Patents by Inventor Othar Hansson
Othar Hansson 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: 9917904Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for invoking a non-search action based on a search query. A server system receives a search query from a remote computing device. The server system determines whether the search query includes reserved text that indicates an intent by a user that provided the search query to the remote computing device to perform a non-search messaging action instead of or in addition to obtaining search results. The server system provides to the computing device, in response to determining that the search query includes the reserved text, code for causing the remote computing device to display a draft communication that includes at least the search query without the reserved text, and for allowing the user to edit the draft communication before transmitting the draft communication for receipt by recipient users.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Tak Keung Cheng, Robert Stacey, Othar Hansson, Brett R. Lider, Tomer Kol, Iftach Hyams
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Patent number: 9892190Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, for automatically generating search suggestions based on history data for multiple native application on a user device.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Ulas Kirazci, Othar Hansson, Anton Hansson
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Publication number: 20180012604Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying a user in a multi-user environment. One of the methods includes receiving, by a first user device, an audio signal encoding an utterance, obtaining, by the first user device, a first speaker model for a first user of the first user device, obtaining, by the first user device for a second user of a second user device that is co-located with the first user device, a second speaker model for the second user or a second score that indicates a respective likelihood that the utterance was spoken by the second user, and determining, by the first user device, that the utterance was spoken by the first user using (i) the first speaker model and the second speaker model or (ii) the first speaker model and the second score.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Raziel Alvarez Guevara, Othar Hansson
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Patent number: 9792914Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying a user in a multi-user environment. One of the methods includes receiving, by a first user device, an audio signal encoding an utterance, obtaining, by the first user device, a first speaker model for a first user of the first user device, obtaining, by the first user device for a second user of a second user device that is co-located with the first user device, a second speaker model for the second user or a second score that indicates a respective likelihood that the utterance was spoken by the second user, and determining, by the first user device, that the utterance was spoken by the first user using (i) the first speaker model and the second speaker model or (ii) the first speaker model and the second score.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Raziel Alvarez Guevara, Othar Hansson
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Publication number: 20160350136Abstract: In general, this disclosure is directed to techniques for outputting, by a computing device and for display at a display component that is operatively coupled to the computing device, a graphical user interface of an application. The computing device determines context data from content included in the graphical user interface. The computing device further determines, based at least in part on the context data, an indication of assistance that is contextually related to the content included in the graphical user interface. The computing device outputs the indication of the assistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Thomas Ramon Karlo, Aparna Chennapragada, Michael Andrew Cleron, Ulas Kirazci, Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff, Othar Hansson, Jeff Boortz, Dianne Hackborn
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Publication number: 20160321270Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing search query suggestions. In one aspect, a search service provides query suggestions responsive to a query suggestion request from a client device, and determines if a prediction criterion is met. The prediction criterion is independent of a user selection of a query suggestion provided in response to one or more query suggestion requests. In response to determining that the prediction criterion is met, the search system provides search results to the client device. The search results are responsive to one of the query suggestions provided in response to the query suggestion request or one or more previous query suggestion requests.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Othar Hansson, David Black, Jon M. Wiley, Manas Tungare, Ziga Mahkovec, Benjamin J. McMahan, Benedict A. Gomes, Jonathan J. Effrat, Johanna R. Wright, Marcin K. Wichary
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Publication number: 20160314792Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying a user in a multi-user environment. One of the methods includes receiving, by a first user device, an audio signal encoding an utterance, obtaining, by the first user device, a first speaker model for a first user of the first user device, obtaining, by the first user device for a second user of a second user device that is co-located with the first user device, a second speaker model for the second user or a second score that indicates a respective likelihood that the utterance was spoken by the second user, and determining, by the first user device, that the utterance was spoken by the first user using (i) the first speaker model and the second speaker model or (ii) the first speaker model and the second score.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Raziel Alvarez Guevara, Othar Hansson
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Patent number: 9460209Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for invoking a non-search action based on a search query. A server system receives a search query from a remote computing device. The server system determines whether the search query includes reserved text that indicates an intent by a user that provided the search query to the remote computing device to perform a non-search messaging action instead of or in addition to obtaining search results. The server system provides to the computing device, in response to determining that the search query includes the reserved text, code for causing the remote computing device to display a draft communication that includes at least the search query without the reserved text, and for allowing the user to edit the draft communication before transmitting the draft communication for receipt by recipient users.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Tak Keung Cheng, Robert Stacey, Othar Hansson, Brett R. Lider, Tomer Kol, Iftach Hyams
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Patent number: 9412376Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying a user in a multi-user environment. One of the methods includes receiving, by a first user device, an audio signal encoding an utterance, obtaining, by the first user device, a first speaker model for a first user of the first user device, obtaining, by the first user device for a second user of a second user device that is co-located with the first user device, a second speaker model for the second user or a second score that indicates a respective likelihood that the utterance was spoken by the second user, and determining, by the first user device, that the utterance was spoken by the first user using (i) the first speaker model and the second speaker model or (ii) the first speaker model and the second score.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Raziel Alvarez Guevara, Othar Hansson
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Publication number: 20160224240Abstract: In one example, a method includes outputting, by a computing device (102) and for display at a display device (104) operatively coupled to the computing device, a graphical keyboard (124) comprising a plurality of keys, and receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a gesture detected at a presence-sensitive input device operatively coupled to the computing device. In this example, the method also includes detecting, by one or more sensors (154) of the computing device, data indicative of one or more user states determined to affect gesture accuracy; selecting, by the computing device and based at least in part on the indication of the gesture and the data, a particular candidate string; and outputting, by the computing device and for display at the display device, the particular candidate string.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Jakob Foerster, Othar Hansson
