Patents by Inventor Torbjorn Helvik

Torbjorn Helvik 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: 12229123
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for determining relationships between content items to create a visualization associated with the various content items. The visualization may provide information regarding what various individuals in a group, team, or organization have been working on (e.g., content, documents, projects).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Meling, Torbjørn Helvik, Vegar S Wang, Jakob Werner
  • Publication number: 20240403829
    Abstract: The technology described herein identifies a user or user group with relevant experience for a yet to be completed task that is part of a project. The technology described herein improves on past efforts to identify users with relevant experience by considering the project context of an active task and a collaboration history of the user or user group. The technology builds a project-context oriented task description that includes the task description of the active task along with the task descriptions of other tasks within the project. The project-oriented task description is used to generate a vector embedding, which are used to identify similar tasks. Once a similar task is identified, the user or user group associated with the similar task are candidates to provide relevant experience. A collaboration network may be used to identify users who worked together previously on a task or project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Torbjørn HELVIK, Aleksander TORSTENSEN
  • Publication number: 20240338413
    Abstract: Systems and methods for inferring the favorite authors and collaborators of a user are provided. The method includes storing an enterprise authorship database, identifies a document accessed by a user identifier (UID), identifying contributors to the identified document, generating a contribution score for each contributor of the identified contributors, based on each generated contribution score, determining one or more authors of the identified document, creating an authorship record by associating UIDs of the determined one or more authors with the identified document, and updating the enterprise authorship database with the created authorship record, wherein the authorship record is used to identify a relationship between the UID and the determined one or more authors and generate a recommendation for the UID based on the identified relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Eivind Berg FOSSE, Ute Katja SCHIEHLEN, Sergey PUTILIN, Tinus Sola FLAGSTAD, Mohammadreza BONYADI, Ola SAETROM, Espen Trautmann SOMMERFELT, Torbjørn HELVIK
  • Publication number: 20240249243
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for facilitating generation of item insights. In embodiments, an insight request requesting an item insight(s) is obtained. Thereafter, a collaboration network insight associated with an item of content is determined. The collaboration network insight may indicate a collaboration network that includes content items related to one another and entities associated with the set of content items. An item context insight associated with the item of content may also be determined. The item context insight can indicate a status change of the item of content relative to a most recentuser view of the item of content. Based on generation of the collaboration network insight and the item context insights, such insights can be provided in association with the item of content for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Torbjørn HELVIK, Mohamed Abdelwahab Mohamed WAHBALLAH, Shibashankar SAHOO, Gideon Keprono SONOIYA, Natalia AN, Fabien Jérémy Louis VAVRAND, Zhifei MAO, Alina ASTRAKOVA, Thor Niclas Åke KJÄLL-OHLSSON, lgor POPOV, Mustafe Ahmed FARAH, Andreas Schmidt JENSEN
  • Publication number: 20240144042
    Abstract: A candidate virtual team is generated using a team prediction model. The team prediction model is trained based on user feedback. Activity data of a user is collected, the activity data is associated with activities in which the user and a set of other users have engaged. A candidate virtual team associated with the collected activity data is generated using a team prediction model and the candidate virtual team is presented to the user using an interface. User feedback data associated with the generated candidate virtual team is received from the user. The team prediction model is trained using the received user feedback data, whereby accuracy of future generated candidate virtual teams generated by the team prediction model is improved during the training. The training of the team prediction model based on user feedback improves the generation of virtual teams over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Torbjørn HELVIK, Vikramjeet Singh JASSAL, Mohammadreza BONYADI, Andreas Schmidt JENSEN, Lene C. RYDNINGEN
  • Publication number: 20240119539
    Abstract: Systems and methods for inferring and contextualizing a stranger on an enterprise platform are provided. The method includes generating a familiarity score between a user and an individual. Based on the generated familiarity score, the individual is determined to be a stranger to the user and a contextualized summary of the stranger is generated. The generated contextualized summary of the stranger is presented to the user in response to an upcoming interaction between the user and the stranger or a detected interaction between the user and the stranger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Mohammadreza BONYADI, Eivind Berg FOSSE, Sergey PUTILIN, Espen Trautmann SOMMERFELT, Ute Katja SCHIEHLEN, Kateryna SOLONKO, Ola SAETROM, Torbjørn HELVIK, Malgorzata PARUCH
