Patents by Inventor Sebastian Millius

Sebastian Millius 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: 11887006
    Abstract: Training and/or utilizing an interaction prediction model to generate a predicted interaction value that indicates a likelihood of interaction with a corresponding application on the basis of an electronic communication. The application can be in addition to any electronic communication application that is utilized in formulating the electronic communication and/or that is utilized in rendering the electronic communication. The predicted interaction value can be generated based on processing, utilizing the interaction prediction model, of features of the electronic communication and/or of other features. The predicted interaction value can be utilized to determine whether to perform further action(s) that interact with, and/or enable efficient interaction with, the application on the basis of the electronic communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Tom Hume, Matthew Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20230359818
    Abstract: A computing device may receive inputted text and perform, using one or more neural networks, on-device grammar checking of a sequence of words in the inputted text, including determining, using the one or more neural networks, a grammatically correct version of the sequence of words and determining that the sequence of words does not match the grammatically correct version of the sequence of words. The computing device may, in response to determining that the sequence of words does not match the grammatically correct version of the sequence of words, output, for display at a display device, at least a portion of the grammatically correct version of the sequence of words as a suggested replacement for at least a sequence of the sequence of words in the inputted text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Sebastian Millius, Qi Wang, Yunpeng Li, Shankar Kumar, Lukas Zilka, Simon Tong, Martin Sundermeyer
  • Publication number: 20230342554
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for announcing and detecting automated conversation are disclosed. One of the methods includes initiating, over a natural language communication channel, a conversation with a communication participant using a natural language communication method that includes a dialogue of natural language communications. The communication participant is determined to be automated using a pre-defined adaptive interactive protocol that specifies natural language linguistic transformations defined in a sequence. The conversation can be transitioned to a communication method that is different form the natural language communication method in response to determining that the communication participant is automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Sandro Feuz
  • Publication number: 20230308407
    Abstract: This specification is generally directed to techniques for automatically transitioning applications-especially those that enable exchange of messages between users-into and/or out of a private state based on a variety of signals associated with the messages and/or the participants themselves. In various implementations, an ongoing message exchange thread between two or more participants operating two or more respective message exchange clients may be examined. Based at least in part on the examining, a likelihood may be determined that message(s) directed by one of the participants to another of the participants as part of the ongoing message exchange thread would be deemed private by at least a given participant of the two or more participants. A determination may be made of whether the determined likelihood satisfies one or more thresholds, and in response, one or more of the message exchange clients may be transitioned into a private state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Sebastian Millius
  • Patent number: 11734515
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for announcing and detecting automated conversation are disclosed. One of the methods includes initiating, over a natural language communication channel, a conversation with a communication participant using a natural language communication method that includes a dialogue of natural language communications. The communication participant is determined to be automated using a pre-defined adaptive interactive protocol that specifies natural language linguistic transformations defined in a sequence. The conversation can be transitioned to a communication method that is different form the natural language communication method in response to determining that the communication participant is automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Sandro Feuz
  • Patent number: 11695716
    Abstract: This specification is generally directed to techniques for automatically transitioning applications—especially those that enable exchange of messages between users—into and/or out of a private state based on a variety of signals associated with the messages and/or the participants themselves. In various implementations, an ongoing message exchange thread between two or more participants operating two or more respective message exchange clients may be examined. Based at least in part on the examining, a likelihood may be determined that message(s) directed by one of the participants to another of the participants as part of the ongoing message exchange thread would be deemed private by at least a given participant of the two or more participants. A determination may be made of whether the determined likelihood satisfies one or more thresholds, and in response, one or more of the message exchange clients may be transitioned into a private state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Sebastian Millius
  • Publication number: 20220391772
    Abstract: Automatically generating and/or automatically transmitting a status of a user. The status is transmitted for presentation to one or more additional users via corresponding computing device(s) of the additional user(s). Some implementations are directed to determining both: a status of a user, and a predicted duration of that status; and generating a status notification that includes the status and that indicates the predicted duration. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to utilizing at least one trust criterion in determining whether to provide a status notification of a user to an additional user and/or in determining what status notification to provide to the additional user. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to training and/or use of machine learning model(s) in determining a status of a user and/or a predicted duration of that status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Sandro Feuz
