Patents by Inventor William Wilson

William Wilson 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: 20210295859
    Abstract: This specification describes computer-implemented methods and systems. One method includes receiving, by a neural network of a speech recognition system, first data representing a first raw audio signal and second data representing a second raw audio signal. The first raw audio signal and the second raw audio signal describe audio occurring at a same period of time. The method further includes generating, by a spatial filtering layer of the neural network, a spatial filtered output using the first data and the second data, and generating, by a spectral filtering layer of the neural network, a spectral filtered output using the spatial filtered output. Generating the spectral filtered output comprises processing frequency-domain data representing the spatial filtered output. The method still further includes processing, by one or more additional layers of the neural network, the spectral filtered output to predict sub-word units encoded in both the first raw audio signal and the second raw audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Variani, Kevin William Wilson, Ron J. Weiss, Tara N. Sainath, Arun Narayanan
  • Publication number: 20210264404
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes determining whether the counter has reached a threshold value. The method also includes sending a request to reset the counter, to a payment authorizing entity, if it is determined that the counter has reached the threshold value, and then receiving, from the payment authorizing entity, a script in response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Olivier Brand, Michael Lindelsee, Joseph J. Mirizzi, Hao Ngo, Lauren White, David William Wilson
  • Publication number: 20210243194
    Abstract: A system and method of establishing a resource provider as a trusted listing are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a directory server computer, an indication from a user that a resource provider is trusted. The directory server computer is programmed to provide a first level of authentication. The method then includes storing, in a database, data representing the indication from the user that the resource provider is trusted. The method then includes receiving an authentication request message from the user conducting an interaction at the resource provider computer and determining that the data representing the indication from the user that the resource provider is trusted is present. In response to determining, the method includes providing a second level of authentication to the user before the user is allowed to complete the interaction. The second level of authentication is lower than the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Mark NELSEN, David William WILSON, Guido MANGIAGALLI, Anjana Neera SURIN, Sayeed MOHAMMED, Alan JOHNSON, Phillip LAVENDER, Glenn POWELL
  • Patent number: 11067696
    Abstract: A defense system that receives information regarding an incoming object(s), then automatically coordinates spoofing or jamming of SATNAV signals potentially used by the incoming object(s) while also informing friendly systems of the spoofing or jamming of SATNAV signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: COUNTER ECHO SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Andrew H. Fink, William A. Wilson, IV, Ryan Thomas Holte
  • Patent number: 11062725
    Abstract: This specification describes computer-implemented methods and systems. One method includes receiving, by a neural network of a speech recognition system, first data representing a first raw audio signal and second data representing a second raw audio signal. The first raw audio signal and the second raw audio signal describe audio occurring at a same period of time. The method further includes generating, by a spatial filtering layer of the neural network, a spatial filtered output using the first data and the second data, and generating, by a spectral filtering layer of the neural network, a spectral filtered output using the spatial filtered output. Generating the spectral filtered output comprises processing frequency-domain data representing the spatial filtered output. The method still further includes processing, by one or more additional layers of the neural network, the spectral filtered output to predict sub-word units encoded in both the first raw audio signal and the second raw audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Variani, Kevin William Wilson, Ron J. Weiss, Tara N. Sainath, Arun Narayanan
  • Patent number: 11062298
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for controlling a contactless interface on a dual interface portable device are provided. The methods allow for contactless enablement and disablement on both a temporary and semi-permanent basis, dependent on commands sent to the device by an issuer of the portable device. The commands are received through a terminal device and are transferred to the portable device during a contact transaction. Configuration data on the portable device is modified according to the received commands. An application on the portable device controls the transmission of data through the contactless interface dependent on the configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: David William Wilson, Omar Rifaat, Hao Ngo
  • Patent number: 11037128
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for managing an application installed on a mobile device, such as a mobile phone are provided, so as to prevent or limit unauthorized use of the application, for example, when the mobile device is lost, stolen, or otherwise subject to unauthorized use. A request to enable or disable user access to a function of the application can be received by a server computer. A command message responsive to the request can be generated by the server computer, the command message comprising control data for enabling or disabling user access to the function of the application. The generated command message can be transmitted to the mobile device over a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Olivier Brand, Michael Lindelsee, Joseph J. Mirizzi, Hao Ngo, Lauren White, David William Wilson
  • Patent number: 11030608
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. An account holder is enabled to generate transaction related data and append that data to a transaction record or transaction identifier. The appended data and transaction record or identifier may be stored in the mobile payment device and/or provided to an Issuer. If provided to an Issuer, the transaction related data generated by the account holder may be used to supplement an account statement. The additional information generated by the account holder may be used to assist the account holder in determining if a transaction is valid by providing information that helps the account holder to recall the location or other aspect of the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Hao Ngo, David William Wilson, Guido Mangiagalli
  • Patent number: 10930270
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing audio waveforms. In some implementations, a time-frequency feature representation is generated based on audio data. The time-frequency feature representation is input to an acoustic model comprising a trained artificial neural network. The trained artificial neural network comprising a frequency convolution layer, a memory layer, and one or more hidden layers. An output that is based on output of the trained artificial neural network is received. A transcription is provided, where the transcription is determined based on the output of the acoustic model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Tara N. Sainath, Ron J. Weiss, Andrew W. Senior, Kevin William Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200356975
