Patents by Inventor Robert Firebaugh

Robert Firebaugh 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC JOINING AS A VIRTUAL MEETING PARTICIPANT FOR TRANSCRIPTION
    Publication number: 20250140277
    Abstract: Method, system, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for joining a virtual participant in a conversation. In some examples, a computer-implemented method includes: identifying a first conversation scheduled to be participated by a first group of actual participants; joining a first virtual participant into the first conversation; obtaining, via the first virtual participant, a first set of audio data associated with the first conversation while the first conversation occurs; transcribing, via the first virtual participant, the first set of audio data into a first set of text data while the first conversation occurs; and presenting the first set of text data to the first group of actual participants while the first conversation occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: AMRO YOUNES, WINFRED JAMES, TAO XING, CHENG YUAN, YUN FU, SIMON LAU, ROBERT FIREBAUGH, SAM LIANG
  • Systems and methods for automatically generating conversation outlines and annotation summaries
    Patent number: 12182502
    Abstract: Method, system, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for presenting a conversation. A computer-implemented method may include: obtaining, via a first virtual participant, a first set of audio data associated with the first conversation while the first conversation occurs; transcribing the first set of audio data into a first set of text data while the first conversation occurs; obtaining a set of annotations associated with the set of text data while the first conversation occurs; identifying one or more topic transitions based at least in part upon the set of text data; generating a conversation summary based at least in part upon the one or more topic transitions; obtaining a first set of visual data associated with the conversation; and presenting the set of annotations, the conversation summary, and the first set of visual data embedded in the first set of text data to the first group of actual participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Otter.ai, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaisuke Nakajima, Kean Kheong Chin, Gregory Kennedy Sell, Cheng Yuan, Amro A. Younes, Richard Norman Michael Ward, Robert Firebaugh, Qingyun Mao, Amanda Song, Simon Lau, Siddharth Pradeep Sakhadeo, Winfred James Jebasingh, Jiankai Xiao, Shreyas Aiyar, Frazer Hainsworth Kirkman, Wen Sun, Angus Ka-man Ng, Sam Liang, Yun Fu
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING CONVERSATION OUTLINES AND ANNOTATION SUMMARIES
    Publication number: 20240354493
    Abstract: Method, system, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for presenting a conversation. A computer-implemented method may include: obtaining, via a first virtual participant, a first set of audio data associated with the first conversation while the first conversation occurs; transcribing the first set of audio data into a first set of text data while the first conversation occurs; obtaining a set of annotations associated with the set of text data while the first conversation occurs; identifying one or more topic transitions based at least in part upon the set of text data; generating a conversation summary based at least in part upon the one or more topic transitions; obtaining a first set of visual data associated with the conversation; and presenting the set of annotations, the conversation summary, and the first set of visual data embedded in the first set of text data to the first group of actual participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Kaisuke Nakajima, Kean Kheong Chin, Gregory Kennedy Sell, Cheng Yuan, Amro A. Younes, Richard Norman Michael Ward, Robert Firebaugh, Qingyun Mao, Amanda Song, Simon Lau, Siddharth Pradeep Sakhadeo, Winfred James Jebasingh, Jiankai Xiao, Shreyas Aiyar, Frazer Hainsworth Kirkman, Wen Sun, Angus Ka-man Ng, Sam Liang, Yun Fu
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC JOINING AS A VIRTUAL MEETING PARTICIPANT FOR TRANSCRIPTION
    Publication number: 20230267948
    Abstract: Method, system, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for joining a virtual participant in a conversation. In some examples, a computer-implemented method includes: identifying a first conversation scheduled to be participated by a first group of actual participants; joining a first virtual participant into the first conversation; obtaining, via the first virtual participant, a first set of audio data associated with the first conversation while the first conversation occurs; transcribing, via the first virtual participant, the first set of audio data into a first set of text data while the first conversation occurs; and presenting the first set of text data to the first group of actual participants while the first conversation occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: AMRO YOUNES, Winfred James, Tao Xing, Cheng Yuan, Yun Fu, Simon Lau, Robert Firebaugh, Sam Liang
  • Systems and methods for automatic joining as a virtual meeting participant for transcription
    Patent number: 11676623
    Abstract: Method, system, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for joining a virtual participant in a conversation. In some examples, a computer-implemented method includes: identifying a first conversation scheduled to be participated by a first group of actual participants; joining a first virtual participant into the first conversation; obtaining, via the first virtual participant, a first set of audio data associated with the first conversation while the first conversation occurs; transcribing, via the first virtual participant, the first set of audio data into a first set of text data while the first conversation occurs; and presenting the first set of text data to the first group of actual participants while the first conversation occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Otter.ai, Inc.
    Inventors: Amro Younes, Winfred James, Tao Xing, Cheng Yuan, Yun Fu, Simon Lau, Robert Firebaugh, Sam Liang