  • Publication number: 20240111958
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for assisting users with unknown topics by automatically presenting information associated with the unknown topics to the users. In an example embodiment, an unknown topic is referred to or discussed during a conversation between multiple users. A candidate definition for the topic is determined, where the candidate definition is known by the user that used the topic. Based on a determination that the topic and the candidate definition are unknown to a second user in the conversation, the topic and the candidate definition are provided to one or more output devices for presentation to the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Torbjørn HELVIK
  • Publication number: 20240086799
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to detecting terminology understanding mismatch candidates. In one example of the technology, input content is received. Topics associated with the input content are identified. For each identified topic, topic information that corresponds to the identified topic is obtained. People associated with the input content are identified. For each identified person, person information that corresponds to the identified person is obtained. Based on the obtained topic information and the obtained person information, for each identified person: a level of proficiency of the identified person in each of the identified topics is determined. For each of the identified topics, whether the determined level of proficiency of the identified person meets a threshold that is associated with the identified topic is evaluated. For each determined level of proficiency that does not meet the threshold that is associated with the identified topic, a remedy is suggested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Torbjørn HELVIK, Jon MELING, Jan-Ove Almli KARLBERG
  • Publication number: 20240061995
    Abstract: A method for intelligently evaluating sharing readiness of a document stored on a sharing platform includes determining, for each of multiple versions of the document, a deviation metric quantifying similarity of the version with another consecutively-saved version of the document; evaluating the deviation metrics for the document in view of predefined readiness criteria indicative of sharing readiness; and presenting a sharing recommendation on a user interface of the sharing platform responsive to determining that a subset of the deviation metrics for the document satisfy the predefined readiness criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Amund TVEIT, Mustafe Ahmed FARAH, Srdan PRODANOVIC, Torbjørn HELVIK, Jeanine LILLENG, Jørgen Vinne IVERSEN, Øystein FLEDSBERG, Aleksander ØHRN, Andrew Parker LEACH, Thomas FAGERLIE GUNDERSEN, Øystein TORBJØRNSEN
  • Patent number: 11880663
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for assisting users with unknown topics by automatically presenting information associated with the unknown topics to the users. In an example embodiment, an unknown topic is referred to or discussed during a conversation between multiple users. A candidate definition for the topic is determined, where the candidate definition is known by the user that used the topic. Based on a determination that the topic and the candidate definition are unknown to a second user in the conversation, the topic and the candidate definition are provided to one or more output devices for presentation to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Torbjørn Helvik
  • Patent number: 11836142
    Abstract: A method and system for intelligently ranking search results may include receiving a search request containing one or more terms for performing a search, providing the one or more terms for conducting a search, and receiving a search results index containing a list of a plurality of documents, each of the plurality of documents corresponding to one of the one or more terms or to one or more other terms associated with the at least one of the one or more terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Torbjørn Helvik, Vegar Skjaerven Wang, Jan Heier Johansen, Jon Meling, Madeline Schuster Kleiner, Bernhard Kohlmeier
  • Publication number: 20230385740
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for meeting analysis and coaching. In examples, a meeting is monitored to identify meeting content associated with the meeting. The meeting content is analyzed to determine participant content for the participants of the meeting. A knowledge level for topics discussed in the meeting is determined for each participant. A set of policies for the meeting is evaluated to determine whether the set of policies has been satisfied. A set of info including the participant content, the knowledge levels for the participants, the evaluation of the set of policies, and other information is evaluated to generate insights for the participants of the meeting. The insights are provided to the participants of the meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jan-Ove Karlberg, Torbjørn Helvik, Jon Meling
  • Publication number: 20230385769