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. The invention enables the updating, correction or synchronization of transaction data maintained by an Issuer with that stored on the device. This is accomplished by using a wireless (cellular) network as a data communication channel for data provided by an Issuer to the mobile device, and is particularly advantageous in circumstances in which the contactless element is not presently capable of communication with a device reader or point of sale terminal that uses a near field communications mechanism. Data transferred between the mobile device and Issuer may be encrypted and decrypted to provide additional security and protect the data from being accessed by other users or applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Hao Ngo, David William Wilson, Gustavo Mariath Zeiden, Chris Pitchford, Kiushan Pirzadeh
  • Publication number: 20200335121
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for audio-visual speech separation. A method includes: obtaining, for each frame in a stream of frames from a video in which faces of one or more speakers have been detected, a respective per-frame face embedding of the face of each speaker; processing, for each speaker, the per-frame face embeddings of the face of the speaker to generate visual features for the face of the speaker; obtaining a spectrogram of an audio soundtrack for the video; processing the spectrogram to generate an audio embedding for the audio soundtrack; combining the visual features for the one or more speakers and the audio embedding for the audio soundtrack to generate an audio-visual embedding for the video; determining a respective spectrogram mask for each of the one or more speakers; and determining a respective isolated speech spectrogram for each speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Inbar Mosseri, Michael Rubinstein, Ariel Ephrat, William Freeman, Oran Lang, Kevin William Wilson, Tali Dekel, Avinatan Hassidim
  • Patent number: 10769614
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. The invention enables the updating, correction or synchronization of transaction data maintained by an Issuer with that stored on the device. This is accomplished by using a wireless (cellular) network as a data communication channel for data provided by an Issuer to the mobile device, and is particularly advantageous in circumstances in which the contactless element is not presently capable of communication with a device reader or point of sale terminal that uses a near field communications mechanism. Data transferred between the mobile device and Issuer may be encrypted and decrypted to provide additional security and protect the data from being accessed by other users or applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Hao Ngo, David William Wilson, Gustavo Mariath Zeiden, Chris Pitchford, Kiushan Pirzadeh
  • Publication number: 20200233091
    Abstract: A defense system that receives information regarding an incoming object(s), then automatically coordinates spoofing or jamming of SATNAV signals potentially used by the incoming object(s) while also informing friendly systems of the spoofing or jamming of SATNAV signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew H. Fink, William A. Wilson, IV, Ryan Thomas Holte
  • Patent number: 10706402
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. The invention enables the updating, correction or synchronization of transaction data maintained by an Issuer with that stored on the device. This is accomplished by using a wireless (cellular) network as a data communication channel for data provided by an Issuer to the mobile device, and is particularly advantageous in circumstances in which the contactless element is not presently capable of communication with a device reader or point of sale terminal that uses a near field communications mechanism. Data transferred between the mobile device and Issuer may be encrypted and decrypted to provide additional security and protect the data from being accessed by other users or applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, Hao Ngo, David William Wilson, Gustavo Mariath Zeiden, Chris Pitchford, Kiushan Pirzadeh
  • Publication number: 20200118553
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for neural network adaptive beamforming for multichannel speech recognition are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a first channel of audio data corresponding to an utterance and a second channel of audio data corresponding to the utterance. The actions further include generating a first set of filter parameters for a first filter based on the first channel of audio data and the second channel of audio data and a second set of filter parameters for a second filter based on the first channel of audio data and the second channel of audio data. The actions further include generating a single combined channel of audio data. The actions further include inputting the audio data to a neural network. The actions further include providing a transcription for the utterance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Bo Li, Ron J. Weiss, Michiel A.U. Bacchiani, Tara N. Sainath, Kevin William Wilson
  • Patent number: 10614352
    Abstract: A counting system has a dispensing assembly, a singulator assembly, a counting assembly, and a control system. The dispensing assembly distributes particles to the singulator assembly which separates the particles into a singulator path and delivers the singulated particles to the counting assembly where the particles are counted and the count displayed on an input and display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: DUBOIS ARGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nathan Paul Davis, Robert William Wilson, Jerry DuBois
  • Patent number: 10564286
    Abstract: A defense system that receives information regarding an incoming object(s), then automatically coordinates spoofing or jamming of SATNAV signals potentially used by the incoming object(s) while also informing friendly systems of the spoofing or jamming of SATNAV signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: COUNTER ECHO SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew H. Fink, William A. Wilson, IV, Ryan Thomas Holte
  • Patent number: 10515626
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for neural network adaptive beamforming for multichannel speech recognition are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a first channel of audio data corresponding to an utterance and a second channel of audio data corresponding to the utterance. The actions further include generating a first set of filter parameters for a first filter based on the first channel of audio data and the second channel of audio data and a second set of filter parameters for a second filter based on the first channel of audio data and the second channel of audio data. The actions further include generating a single combined channel of audio data. The actions further include inputting the audio data to a neural network. The actions further include providing a transcription for the utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Bo Li, Ron J. Weiss, Michiel A. U. Bacchiani, Tara N. Sainath, Kevin William Wilson
  • Publication number: 20190378498
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing audio waveforms. In some implementations, a time-frequency feature representation is generated based on audio data. The time-frequency feature representation is input to an acoustic model comprising a trained artificial neural network. The trained artificial neural network comprising a frequency convolution layer, a memory layer, and one or more hidden layers. An output that is based on output of the trained artificial neural network is received. A transcription is provided, where the transcription is determined based on the output of the acoustic model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Tara N. Sainath, Ron J. Weiss, Andrew W. Senior, Kevin William Wilson
  • Publication number: 20190370783
    Abstract: A portable consumer device may have money stored therein, which can be calculated using an accumulator record and an exception record. The accumulator record can be incremented by the amount of any initiated transaction using the portable consumer device. The exception record can be incremented by the amount of any completed transaction using the portable consumer device. The portable consumer device may also have a limit amount, to record the amount of money added. The records allow for a later reconstruction of the device history, and can account for any errors or problems during transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Aabye, David William Wilson