  • Patent number: 11416764
    Abstract: Automatically generating and/or automatically transmitting a status of a user. The status is transmitted for presentation to one or more additional users via corresponding computing device(s) of the additional user(s). Some implementations are directed to determining both: a status of a user, and a predicted duration of that status; and generating a status notification that includes the status and that indicates the predicted duration. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to utilizing at least one trust criterion in determining whether to provide a status notification of a user to an additional user and/or in determining what status notification to provide to the additional user. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to training and/or use of machine learning model(s) in determining a status of a user and/or a predicted duration of that status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Sandro Feuz
  • Publication number: 20220027568
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for announcing and detecting automated conversation are disclosed. One of the methods includes initiating, over a natural language communication channel, a conversation with a communication participant using a natural language communication method that includes a dialogue of natural language communications. The communication participant is determined to be automated using a pre-defined adaptive interactive protocol that specifies natural language linguistic transformations defined in a sequence. The conversation can be transitioned to a communication method that is different form the natural language communication method in response to determining that the communication participant is automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Sandro Feuz
  • Publication number: 20210409361
    Abstract: This specification is generally directed to techniques for automatically transitioning applications—especially those that enable exchange of messages between users—into and/or out of a private state based on a variety of signals associated with the messages and/or the participants themselves. In various implementations, an ongoing message exchange thread between two or more participants operating two or more respective message exchange clients may be examined. Based at least in part on the examining, a likelihood may be determined that message(s) directed by one of the participants to another of the participants as part of the ongoing message exchange thread would be deemed private by at least a given participant of the two or more participants. A determination may be made of whether the determined likelihood satisfies one or more thresholds, and in response, one or more of the message exchange clients may be transitioned into a private state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Sebastian Millius
  • Publication number: 20210397969
    Abstract: Training and/or utilizing an interaction prediction model to generate a predicted interaction value that indicates a likelihood of interaction with a corresponding application on the basis of an electronic communication. The application can be in addition to any electronic communication application that is utilized in formulating the electronic communication and/or that is utilized in rendering the electronic communication. The predicted interaction value can be generated based on processing, utilizing the interaction prediction model, of features of the electronic communication and/or of other features. The predicted interaction value can be utilized to determine whether to perform further action(s) that interact with, and/or enable efficient interaction with, the application on the basis of the electronic communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Tom Hume, Matthew Sharifi
  • Patent number: 11153241
    Abstract: This specification is generally directed to techniques for automatically transitioning applications—especially those that enable exchange of messages between users—into and/or out of a private state based on a variety of signals associated with the messages and/or the participants themselves. In various implementations, an ongoing message exchange thread between two or more participants operating two or more respective message exchange clients may be examined. Based at least in part on the examining, a likelihood may be determined that message(s) directed by one of the participants to another of the participants as part of the ongoing message exchange thread would be deemed private by at least a given participant of the two or more participants. A determination may be made of whether the determined likelihood satisfies one or more thresholds, and in response, one or more of the message exchange clients may be transitioned into a private state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Sebastian Millius
  • Patent number: 11138384
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for announcing and detecting automated conversation are disclosed. One of the methods includes initiating, over a natural language communication channel, a conversation with a communication participant using a natural language communication method that includes a dialogue of natural language communications. The communication participant is determined to be automated using a pre-defined adaptive interactive protocol that specifies natural language linguistic transformations defined in a sequence. The conversation can be transitioned to a communication method that is different form the natural language communication method in response to determining that the communication participant is automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Sandro Feuz
  • Patent number: 11113604
