Patents by Inventor Peter Lau

Peter Lau 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: 12243529
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine
  • Patent number: 11977805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for displaying facility information. One such method includes causing a client terminal to render on-screen floorplan data at a desired position and resolution, wherein the floorplan data is defined by a plurality of scalable resolution independent vector images, each resolution independent vector image representing a physical space in a facility. As set of rules are executed thereby to apply determined visual characteristics to one or more of the vector images, wherein each of the one or more vector images is associated with a data point in a building management system, and wherein for a given vector image the set of rules defines a relationship between observed data point values and visual characteristics to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Henry Chen, Weilin Zhang, Peter Lau
  • Publication number: 20240135928
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine
  • Patent number: 11900938
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine
  • Publication number: 20220351731
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine
  • Patent number: 11423902
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine
  • Publication number: 20210373836
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for displaying facility information. One such method includes causing a client terminal to render on-screen floorplan data at a desired position and resolution, wherein the floorplan data is defined by a plurality of scalable resolution independent vector images, each resolution independent vector image representing a physical space in a facility. As set of rules are executed thereby to apply determined visual characteristics to one or more of the vector images, wherein each of the one or more vector images is associated with a data point in a building management system, and wherein for a given vector image the set of rules defines a relationship between observed data point values and visual characteristics to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Henry Chen, Weilin Zhang, Peter Lau
  • Patent number: 10847056
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a portable multi-interface Braille key board cell system. The system includes a bump frame and a Braille keyboard module that are assembled together. The Braille keyboard module unit includes a Braille keyboard assembly integrated together with an extendable and retractable wing panel mechanism. The system is further in integration with a controller and a processing unit of a handheld device. The system can further access functions of the handheld device via Braille buttons or presser buttons provided by the Braille keyboard assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventors: Te On Peter Lau, Fairoz Mohamed Noor, Alexandre Jacques Henri Caussel
  • Publication number: 20200357403
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine
  • Patent number: 10726840
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine
  • Publication number: 20190251968
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine
  • Patent number: 10373123
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining other users that will attend an event with a user. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent for a device, input from a user identifying an event, determining constraints for other users that will be invited to attend the event, determining one or more other users who meet the constraints, identifying, for each of the other users, other computer-implemented agents, each of the other agents for respective other devices, sending, to each of the other agents, a request to determine whether the respective other user of the other agent is interested in attending the event, receiving, from a first subset of the other agents, a response that indicates that the respective other user is interested in attending the event, and facilitating communication between the user and the respective other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Gabriel Schine, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe
  • Publication number: 20190236981
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a portable multi-interface Braille key board cell system. The system includes a bump frame and a Braille keyboard module that are assembled together. The Braille keyboard module unit includes a Braille keyboard assembly integrated together with an extendable and retractable wing panel mechanism. The system is further in integration with a controller and a processing unit of a handheld device. The system can further access functions of the handheld device via Braille buttons or preser buttons provided by the Braille keyboard assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: TE ON PETER LAU, FAIROZ MOHAMED NOOR, ALEXANDRE JACQUES HENRI CAUSSEL
  • Patent number: 10334057
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing digital component transmission. A data structure stores session data for a user session. An encoder accesses the session data, encodes at least a portion of the online activities by representing different online activities with different symbols, and generates an encoded session string that includes multiple different symbols representing an order of occurrence of the different online activities. One or more servers classify the user session to a positive session classification or a negative session classification based on a classification score for the encoded session string, aggregates the classification of the user session with other classifications of other user sessions that have a same session string as the encoded session string, and adjusts distribution of digital components to client devices based on the aggregated classifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Emmanuel Christophe, Elad Ganmor, Qiangfeng Peter Lau
  • Patent number: 10325595
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine
  • Publication number: 20190066060
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining other users that will attend an event with a user. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent for a device, input from a user identifying an event, determining constraints for other users that will be invited to attend the event, determining one or more other users who meet the constraints, identifying, for each of the other users, other computer-implemented agents, each of the other agents for respective other devices, sending, to each of the other agents, a request to determine whether the respective other user of the other agent is interested in attending the event, receiving, from a first subset of the other agents, a response that indicates that the respective other user is interested in attending the event, and facilitating communication between the user and the respective other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Gabriel Schine, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe
  • Patent number: 10140595
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining other users that will attend an event with a user. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent for a device, input from a user identifying an event, determining constraints for other users that will be invited to attend the event, determining one or more other users who meet the constraints, identifying, for each of the other users, other computer-implemented agents, each of the other agents for respective other devices, sending, to each of the other agents, a request to determine whether the respective other user of the other agent is interested in attending the event, receiving, from a first subset of the other agents, a response that indicates that the respective other user is interested in attending the event, and facilitating communication between the user and the respective other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Gabriel Schine, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe
  • Publication number: 20180253321
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining user frustration and assisting the user in response. One of the methods includes receiving data from one or more sensors of a mobile device, determining, from the received data, that a user of the mobile device is having difficulty causing the mobile device to perform an action, determining the action the user is trying to cause the mobile device to perform using a state of the mobile device, and generating assistance data to cause the mobile device to perform the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine, Qiangfeng Peter Lau
  • Publication number: 20180253699
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining other users that will attend an event with a user. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent for a device, input from a user identifying an event, determining constraints for other users that will be invited to attend the event, determining one or more other users who meet the constraints, identifying, for each of the other users, other computer-implemented agents, each of the other agents for respective other devices, sending, to each of the other agents, a request to determine whether the respective other user of the other agent is interested in attending the event, receiving, from a first subset of the other agents, a response that indicates that the respective other user is interested in attending the event, and facilitating communication between the user and the respective other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Gabriel Schine, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe
  • Publication number: 20180247649
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handing off a user conversation between computer-implemented agents. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer-implemented agent specific to a user device, a digital representation of speech encoding an utterance, determining, by the computer-implemented agent, that the utterance specifies a requirement to establish a communication with another computer-implemented agent, and establishing, by the computer-implemented agent, a communication between the other computer-implemented agent and the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Johnny Chen, Thomas L. Dean, Qiangfeng Peter Lau, Sudeep Gandhe, Gabriel Schine