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: 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
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Patent number: 11216522Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving user input that defines a search query, and providing the search query to a server system. Information that a search engine system determined was responsive to the search query is received at a computing device. The computing device is identified as in a first state, and a first output mode for audibly outputting at least a portion of the information is selected. The first output mode is selected from a collection of the first output mode and a second output mode. The second output mode is selected in response to the computing device being in a second state and is for visually outputting at least the portion of the information and not audibly outputting the at least portion of the information. At least the portion of information is audibly output.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: John Nicholas Jitkoff, Michael J. Lebeau, William J. Byrne, David P. Singleton
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Publication number: 20210350303Abstract: The present technology addresses a need for a task service that can aggregate tasks assigned to a user on different services so that all tasks that the user needs to perform can be found in one location. The present technology can utilize credentials to a user account associated with a user of a service to automatically identify tasks that are relevant to the user and can create those tasks in a task service. The task service can maintain a link back to the source of the task so that the user can mark the task as complete in the task service, and the task service can automatically update the task in the service in which the task was created. The present technology can also provide integrations with some services to a user to create new tasks from services that are not task based, such as email.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Walid Omar, Charlotte Ziob, Abhinav Garg, Andrew Haven, Yael Keren, Alexandru Grigoras, Jacqueline T. Lin, Walter Somerville, John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Publication number: 20210295842Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method for correcting words in transcribed text including receiving speech audio data from a microphone. The method further includes sending the speech audio data to a transcription system. The method further includes receiving a word lattice transcribed from the speech audio data by the transcription system. The method further includes presenting one or more transcribed words from the word lattice. The method further includes receiving a user selection of at least one of the presented transcribed words. The method further includes presenting one or more alternate words from the word lattice for the selected transcribed word. The method further includes receiving a user selection of at least one of the alternate words. The method further includes replacing the selected transcribed word in the presented transcribed words with the selected alternate word.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, William J. Byrne, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Brandon M. Ballinger, Trausti T. Kristjansson
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Publication number: 20210255762Abstract: Various techniques described provide mechanisms for more intuitive user interaction with a device For example, a computer-implemented user interface method includes detecting an application executing on the computing device, the computing device including a display and a touch bar separate from the display, the touch bar being a touch sensitive device with a plurality of zones, wherein the application executing on the computing device is associated with a user interface presented on the display, and configuring a zone of the plurality of zones to implement an operation performed by the application. Configuring the zone can include changing an appearance of the zone to display a graphical element associated with the operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventor: John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Publication number: 20210181908Abstract: 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: February 22, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: John Nicholas Jitkoff, Glen Murphy
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Patent number: 11036382Abstract: A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying content in a first window on a display of a computing device, receiving a dragging user input on an element at a periphery of the window, and in response to receiving the dragging input, generating and displaying a second window on the display of the computing device and displaying the first window simultaneously with the second window.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventor: John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Patent number: 11037566Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method for correcting words in transcribed text including receiving speech audio data from a microphone. The method further includes sending the speech audio data to a transcription system. The method further includes receiving a word lattice transcribed from the speech audio data by the transcription system. The method further includes presenting one or more transcribed words from the word lattice. The method further includes receiving a user selection of at least one of the presented transcribed words. The method further includes presenting one or more alternate words from the word lattice for the selected transcribed word. The method further includes receiving a user selection of at least one of the alternate words. The method further includes replacing the selected transcribed word in the presented transcribed words with the selected alternate word.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. Lebeau, William J. Byrne, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Brandon M. Ballinger, Trausti T. Kristjansson
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Publication number: 20210117495Abstract: 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: December 29, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, William J. Byrne
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Patent number: 10928990Abstract: 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: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: John Nicholas Jitkoff, Glen Murphy
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Patent number: 10909199Abstract: 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: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, William J. Byrne