    Abstract: Training and/or utilizing an interaction prediction model to generate a predicted interaction value that indicates a likelihood of interaction with a corresponding application on the basis of an electronic communication. The application can be in addition to any electronic communication application that is utilized in formulating the electronic communication and/or that is utilized in rendering the electronic communication. The predicted interaction value can be generated based on processing, utilizing the interaction prediction model, of features of the electronic communication and/or of other features. The predicted interaction value can be utilized to determine whether to perform further action(s) that interact with, and/or enable efficient interaction with, the application on the basis of the electronic communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Tom Hume, Matthew Sharifi
  • Patent number: 10664157
    Abstract: A computing device is described that includes at least one processor and a memory including instructions that when executed cause the at least one processor to output, for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, and determine, based on an indication of a selection of one or more keys from the plurality of keys, text of an electronic communication. The instructions, when executed, further cause the at least one processor to generate, based at least in part on the text, an image based search query, and output, for display, within the graphical keyboard, a graphical indication to indicate that the computing device generated the image based search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Chi-Yuen Kong, Sebastian Millius, Alexa Greenberg
  • Patent number: 10642830
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that leverage machine learning to implement context determination and/or text extraction in computing device applications. Particular embodiments can include and use a machine-learned text extraction model that has been trained to receive one or more messages containing text and determine one or more portions of extracted text from the one or more messages as well as a corresponding user context assigned to each of the one or more portions of extracted text. In addition, or alternatively, particular embodiments can include and use a machine-learned context determination model that has been trained to receive one or more portions of device data from one or more input sources available at the mobile computing device and determine a current user context indicative of one or more activities in which a user of the mobile computing device is currently engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Sandro Feuz
  • Publication number: 20200134022
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for announcing and detecting automated conversation are disclosed. One of the methods includes initiating, over a natural language communication channel, a conversation with a communication participant using a natural language communication method that includes a dialogue of natural language communications. The communication participant is determined to be automated using a pre-defined adaptive interactive protocol that specifies natural language linguistic transformations defined in a sequence. The conversation can be transitioned to a communication method that is different form the natural language communication method in response to determining that the communication participant is automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Sandro Feuz
  • Publication number: 20190394151
    Abstract: This specification is generally directed to techniques for automatically transitioning applications—especially those that enable exchange of messages between users—into and/or out of a private state based on a variety of signals associated with the messages and/or the participants themselves. In various implementations, an ongoing message exchange thread between two or more participants operating two or more respective message exchange clients may be examined. Based at least in part on the examining, a likelihood may be determined that message(s) directed by one of the participants to another of the participants as part of the ongoing message exchange thread would be deemed private by at least a given participant of the two or more participants. A determination may be made of whether the determined likelihood satisfies one or more thresholds, and in response, one or more of the message exchange clients may be transitioned into a private state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Sebastian Millius
  • Patent number: 10439966
    Abstract: This specification is generally directed to techniques for automatically transitioning applications—especially those that enable exchange of messages between users—into and/or out of a private state based on a variety of signals associated with the messages and/or the participants themselves. In various implementations, an ongoing message exchange thread between two or more participants operating two or more respective message exchange clients may be examined. Based at least in part on the examining, a likelihood may be determined that message(s) directed by one of the participants to another of the participants as part of the ongoing message exchange thread would be deemed private by at least a given participant of the two or more participants. A determination may be made of whether the determined likelihood satisfies one or more thresholds, and in response, one or more of the message exchange clients may be transitioned into a private state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Sebastian Millius
  • Publication number: 20190138904
    Abstract: Training and/or utilizing an interaction prediction model to generate a predicted interaction value that indicates a likelihood of interaction with a corresponding application on the basis of an electronic communication. The application can be in addition to any electronic communication application that is utilized in formulating the electronic communication and/or that is utilized in rendering the electronic communication. The predicted interaction value can be generated based on processing, utilizing the interaction prediction model, of features of the electronic communication and/or of other features. The predicted interaction value can be utilized to determine whether to perform further action(s) that interact with, and/or enable efficient interaction with, the application on the basis of the electronic communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Millius, Tom Hume, Matthew Sharifi