Patents by Inventor Victor Carbune

Victor Carbune 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).

  • Publication number: 20240096320
    Abstract: A method for decaying speech processing includes receiving, at a voice-enabled device, an indication of a microphone trigger event indicating a possible interaction with the device through speech where the device has a microphone that, when open, is configured to capture speech for speech recognition. In response to receiving the indication of the microphone trigger event, the method also includes instructing the microphone to open or remain open for a duration window to capture an audio stream in an environment of the device and providing the audio stream captured by the open microphone to a speech recognition system. During the duration window, the method further includes decaying a level of the speech recognition processing based on a function of the duration window and instructing the speech recognition system to use the decayed level of speech recognition processing over the audio stream captured by the open microphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11934895
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to intervening notifications provided by an application for mitigating computationally wasteful application launching behavior that is exhibited by some users. A state of a module of a target application can be identified by emulating user inputs previously provided by the user to the target application. In this way, the state of the module can be determined without visibly launching the target application. When the state of the module is determined to satisfy criteria for providing a notification to the user, the application can render a notification for the user. The application can provide intervening notifications for a variety of different target applications in order to reduce a frequency at which the user launches and closes applications to check for variations in target application content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sandro Feuz, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11935527
    Abstract: Implementations relate to generating a proficiency measure, and utilizing the proficiency measure to adapt one or more automated assistant functionalities. The generated proficiency measure is for a particular class of automated assistant actions, and is specific to an assistant device and/or is specific to a particular user. A generated proficiency measure for a class can reflect a degree of proficiency, of a user and/or of an assistant device, for that class. Various automated assistant functionalities can be adapted, for a particular class, responsive to determining the proficiency measure satisfies a threshold, or fails to satisfy the threshold (or an alternate threshold). The adaptation(s) can make automated assistant processing more efficient and/or improve (e.g., shorten the duration of) user-assistant interaction(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11935519
    Abstract: Implementations can receive, at a computing device, audio data corresponding to a spoken utterance of a user, process the audio data to generate, for one or more parts of the spoken utterance, a plurality of speech hypotheses, select a given one of the speech hypotheses, cause the given one of the speech hypotheses to be incorporated as a portion of a transcription associated with the software application, and store the plurality of speech hypotheses. In some implementations, the plurality of speech hypotheses can be loaded at an additional computing device when the transcription is accessed at the additional computing device. In additional or alternative implementations, the plurality of speech hypotheses can be loaded into memory of the computing device when the software application is reactivated and/or when a subsequent dialog session associated with the transcription is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Publication number: 20240087568
    Abstract: Implementations relate to an automated assistant that can respond to communications received via a third party application and/or other third party communication modality. The automated assistant can determine that the user is participating in multiple different conversations via multiple different third party communication services. In some implementations, conversations can be processed to identify particular features of the conversations. When the automated assistant is invoked to provide input to a conversation, the automated assistant can compare the input to the identified conversation features in order to select the particular conversation that is most relevant to the input. In this way, the automated assistant can assist with any of multiple disparate conversations that are each occurring via a different third party application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Carbune, Matthew Sharifi
  • Patent number: 11929072
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media related to receiving textual input of a user during a dialog between the user and an automated assistant (and optionally one or more additional users), and generating responsive reply content based on the textual input and based on user state information. The reply content is provided for inclusion in the dialog. In some implementations, the reply content is provided as a reply, by the automated assistant, to the user's textual input and may optionally be automatically incorporated in the dialog between the user and the automated assistant. In some implementations, the reply content is suggested by the automated assistant for inclusion in the dialog and is only included in the dialog in response to further user interface input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Victor Carbune, Daniel Keysers, Thomas Deselaers
  • Patent number: 11924150
    Abstract: Implementations are directed to enabling a representative associated with an entity to quickly and efficiently modify a voice bot associated with the entity. The voice bot can be previously trained to communicate with user(s) on behalf of the entity through various communication channels (e.g., a telephone communication channel, a software application communication channel, a messaging communication channel, etc.). Processor(s) of a computing device can receive, from the representative, representative input to modify behavior(s) and/or parameter(s) that the voice bot utilizes in communicating with the plurality of users via the communication channels, determine whether the representative is authorized to cause the behavior(s) and/or parameter(s) to be modified, and cause the behavior(s) and/or parameter(s) to be modified in response to determining that the representative is authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11924149
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that facilitates the creation of complex messages from user input(s) to the automated assistant. Each message can be created according to a respective template that is selected based on user input that directs the automated assistant to communicate a message to a recipient. Furthermore, sections of a template can be designated for certain content based on prior messages communicated by one or more users to one or more recipients. In this way, in response to a user requesting that the automated assistant send a message, the automated assistant can select a related template and fill out the template accordingly. In some instances, content that is assigned to certain sections of the selected template can come from a variety of different sources and/or may not be explicitly specified in the request from the user to the automated assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11922952
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can be customized by a user to provide custom assistant responses to certain assistant queries, which may originate from other users. The user can establish certain custom assistant responses by providing an assistant response request to the automated assistant and/or responding to a request from the automated assistant to establish a particular custom assistant response. In some instances, a user can elect to establish a custom assistant response when the user determines or acknowledges that certain common queries are being submitted to the automated assistant—but the automated assistant is unable to resolve the common query. Establishing such custom assistant responses can therefore condense interactions between other users and the automated assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Victor Carbune, Matthew Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20240070478
