Patents by Inventor John Nicholas Jitkoff
John Nicholas Jitkoff 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).
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Patent number: 11928314Abstract: Methods and systems described herein are directed to a virtual web browser for providing access to multiple virtual worlds interchangeably. Browser tabs for corresponding website and virtual world pairs can be displayed along with associated controls, the selection of such controls effecting the instantiation of 3D content for the virtual worlds. One or more of the tabs can be automatically generated as a result of interactions with objects in the virtual worlds, such that travel to a world, corresponding to an object to which an interaction was directed, is facilitated.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeremy Edelblut, Matthaeus Krenn, John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Publication number: 20240036709Abstract: According to one general aspect, a computing device may include an application configured to create a tab in a context of a window, and a window manager configured to register the tab with a first UI element registry. The window manager may be configured to receive, over a network, at least a portion of a second UI element registry from a secondary window manager of a secondary computing device. The portion of the second UI element registry may identify a remote tab previously registered with the secondary window manager. The window manager may be configured to cause a display to provide a graphical arrangement of the tab and the remote tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: John Nicholas Jitkoff, Glen Murphy
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Publication number: 20230418442Abstract: Methods and systems described herein are directed to a virtual web browser for providing access to multiple virtual worlds interchangeably. Browser tabs for corresponding website and virtual world pairs can be displayed along with associated controls, the selection of such controls effecting the instantiation of 3D content for the virtual worlds. One or more of the tabs can be automatically generated as a result of interactions with objects in the virtual worlds, such that travel to a world, corresponding to an object to which an interaction was directed, is facilitated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Jeremy EDELBLUT, Matthaeus KRENN, John Nicholas JITKOFF
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Publication number: 20230419618Abstract: Methods and systems described herein are directed to a virtual personal interface (herein “personal interface”) for controlling an artificial reality (XR) environment, such as by providing user interfaces for interactions with a current XR application, providing detail views for selected items, navigating between multiple virtual worlds without having to transition in and out of a home lobby for those worlds, executing aspects of a second XR application while within a world controlled by a first XR application, and providing 3D content that is separate from the current world. While in at least one of those worlds, the personal interface can itself present content in a runtime separate from the current virtual world, corresponding to an item, action, or application for that world. XR applications can be defined for use with the personal interface to create both a 3D world portion and 2D interface portions that are displayed via the personal interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Matthaeus KRENN, Jeremy EDELBLUT, John Nicholas JITKOFF
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Publication number: 20230419617Abstract: Methods and systems described herein are directed to a virtual personal interface (herein “personal interface”) for controlling an artificial reality (XR) environment, such as by providing user interfaces for interactions with a current XR application, providing detail views for selected items, navigating between multiple virtual worlds without having to transition in and out of a home lobby for those worlds, executing aspects of a second XR application while within a world controlled by a first XR application, and providing 3D content that is separate from the current world. While in at least one of those worlds, the personal interface can itself present content in a runtime separate from the current virtual world, corresponding to an item, action, or application for that world. XR applications can be defined for use with the personal interface to create both a 3D world portion and 2D interface portions that are displayed via the personal interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Matthaeus KRENN, Jeremy EDELBLUT, John Nicholas JITKOFF
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Publication number: 20230385354Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for providing search results automatically to a user of a computing device. A spoken input provided by a user to a computing device is received. The spoken input is transmitted to a computer server system that is remote from the computing device. Search result information that is responsive to the spoken input is receiving by the computing device and in response to the transmitted spoken input. An alert is provided to the user that the device will connect the user to a target of the search result information if the user does not intervene to stop the connecting of the user. The user is connected to the target of the search result information based on a determination that the user has not intervened to stop the connecting of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. Lebeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, William J. Byrne
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Patent number: 11829582Abstract: According to one general aspect, a computing device may include an application configured to create a tab in a context of a window, and a window manager configured to register the tab with a first UI element registry. The window manager may be configured to receive, over a network, at least a portion of a second UI element registry from a secondary window manager of a secondary computing device. The portion of the second UI element registry may identify a remote tab previously registered with the secondary window manager. The window manager may be configured to cause a display to provide a graphical arrangement of the tab and the remote tab.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: John Nicholas Jitkoff, Glen Murphy
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Patent number: 11755180Abstract: Methods and systems described herein are directed to a virtual web browser for providing access to multiple virtual worlds interchangeably. Browser tabs for corresponding website and virtual world pairs can be displayed along with associated controls, the selection of such controls effecting the instantiation of 3D content for the virtual worlds. One or more of the tabs can be automatically generated as a result of interactions with objects in the virtual worlds, such that travel to a world, corresponding to an object to which an interaction was directed, is facilitated.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Inventors: Jeremy Edelblut, Matthaeus Krenn, John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Patent number: 11748430Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for providing search results automatically to a user of a computing device. A spoken input provided by a user to a computing device is received. The spoken input is transmitted to a computer server system that is remote from the computing device. Search result information that is responsive to the spoken input is receiving by the computing device and in response to the transmitted spoken input. An alert is provided to the user that the device will connect the user to a target of the search result information if the user does not intervene to stop the connecting of the user. The user is connected to the target of the search result information based on a determination that the user has not intervened to stop the connecting of the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, William J. Byrne
