Patents by Inventor John Eric Hoffmann

John Eric Hoffmann 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: 11151129
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for modifying queries in a discourse context. In one aspect, a method includes determining whether a query received from a user device subsequent to information provided to a user device and that defines a discourse context belongs to the discourse context. If the query belongs to the discourse context, the query is modified to take into account attributes of the discourse context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gil Simha Briskin, Ajay Joshi, John Eric Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 10337153
    Abstract: A material transfer vehicle includes a loading conveyor and a loading component (such as a truck-receiving hopper component or a windrow pick-up component) that is adapted to be removably attached to the lower end of the loading conveyor. The loading conveyor has a right guide plate on the right side of the lower end and a left guide plate on the left side of the lower end. The loading component has a right guide bracket that is adapted to align with and engage the right guide plate of the loading conveyor, and a left guide bracket that is adapted to align with and engage the left guide plate of the loading conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Roadtec, Inc.
    Inventors: John Eric Hoffmann, Nathan Thomas Beckman
  • Publication number: 20180347123
    Abstract: A material transfer vehicle includes a loading conveyor and a loading component (such as a truck-receiving hopper component or a windrow pick-up component) that is adapted to be removably attached to the lower end of the loading conveyor. The loading conveyor has a right guide plate on the right side of the lower end and a left guide plate on the left side of the lower end. The loading component has a right guide bracket that is adapted to align with and engage the right guide plate of the loading conveyor, and a left guide bracket that is adapted to align with and engage the left guide plate of the loading conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Roadtec, Inc.
    Inventors: John Eric Hoffmann, Nathan Thomas Beckman
  • Publication number: 20180285444
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for rewriting contextual queries. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first query for a user session, determining contextual data associated with the first query, receiving a second query subsequent to the first query for the user session, determining that the second query is associated with the contextual data, determining that the second query corresponds to a particular template determined based on at least one of the contextual data or the second query, generating a third query based on the particular template, the contextual data, and the second query, and providing the third query as an input for an action that is responsive to the second query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ajay Joshi, Yang-hua Chu, John Eric Hoffmann, Gil Simha Briskin
  • Patent number: 9286395
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for modifying queries in a discourse context. In one aspect, a method includes determining whether a query received from a user device subsequent to information provided to a user device and that defines a discourse context belongs to the discourse context. If the query belongs to the discourse context, the query is modified to take into account attributes of the discourse context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Gil Simha Briskin, Ajay Joshi, John Eric Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 8082261
    Abstract: A system and method for associating NIS attributes with CIFS client. Upon requesting attributes by a CIFS client, a CIFS security ID (SID) is generated for the owner and group from the NIS attributes associated with the NIS name. The generated SIDs are returned to the CIFS client. The SIDs are generated using the NIS UID or GID and a CIFS domain associated with the file server storing the referenced file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: John Eric Hoffmann, Daniel John Drake
  • Patent number: 7668881
    Abstract: A system and method for associating NIS attributes with CIFS client. Upon requesting attributes by a CIFS client, a CIFS security ID (SID) is generated for the owner and group from the NIS attributes associated with the NIS name. The generated SIDs are returned to the CIFS client. The SIDs are generated using the NIS UID or GID and a CIFS domain associated with the file server storing the referenced file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: John Eric Hoffmann, Daniel John Drake