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Patent number: 9396268Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying answer boxes for presentation to a user. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of, while receiving an input entered in a search engine query input field by a first user, and before the first user has submitted the input as a search request, obtaining content for an answer box for the input and presenting the answer box to the first user. The answer box can be an answer box associated with a dominant query for the input, or can be an answer box identified from historical answer box data for the input.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jonathan J. Effrat, David E. Lecomte, Christina R. Dhanaraj, Othar Hansson
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Patent number: 9257120Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying a user in a multi-user environment. One of the methods includes receiving, by a first user device, an audio signal encoding an utterance, obtaining, by the first user device, a first speaker model for a first user of the first user device, obtaining, by the first user device for a second user of a second user device that is co-located with the first user device, a second speaker model for the second user or a second score that indicates a respective likelihood that the utterance was spoken by the second user, and determining, by the first user device, that the utterance was spoken by the first user using (i) the first speaker model and the second speaker model or (ii) the first speaker model and the second score.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Raziel Alvarez Guevara, Othar Hansson
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Publication number: 20160019889Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying a user in a multi-user environment. One of the methods includes receiving, by a first user device, an audio signal encoding an utterance, obtaining, by the first user device, a first speaker model for a first user of the first user device, obtaining, by the first user device for a second user of a second user device that is co-located with the first user device, a second speaker model for the second user or a second score that indicates a respective likelihood that the utterance was spoken by the second user, and determining, by the first user device, that the utterance was spoken by the first user using (i) the first speaker model and the second speaker model or (ii) the first speaker model and the second score.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Raziel Alvarez Guevara, Othar Hansson
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Publication number: 20160019896Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying a user in a multi-user environment. One of the methods includes receiving, by a first user device, an audio signal encoding an utterance, obtaining, by the first user device, a first speaker model for a first user of the first user device, obtaining, by the first user device for a second user of a second user device that is co-located with the first user device, a second speaker model for the second user or a second score that indicates a respective likelihood that the utterance was spoken by the second user, and determining, by the first user device, that the utterance was spoken by the first user using (i) the first speaker model and the second speaker model or (ii) the first speaker model and the second score.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Raziel Alvarez Guevara, Othar Hansson
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Publication number: 20150324378Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying answer boxes for presentation to a user. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of, while receiving an input entered in a search engine query input field by a first user, and before the first user has submitted the input as a search request, obtaining content for an answer box for the input and presenting the answer box to the first user. The answer box can be an answer box associated with a dominant query for the input, or can be an answer box identified from historical answer box data for the input.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Jonathan J. Effrat, David E. Lecomte, Christina R. Dhanaraj, Othar Hansson
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Patent number: 9177074Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for confirming authorship of documents is presented. A document hosted on a website of a domain is accessed, where the document includes an authorship identifier asserting authorship of the document by an entity. Authorship of the document by the entity is conditionally confirmed when a profile for the entity is associated with the authorship identifier and when the profile for the entity indicates that the entity has confirmed that the authorship identifier is included in documents authored by the entity that are hosted on the first website of the first domain. Responsive to confirming authorship of the document by the entity, application of a confirmed authorship process to the document is permitted. Responsive to failing to confirm authorship of the document by the entity, application of the confirmed authorship process to the document is barred.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Othar Hansson, Sagar Kamdar, Michael Cassidy
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Patent number: 9165030Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of receiving a search query from a searching user, in response to the search query matching a trigger query, receiving a first set of authoritative users, processing the first set of authoritative users to define a second set of authoritative users, and transmitting instructions to display data associated with authoritative users of the second set of authoritative users with search results responsive to the search query.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Wanda Wen-hui Hung, Jun Gong, Bogdan Dorohonceanu, Sagar Kamdar, Othar Hansson
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Patent number: 9110995Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying answer boxes for presentation to a user. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of, while receiving an input entered in a search engine query input field by a first user, and before the first user has submitted the input as a search request, obtaining content for an answer box for the input and presenting the answer box to the first user. The answer box can be an answer box associated with a dominant query for the input, or can be an answer box identified from historical answer box data for the input.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jonathan J. Effrat, David E. Lecomte, Christina R. Dhanaraj, Othar Hansson
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Publication number: 20150213041Abstract: Methods for ranking search suggestions are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a search input and identifying at least one suggestion responsive to the search input from each of a plurality of suggestion sources. Each suggestion has an associated probability ranking value based on a likelihood that the search input is for a query or a likelihood that the search input is for an address. The method also includes providing, for display, each of the suggestions according to the associated probability ranking value of the suggestion. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Abhinandan Sujit DAS, Othar Hansson, Bartlomiej Niechwiej, Harry Fung, Mark Roth Pearson, David Charles Black
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Publication number: 20150169567Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing image search results. In one aspect, a method includes displaying a page resource received in response to the selection of the image search result in a display environment belonging to a first domain of a server that hosts the page resource, generating an image display environment on the page resource, displaying an image resource referenced by the image search result in the image display environment, and in response to a command to close the image display environment, closing the image display environment and displaying the page resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2012Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Anantica Jija Hari Singh, Ziga Mahkovec, Sashanka Vishnuvajhala, Nathan D. Beach, Othar Hansson