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Publication number: 20230092103Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for linking artificial reality content to a shared artificial reality environment. Various aspects may include receiving a selection of a user representation and a virtual area, such as from a user device. Aspects may include providing the user representation for display in the virtual area. Aspects may also include determining a selected artificial reality application from a plurality of artificial reality applications for use by the user representation in the virtual area. Aspects may also include embedding visual content from the selected artificial reality application into the virtual area, which may be associated with a deep link to the selected artificial reality application. Aspects may include transitioning the user representation between virtual areas while providing an audio element to the user device indicative of other user devices associated with another virtual area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Ana Garcia Puyol, Michelle Pujals, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Amir Mesguich Havilio, Jesse John Mullen, Cristobal Alvaro Castilla Lacomba
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Publication number: 20230086248Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for providing and activating a link to artificial reality content in a shared artificial reality environment. Various aspects may include receiving a request to generate a visual navigation element for an artificial reality application configured to operate in the shared artificial reality environment, such as via a user representation. Aspects may include generating the visual navigation element and generating an audio element indicative of another user representation engaged in the artificial reality application for the user representation. Aspects may also include receiving an indication of activation of the visual navigation element and loading the artificial reality application for the user representation upon activation and while providing the audio element. Aspects may also include providing instructions to display the user representation in the artificial reality application upon completion of the loading.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Ana Garcia Puyol, Michelle Pujals, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Amir Mesguich Havilio, Jesse John Mullen, Cristobal Alvaro Castilla Lacomba
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Publication number: 20230082927Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for providing search results automatically to a user of a computing device. A spoken input provided by a user to a computing device is received. The spoken input is transmitted to a computer server system that is remote from the computing device. Search result information that is responsive to the spoken input is receiving by the computing device and in response to the transmitted spoken input. An alert is provided to the user that the device will connect the user to a target of the search result information if the user does not intervene to stop the connecting of the user. The user is connected to the target of the search result information based on a determination that the user has not intervened to stop the connecting of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, William J. Byme
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Patent number: 11556227Abstract: According to one general aspect, a computing device may include an application configured to create a tab in a context of a window, and a window manager configured to register the tab with a first UI element registry. The window manager may be configured to receive, over a network, at least a portion of a second UI element registry from a secondary window manager of a secondary computing device. The portion of the second UI element registry may identify a remote tab previously registered with the secondary window manager. The window manager may be configured to cause a display to provide a graphical arrangement of the tab and the remote tab.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: John Nicholas Jitkoff, Glen Murphy
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Publication number: 20220394442Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving a voice query at a mobile computing device and generating data that represents content of the voice query. The data is provided to a server system. A textual query that has been determined by a speech recognizer at the server system to be a textual form of at least part of the data is received at the mobile computing device. The textual query is determined to include a carrier phrase of one or more words that is reserved by a first third-party application program installed on the computing device. The first third-party application is selected, from a group of one or more third-party applications, to receive all or a part of the textual query. All or a part of the textual query is provided to the selected first application program.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. Lebeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, William J. Byrne
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Patent number: 11494453Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for providing search results automatically to a user of a computing device. A spoken input provided by a user to a computing device is received. The spoken input is transmitted to a computer server system that is remote from the computing device. Search result information that is responsive to the spoken input is receiving by the computing device and in response to the transmitted spoken input. An alert is provided to the user that the device will connect the user to a target of the search result information if the user does not intervene to stop the connecting of the user. The user is connected to the target of the search result information based on a determination that the user has not intervened to stop the connecting of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, William J. Byrne
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Patent number: 11461003Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented user interface method.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Alastair Tse, John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Patent number: 11438744Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving s voice query at a mobile computing device and generating data that represents content of the voice query. The data is provided to a server system. A textual query that has been determined by a speech recognizer at the server system to be a textual form of at least part of the data is received at the mobile computing device. The textual query is determined to include a carrier phrase of one or more words that is reserved by a first third-party application program installed on the computing device. The first third-party application is selected, from a group of one or more third-party applications, to receive all or a part of the textual query. All or a part of the textual query is provided to the selected first application program.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. Lebeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, William J. Byrne
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Publication number: 20220197382Abstract: Systems and methods for providing partial passthrough video to a user of a virtual reality device are disclosed herein. Providing the partial passthrough video can include detecting a hand passthrough trigger event and identifying a hand passthrough video feed. Providing partial passthrough video can further include aligning the hand passthrough video feed with a virtual environment presented to a user by the virtual environment and, based on the aligning of the hand passthrough video feed with the virtual environment, overlaying the hand passthrough video feed on the virtual environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Michael James LeBeau, John Nicholas JITKOFF
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Publication number: 20220197403Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to virtual interaction modes for social and group communication. Additional aspects of the present disclosure are directed to automated controls for connecting a trigger performed in an artificial reality environment to an action on a personal computing device. Further aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing versions of person virtual objects in an artificial reality environment and contextual breakpoints to switch between them. Yet further aspects of the present disclosure are directed to extending a mouse for artificial reality environment input.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: James Anthony HUGHES, Björn WANBO, Fábio RESENDE, John Nicholas JITKOFF, Michael James LEBEAU, Gabriel MARTZLOFF, Jay CHAN, Javier Alejandro Sierra SANTOS, Jenny KAM, Yeliz KARADAYI
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Patent number: 11263330Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation by the device to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Romain P. Guy