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Publication number: 20200410174Abstract: A method, performed on a server, of translating between languages includes receiving first audio data for a first language from a mobile device, translating the first audio data to second audio data for a second language, receiving an indication that the mobile device has moved between two locations, and sending the second audio data to the mobile device in response to the indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Patent number: 10839805Abstract: In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a mobile computing device, ambiguous user input that indicates more than one of a plurality of commands; and determining a current context associated with the mobile computing device that indicates where the mobile computing device is currently located. The method can further include disambiguating the ambiguous user input by selecting a command from the plurality of commands based on the current context associated with the mobile computing device; and causing output associated with performance of the selected command to be provided by the mobile computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: John Nicholas Jitkoff, Michael J. LeBeau
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Publication number: 20200348833Abstract: A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying content in a first window on a display of a computing device, receiving a dragging user input on an element at a periphery of the window, and in response to receiving the dragging input, generating and displaying a second window on the display of the computing device and displaying the first window simultaneously with the second window.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventor: John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Patent number: 10817673Abstract: A method, performed on a server, of translating between languages includes receiving first audio data for a first language from a mobile device, translating the first audio data to second audio data for a second language, receiving an indication that the mobile device has moved between two locations, and sending the second audio data to the mobile device in response to the indication.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. Lebeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Patent number: 10796072Abstract: The subject technology discloses configurations for determining a minimum dots per inch (DPI) setting for displaying graphical content in a window based on a native pixel density of a display. Respective graphical content is scaled for displaying in a first window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the first window. The subject technology then scales respective graphical content for displaying in a second window based on the minimum DPI setting to fit a horizontal dimension of the second window. In some configurations, the graphical content in the first window is scaled at a different DPI setting than the graphical content in the second window.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Stefan Kuhne, Alexander Friedrich Kuscher, Scott Ronald Violet, John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Publication number: 20200284606Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving at a computer server system, from a computing device that is remote from the server system, a string of text that comprises a search query. The method also includes identifying one or more search results that are responsive to the search query, parsing a document that is a target of one of the one or more results, identifying geographical address information from the parsing, generating a specific geographical indicator corresponding to the one search result, and transmitting for use by the computing device, data for automatically generating a navigational application having a destination at the specific geographical indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, Ole Cavelie, Keith Ito, John Nicholas Jitkoff
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Publication number: 20200251113Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method for correcting words in transcribed text including receiving speech audio data from a microphone. The method further includes sending the speech audio data to a transcription system. The method further includes receiving a word lattice transcribed from the speech audio data by the transcription system. The method further includes presenting one or more transcribed words from the word lattice. The method further includes receiving a user selection of at least one of the presented transcribed words. The method further includes presenting one or more alternate words from the word lattice for the selected transcribed word. The method further includes receiving a user selection of at least one of the alternate words. The method further includes replacing the selected transcribed word in the presented transcribed words with the selected alternate word.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Michael J. LeBeau, William J. Byrne, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Brandon M. Ballinger, Trausti T. Kristjansson
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Patent number: 10720176Abstract: A computer-implemented method of multisensory speech detection is disclosed. The method comprises determining an orientation of a mobile device and determining an operating mode of the mobile device based on the orientation of the mobile device. The method further includes identifying speech detection parameters that specify when speech detection begins or ends based on the determined operating mode and detecting speech from a user of the mobile device based on the speech detection parameters.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Dave Burke, Michael J. Lebeau, Konrad Gianno, Trausti T. Kristjansson, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Andrew W. Senior
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Patent number: 10714120Abstract: A computer-implemented method of multisensory speech detection is disclosed. The method comprises determining an orientation of a mobile device and determining an operating mode of the mobile device based on the orientation of the mobile device. The method further includes identifying speech detection parameters that specify when speech detection begins or ends based on the determined operating mode and detecting speech from a user of the mobile device based on the speech detection parameters.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Dave Burke, Michael J. Lebeau, Konrad Gianno, Trausti T. Kristjansson, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Andrew W. Senior