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for notifying users of content creation related to existing content expertise. In examples, content associated with a data domain is evaluated to determine the topics associated with the content. User activity for the data domain is monitored to determine user knowledge levels on various topics. User collaboration circles are determined based on interactions between users. When new content is detected, topics in the new content are evaluated and users having knowledge on the topics are identified based on the determined knowledge levels. The users having knowledge on the topics are ranked based in part on their collaboration circles. At least a portion of the ranked users having knowledge on the topics are notified of the new content creation and/or the users creating the new content are notified of the ranked users having knowledge on the topics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Torbjørn Helvik, Jan-Ove Karlberg, Jon Meling
  • Patent number: 11822560
    Abstract: Users are most likely to search for documents “around” them, such as documents which are created, read, or modified by other users they work closely or collaborate with, documents on sites the user frequents, and/or documents trending around them, in addition to documents they've created or interacted with themselves. Therefore, embodiments are directed to relevance ranking of query results based on external context. A search service may receive a query and an external context list, determine a relevance value for each entry in the external context list, and perform the query, where a search index comprising items may be returned in response to performance of the query. The search service may then match entries in the external context list against associated properties of the items, compute a score for the items based on the matching, and rank results of the query based on the score computed for the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Taylor, Torbjorn Helvik, Oystein Fledsberg, Lars Hagen
  • Patent number: 11822771
    Abstract: Techniques for detecting one or more focus areas of a user and structuring activities and content around the focus area(s) are disclosed. The activities of a user, the people associated with the activities, and/or the content associated with the activities are automatically inferred or detected based on the channels of collaboration associated with the focus area(s). Example channels of collaboration include, but are not limited to, electronic mail, instant messages, documents, and in-person and online meetings. Some or all of the activities, people, and/or content are grouped into one or more focus areas, where a focus area relates to an endeavor in which the user focuses on over a period of time. Some or all of the focus areas are presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Torbjørn Helvik, Andreas Eide, Kjetil Krogvig Bergstrand, Lene Christin Rydningen
  • Publication number: 20230273919
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for determining relationships between content items to create a visualization associated with the various content items. The visualization may provide information regarding what various individuals in a group, team, or organization have been working on (e.g., content, documents, projects).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jon MELING, Torbjørn HELVIK, Vegar S WANG, Jakob WERNER
  • Patent number: 11675783
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for determining relationships between content items to create a visualization associated with the various content items. The visualization may provide information regarding what various individuals in a group, team, or organization have been working on (e.g., content, documents, projects).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Meling, Torbjørn Helvik, Vegar S Wang, Jakob Werner
  • Patent number: 11657060
    Abstract: An analysis application utilizes interactivity signals to generate relationships and promote content. One or more interactivity applications, such as a social networking application, are queried to retrieve interactivity signals. Interactivity signals include an interaction pattern that indicates a relationship between a user and relations of the user. A relationship graph is constructed based on the interactivity signals. Content associated with a user is promoted based on the relationship graph. A weight of the interactivity signals is adjusted to improve a ranking of the relationship graph and a ranking of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hakon Brugard, Rune Devik, Stein Arild Jakobsen, Roger Hansen, Michael Taylor, Magnus Mortensen, Bjornstein Lilleby, Fredrik Holm, Erlend Jensen, Torbjorn Helvik, Vidar Vikjord
  • Patent number: 11650998
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for determining authoritative documents based on implicit interlinking and communication signals. In aspects, a search operation may be initiated from one or more applications or services. The search operation may be processed to identify search information, such as one or more content items, content topics, or entities. The identified search information may be used to search one or more data sources for implicit relationships between the search information and content items and/or entities stored by the data sources. The results of the search may be collected and ranked according to one or more criteria. The ranked results may be provided in response to the search operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Meling, Jan-Ove Karlberg, Vegar S Wang, Jan Heier Johansen, Bernhard Kohlmeier, Tor Kreutzer, Torbjørn Helvik
  • Patent number: 11645289
    Abstract: A graph query is executed against a graph index that connects actors with objects through edges. A graph ranking model is obtained and results of the graph query are ranked, using the graph ranking model, based upon edge data available from edges in the graph that match the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Torbjorn Helvik, Chen Xing, Oivind Wang, Bard Kvalheim, Nicolai Bodd