker verification of utterances that are associated with the particular environmental context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Diego Melendo Casado
  • Publication number: 20150371639
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a dynamic threshold for speaker verification are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, for each of multiple utterances of a hotword, a data set including at least a speaker verification confidence score, and environmental context data. The actions further include selecting from among the data sets, a subset of the data sets that are associated with a particular environmental context. The actions further include selecting a particular data set from among the subset of data sets based on one or more selection criteria. The actions further include selecting, as a speaker verification threshold for the particular environmental context, the speaker verification confidence score. The actions further include providing the speaker verification threshold for use in performing speaker verification of utterances that are associated with the particular environmental context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Diego Melendo Casado
  • Patent number: 8849675
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for suggesting a phrase for performing a voice action. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of classifying a received phrase as an incomplete phrase for performing a voice action based at least on determining that (i) the voice action requires a parameter, and (ii) that no term of the phrase corresponds to the parameter. Additional actions include, in response to classifying the phrase as an incomplete phrase, generating a prompt for entry of the parameter, and in response to the prompt, receiving data indicating an entered parameter. Further actions include providing, for output, a suggested complete phrase for performing the voice action using the entered parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Simon Tokumine, Matthias Quasthoff