    Abstract: Techniques and a framework are described herein for constructing and/or updating, e.g., on top of a general-purpose knowledge graph, an “event-specific provisional knowledge graph.” In various implementations, live data stream(s) may be analyzed to identify entity(s) associated with a developing event. The entity(s) may form part of a general-purpose knowledge graph that includes entity nodes and edges between the entity nodes. Based on the identified one or more entities, an event-specific provisional knowledge graph may be constructed or updated in association with the developing event. In some implementations, the event-specific provisional knowledge graph may be queried for new information about the developing event. Computing devices may be caused to render, as output, the new information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Carbune, Sandro Feuz
  • Patent number: 11915115
    Abstract: To selecting a lane in a multi-lane road segment for a vehicle travelling on the road segment, a system determines current traffic information for the road segment including a plurality of lanes and applies the current traffic information to a machine learning (ML) model to generate an indication of one of the plurality of lanes in which the vehicle is to travel. Subsequently to the vehicle selecting the indicated lane, the system determines an amount of time the vehicle took to travel a certain distance following the selection, and provides the determined amount of time to the ML model as a feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Deselaers, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11914661
    Abstract: The technology relates to integrating web content into a map application. A query is sent from the map application. At least one snippet of web content identified as relevant to the query is received in response to the query, the at least one snippet of content including a portion of media or textual content from a source on the web. The portion of media or textual content is formatted for display in the map application and output for display in the map application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Victor Carbune, Matthew Sharifi
  • Patent number: 11914660
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for collaborative search sessions through an automated assistant. A method includes: receiving, from a first user of a first client device, a first query in a query session; providing, to the first user, a first set of search results; determining, based on at least one term in the first query, that the first query is relevant to a second user of the first client device; providing, to the second user, a selectable option to join the query session; in response to receiving, from the second user, an indication of acceptance of the selectable option, adding the second user to the query session; receiving, from the second user, additional input; generating, based on the additional input received from the second user, a modified set of search results; and providing, to the first user and the second user, the modified set of search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Publication number: 20240064363
    Abstract: Voice-based interaction with video content being presented by a media player application is enhanced through the use of an automated assistant capable of identifying when a spoken utterance by a user is a request to playback a specific scene in the video content. A query identified in a spoken utterance may be used to access stored scene metadata associated with video content being presented in the vicinity of the user to identify one or more locations in the video content that correspond to the query, such that a media control command may be issued to the media player application to cause the media player application to seek to a particular location in the video content that satisfies the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Publication number: 20240054994
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can employ various utilities according to whether certain conditions are satisfied for a given utility and/or whether a particular input is determined to have a threshold degree of relevance to the given utility. The automated assistant can be customized by a third party entity, which can make the automated assistant available via a device and/or application. The automated assistant can operate according to certain utilities that have been permitted by the third party entity. However, the third party entity can allow the automated assistant to employ other scalable utilities when a user input is determined to have a threshold degree of relevance and/or when usage of certain scalable utilities has not exceeded a threshold. The utility can refer to a machine learning model and/or other data that can be employed to resolve an input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Carbune, Matthew Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20240055002
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for identifying a failed hotword attempt. A method includes: receiving first audio data; processing the first audio data to generate a first predicted output; determining that the first predicted output satisfies a secondary threshold but does not satisfy a primary threshold; receiving second audio data; processing the second audio data to generate a second predicted output; determining that the second predicted output satisfies the secondary threshold but does not satisfy the primary threshold; in response to the first predicted output and the second predicted output satisfying the secondary threshold but not satisfying the primary threshold, and in response to the first spoken utterance and the second spoken utterance satisfying one or more temporal criteria relative to one another, identifying a failed hotword attempt; and in response to identifying the failed hotword attempt, providing a hint that is responsive to the failed hotword attempt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Publication number: 20240046935
    Abstract: Implementations are directed to biasing speaker authentication on a per-user basis and on a device-by-device basis and/or contextual feature(s) basis. In some of those implementations, in performing speaker authentication based on a spoken utterance, different biasing parameters are determined for each of multiple different registered users of an assistant device at which the spoken utterance was detected. In those implementations, each of the biasing parameters can be used to make it more likely or less likely (in dependence of the biasing parameter) that a corresponding registered user will be verified using the speaker authentication. Through utilization of biasing parameter(s) in performing speaker authentication, accuracy and/or robustness of speaker authentication can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Publication number: 20240046936
    Abstract: Some implementations relate to performing speech biasing, NLU biasing, and/or other biasing based on historical assistant interaction(s). It can be determined, for one or more given historical interactions of a given user, whether to affect future biasing for (1) the given user account, (2) additional user account(s), and/or (3) the shared assistant device as a whole. Some implementations disclosed herein additionally and/or alternatively relate to: determining, based on utterance(s) of a given user to a shared assistant device, an association of first data and second data; storing the association as accessible to a given user account of the given user; and determining whether to store the association as also accessible by additional user account(s) and/or the shared assistant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11893995
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for collaboration between multiple voice controlled devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of identifying, by a first computing device, a second computing device that is configured to respond to a particular, predefined hotword; receiving audio data that corresponds to an utterance; receiving a transcription of additional audio data outputted by the second computing device in response to the utterance; based on the transcription of the additional audio data and based on the utterance, generating a transcription that corresponds to a response to the additional audio data; and providing, for output, the transcription that corresponds to the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Victor Carbune, Pedro Gonnet Anders, Thomas Deselaers, Sandro Feuz
  • Publication number: 20240034344
    Abstract: To identify driving event sounds during navigation, a client device in a vehicle provides a set of navigation directions for traversing from a starting location to a destination location along a route. During navigation to the destination location, the client device identifies audio that includes a driving event sound from within the vehicle or an area surrounding the vehicle. In response to determining that the audio includes the driving event sound, the client device determines whether the driving event sound is artificial. In response to determining that the driving event sound is artificial, the client device presents a notification to the driver indicating that the driving event sound is artificial or masks the driving event sound to prevent the driver from hearing the driving event sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune