Patents by Inventor Lee Boonstra

Lee Boonstra 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: 12700400
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a transactional agent for user interactions. The agent can seamlessly respond to user requests in a conversational manner while maintaining the conversational state. The agent can include a multi-stage modular model architecture, including a semantic understander and a semantic matcher. The semantic understander can be configured to understand common conversation conventions and/or patterns to produce a structure representation of a user request. The semantic matcher can be configured to map items and modifiers to product entries for a particular domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Aishwariya Pattabiraman, Scott Bradley Huffman, Siddhartha Reddy Jonnalagadda, Ashwin Ram, Lee Boonstra, Erick Armbrust, Jack Fales, Yingchao Huang, Adrian Otto, Matthew O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20250078820
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a transactional agent for user interactions. The agent can seamlessly respond to user requests in a conversational manner while maintaining the conversational state. The agent can include a multi-stage modular model architecture, including a semantic understander and a semantic matcher. The semantic understander can be configured to understand common conversation conventions and/or patterns to produce a structure representation of a user request. The semantic matcher can be configured to map items and modifiers to product entries for a particular domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Aishwariya Pattabiraman, Scott Bradley Huffman, Siddhartha Reddy Jonnalagadda, Ashwin Ram, Lee Boonstra, Erick Armbrust, Jack Fales, Yingchao Huang, Adrian Otto, Matthew O'Connor