Patents by Inventor Robert Jacob Kirk

Robert Jacob Kirk 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: 10929469
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for auto-generating subject suggestions are provided. For example, a set of n-grams are generated from text within an email body of an email being composed by a user and/or from descriptive information of attachments to the email. Features of the set of n-grams are identified, such as a date feature, a proper noun feature, an activity feature, a number of words feature, etc. Classifiers are used to assign probabilities to the n-grams based upon the features. A probability may specify a strength of an n-gram in relation to a user preference of the user for an email subject derived from the n-gram. In this way, an email subject suggestion is generated based upon a target n-gram with a probability exceeding a threshold. The email subject suggestion is provided to the user, such as during email composition or during sending of the email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Jacob Kirk, Ashley Rose Schneider, Yating Sheng
  • Publication number: 20190278810
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for auto-generating subject suggestions are provided. For example, a set of n-grams are generated from text within an email body of an email being composed by a user and/or from descriptive information of attachments to the email. Features of the set of n-grams are identified, such as a date feature, a proper noun feature, an activity feature, a number of words feature, etc. Classifiers are used to assign probabilities to the n-grams based upon the features. A probability may specify a strength of an n-gram in relation to a user preference of the user for an email subject derived from the n-gram. In this way, an email subject suggestion is generated based upon a target n-gram with a probability exceeding a threshold. The email subject suggestion is provided to the user, such as during email composition or during sending of the email.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Jacob Kirk, Ashley Rose Schneider, Yating Sheng
  • Patent number: 10303720
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for auto-generating subject suggestions are provided. For example, a set of n-grams are generated from text within an email body of an email being composed by a user and/or from descriptive information of attachments to the email. Features of the set of n-grams are identified, such as a date feature, a proper noun feature, an activity feature, a number of words feature, etc. Classifiers are used to assign probabilities to the n-grams based upon the features. A probability may specify a strength of an n-gram in relation to a user preference of the user for an email subject derived from the n-gram. In this way, an email subject suggestion is generated based upon a target n-gram with a probability exceeding a threshold. The email subject suggestion is provided to the user, such as during email composition or during sending of the email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Jacob Kirk, Ashley Rose Schneider, Yating Sheng
  • Patent number: 10275022
    Abstract: A user device is enabled by an audio-visual assistant for audio-visual interaction with a user. The audio-visual assistant enables the user device to track the user's eyes and face to determine objects on the screen that the user is currently observing. Various tasks can be executed on the objects based on further input provided by the user. The user can provide further inputs via facial gestures, voice or combinations thereof for executing the various tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatraman Sridharan, Robert Jacob Kirk
  • Publication number: 20180329488
    Abstract: A user device is enabled by an audio-visual assistant for audio-visual interaction with a user. The audio-visual assistant enables the user device to track the user's eyes and face to determine objects on the screen that the user is currently observing. Various tasks can be executed on the objects based on further input provided by the user. The user can provide further inputs via facial gestures, voice or combinations thereof for executing the various tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Venkatraman SRIDHARAN, Robert Jacob KIRK
  • Patent number: 10048748
    Abstract: A user device is enabled by an audio-visual assistant for audio-visual interaction with a user. The audio-visual assistant enables the user device to track the user's eyes and face to determine objects on the screen that the user is currently observing. Various tasks can be executed on the objects based on further input provided by the user. The user can provide further inputs via facial gestures, voice or combinations thereof for executing the various tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Venkatraman Sridharan, Robert Jacob Kirk
  • Publication number: 20170295118
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for auto-generating subject suggestions are provided. For example, a set of n-grams are generated from text within an email body of an email being composed by a user and/or from descriptive information of attachments to the email. Features of the set of n-grams are identified, such as a date feature, a proper noun feature, an activity feature, a number of words feature, etc. Classifiers are used to assign probabilities to the n-grams based upon the features. A probability may specify a strength of an n-gram in relation to a user preference of the user for an email subject derived from the n-gram. In this way, an email subject suggestion is generated based upon a target n-gram with a probability exceeding a threshold. The email subject suggestion is provided to the user, such as during email composition or during sending of the email.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Jacob Kirk, Ashley Rose Schneider, Yating Sheng
  • Publication number: 20150130716
    Abstract: A user device is enabled by an audio-visual assistant for audio-visual interaction with a user. The audio-visual assistant enables the user device to track the user's eyes and face to determine objects on the screen that the user is currently observing. Various tasks can be executed on the objects based on further input provided by the user. The user can provide further inputs via facial gestures, voice or combinations thereof for executing the various tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Venkatraman Sridharan, Robert Jacob Kirk