Patents by Inventor Patrick Guy Haffner

Patrick Guy Haffner 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: 12321385
    Abstract: This disclosure describes automatically identifying videos of a video dataset having high-content similarity and grouping the videos together with one or more possible tags for the videos for consideration by annotators. A labeling service of a service provider network receives (i) a dataset of unlabeled videos and (ii) category tags for labeling the videos from a client device associated with a user. A video data modeling engine analyzes the dataset to provide a set of ranked unlabeled videos from the dataset, wherein the set of ranked unlabeled videos are ranked according to confidence scores with respect to at least one tag. Based at least in part on the confidence scores, at least some of the unlabeled videos are labeled with the at least one tag to provide a dataset of labeled videos. The dataset of labeled videos is provided to a database and/or the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Williams, Weifeng Chen, Patrick Guy Haffner, Matthew Alan Lease, Li Erran Li, Kumar Hemachandra Chellapilla
  • Patent number: 12008792
    Abstract: Adjustments to bounding shapes for detected objects in image data may be independently determined. A bounding shape for an object detected in image data may be obtained. Independently determined adjustments for one or more edges of the bounding shape may be determined according to a multi-scale feature map generated from different resolutions of the image data that is provided as input to different dimension decoders to determine the adjustments to the bounding shape and respective confidence scores for the adjustments. The confidence scores are evaluated with respect to a confidence threshold to determine whether to provide the adjustments to the one or more edges of the bounding shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Min Bai, Jonathan Buck, Patrick Guy Haffner, Kumar Hemachandra Chellapilla, Li Erran Li
  • Patent number: 10489517
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of providing an on demand translation service is provided. A subscriber may be charged a reduced fee or no fee for use of the on demand translation service in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber, the commercial messages being selected based on subscriber information. A multimedia signal including information in a source language may be received. The information may be obtained as text in the source language from the multimedia signal. The text may be translated from the source language to a target language. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be transmitted to a processing device for presentation to the subscriber. The received multimedia signal may be sent to a multimedia device for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Srinivas Bangalore, David Crawford Gibbon, Mazin Gilbert, Patrick Guy Haffner, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray
  • Publication number: 20180046617
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of providing an on demand translation service is provided. A subscriber may be charged a reduced fee or no fee for use of the on demand translation service in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber, the commercial messages being selected based on subscriber information. A multimedia signal including information in a source language may be received. The information may be obtained as text in the source language from the multimedia signal. The text may be translated from the source language to a target language. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be transmitted to a processing device for presentation to the subscriber. The received multimedia signal may be sent to a multimedia device for viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Srinivas BANGALORE, David Crawford GIBBON, Mazin GILBERT, Patrick Guy HAFFNER, Zhu LIU, Behzad SHAHRARAY
  • Patent number: 9830535
    Abstract: A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Leon Bottou, Patrick Guy Haffner
  • Patent number: 9805026
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of providing an on demand translation service is provided. A subscriber may be charged a reduced fee or no fee for use of the on demand translation service in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber, the commercial messages being selected based on subscriber information. A multimedia signal including information in a source language may be received. The information may be obtained as text in the source language from the multimedia signal. The text may be translated from the source language to a target language. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be transmitted to a processing device for presentation to the subscriber. The received multimedia signal may be sent to a multimedia device for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Srinivas Bangalore, David Crawford Gibbon, Mazin Gilbert, Patrick Guy Haffner, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray
  • Publication number: 20170161589
    Abstract: A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Leon BOTTOU, Patrick Guy Haffner
  • Patent number: 9576212
    Abstract: A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Leon Bottou, Patrick Guy Haffner
  • Publication number: 20160295292
    Abstract: A method, a system and a machine-readable medium are provided for an on demand translation service. A translation module including at least one language pair module for translating a source language to a target language may be made available for use by a subscriber. The subscriber may be charged a fee for use of the requested on demand translation service or may be provided use of the on demand translation service for free in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber. A video signal may be received including information in the source language, which may be obtained as text from the video signal and may be translated from the source language to the target language by use of the translation module. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be added into the received video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Srinivas Bangalore, David Crawford Gibbon, Mazin Gilbert, Patrick Guy Haffner, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray
