Patents by Inventor Kristen Sheets

Kristen Sheets 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: 12596734
    Abstract: A parse arbitrator receives a rule-based parser predictive test result indicating whether a first <intent, slots> set contains at least one predictive slot and a descriptive classifier test result indicating whether the digitized descriptive query is descriptive. The parse arbitrator instructs a fulfillment system to perform a fulfillment operation based on the first <intent, slots> set when the rule-based parser predictive test result and the descriptive classifier test result align and instructs a fulfillment system to perform a fulfillment operation based on a second <intent, slots> set when the rule-based parser predictive test result and the descriptive classifier test result do not align. The first <intent, slots> set has been generated by using a first parser to parse a digitized descriptive query and the second <intent, slots> set has been generated by using a second parser to parse the digitized descriptive query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Kristen Sheets, Matthew McKenna, Yakov Kronrod
  • Patent number: 12511257
    Abstract: Example implementations include dividing a textual transcript of digital audio content into a sequence of chunks, where the chunks are chronologically non-overlapping; determining annotations for each of the chunks, the annotations including at least one of: a title of the digital audio content, a description of the digital audio content, or one or more inferred segment titles of one or more previous segments of the digital audio content; providing, to a natural language model, a first chunk from the sequence of chunks, an associated annotation, and instructions to identify: a segment found in the first chunk, and a segment title of the segment; receiving, from the natural language model, an indication of the segment and the segment title; and storing the indication of the segment and the segment title as metadata associated with the digital audio content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Azin Ghazimatin, Ekaterina Garmash, Ann Clifton, Paul Bennett, Claudia Hauff, Kristen Sheets, Martin Achenbach, Oguz Semerci, Sahitya Mantravadi, Remi Galvez, Ofeliya Kalaydzhyan, Divya Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20250355834
    Abstract: Example implementations include dividing a textual transcript of digital audio content into a sequence of chunks, where the chunks are chronologically non-overlapping; determining annotations for each of the chunks, the annotations including at least one of: a title of the digital audio content, a description of the digital audio content, or one or more inferred segment titles of one or more previous segments of the digital audio content; providing, to a natural language model, a first chunk from the sequence of chunks, an associated annotation, and instructions to identify: a segment found in the first chunk, and a segment title of the segment; receiving, from the natural language model, an indication of the segment and the segment title; and storing the indication of the segment and the segment title as metadata associated with the digital audio content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Azin Ghazimatin, Ekaterina Garmash, Ann Clifton, Paul Bennett, Claudia Hauff, Kristen Sheets, Martin Achenbach, Oguz Semerci, Sahitya Mantravadi, Remi Galvez, Ofeliya Kalaydzhyan, Divya Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20240211500
    Abstract: A parse arbitrator receives a rule-based parser predictive test result indicating whether a first <intent, slots> set contains at least one predictive slot and a descriptive classifier test result indicating whether the digitized descriptive query is descriptive. The parse arbitrator instructs a fulfillment system to perform a fulfillment operation based on the first <intent, slots> set when the rule-based parser predictive test result and the descriptive classifier test result align and instructs a fulfillment system to perform a fulfillment operation based on a second <intent, slots> set when the rule-based parser predictive test result and the descriptive classifier test result do not align. The first <intent, slots> set has been generated by using a first parser to parse a digitized descriptive query and the second <intent, slots> set has been generated by using a second parser to parse the digitized descriptive query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Kristen Sheets, Matthew McKenna, Yakov Kronrod