  • Patent number: 9374612
    Abstract: A method, a system and a machine-readable medium are provided for an on demand translation service. A translation module including at least one language pair module for translating a source language to a target language may be made available for use by a subscriber. The subscriber may be charged a fee for use of the requested on demand translation service or may be provided use of the on demand translation service for free in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber. A video signal may be received including information in the source language, which may be obtained as text from the video signal and may be translated from the source language to the target language by use of the translation module. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be added into the received video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Srinivas Bangalore, David Crawford Gibbon, Mazin Gilbert, Patrick Guy Haffner, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray
  • Publication number: 20160148067
    Abstract: A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Leon BOTTOU, Patrick Guy Haffner
  • Patent number: 9256801
    Abstract: A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Leon Bottou, Patrick Guy Haffner
  • Publication number: 20150186747
    Abstract: A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Leon BOTTOU, Patrick Guy Haffner
  • Publication number: 20150149176
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for building classifiers in a semi-supervised or unsupervised way. An example system implementing the method can receive a human-generated map which identifies categories of transcriptions. Then the system can receive a set of machine transcriptions. The system can process each machine transcription in the set of machine transcriptions via a set of natural language understanding classifiers, to yield a machine map, the machine map including a set of classifications and a classification score for each machine transcription in the set of machine transcriptions. Then the system can generate silver annotated data by combining the human-generated map and the machine map. The algorithm can include different branches for when the machine transcription is available, when partial results are available, when no results are found for the machine transcription, and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Danilo GIULIANELLI, Patrick Guy HAFFNER
  • Patent number: 8983209
    Abstract: A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Leon Bottou, Patrick Guy Haffner
  • Publication number: 20140350915
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of providing an on demand translation service is provided. A subscriber may be charged a reduced fee or no fee for use of the on demand translation service in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber, the commercial messages being selected based on subscriber information. A multimedia signal including information in a source language may be received. The information may be obtained as text in the source language from the multimedia signal. The text may be translated from the source language to a target language. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be transmitted to a processing device for presentation to the subscriber. The received multimedia signal may be sent to a multimedia device for viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Srinivas BANGALORE, David Crawford GIBBON, Mazin GILBERT, Patrick Guy HAFFNER, Zhu LIU, Behzad SHAHRARAY
  • Publication number: 20140301654
    Abstract: A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Leon BOTTOU, Patrick Guy Haffner
  • Patent number: 8805668
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method of providing an on demand translation service is provided. A subscriber may be charged a reduced fee or no fee for use of the on demand translation service in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber, the commercial messages being selected based on subscriber information. A multimedia signal including information in a source language may be received. The information may be obtained as text in the source language from the multimedia signal. The text may be translated from the source language to a target language. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be transmitted to a processing device for presentation to the subscriber. The received multimedia signal may be sent to a multimedia device for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Srinivas Bangalore, David Crawford Gibbon, Mazin Gilbert, Patrick Guy Haffner, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray
  • Patent number: 8761524
    Abstract: A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Leon Bottou, Patrick Guy Haffner
  • Publication number: 20140053171
    Abstract: A method, a system and a machine-readable medium are provided for an on demand translation service. A translation module including at least one language pair module for translating a source language to a target language may be made available for use by a subscriber. The subscriber may be charged a fee for use of the requested on demand translation service or may be provided use of the on demand translation service for free in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber. A video signal may be received including information in the source language, which may be obtained as text from the video signal and may be translated from the source language to the target language by use of the translation module. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be added into the received video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Srinivas Bangalore, David Crawford Gibbon, Mazin Gilbert, Patrick Guy Haffner, Zhu Liu, Behzad Shahraray