Patents by Inventor Yoav Tzur
Yoav Tzur 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).
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Patent number: 11895269Abstract: Implementations relate to determination and visual display of spoken menus for calls. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving audio data output in a call between a call device and a device associated with a target entity. The audio data includes speech indicating one or more selection options for a user of the call device to navigate through a call menu provided by the target entity in the call. Text is determined by programmatically analyzing the audio data, the text representing the speech. The selection options are determined based on programmatically analyzing at least one of the text or the audio data. At least a portion of the text is displayed by the call device during the call, as one or more visual options that correspond to the selection options. The visual options are each selectable via user input to cause corresponding navigation through the call menu.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Joseph Joseph Cherukara, Amit Sivan, Andrew George Shebanow, Yoav Tzur, Felix Wang, Yaniv Leviathan
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Publication number: 20240031483Abstract: Implementations are directed to utilizing an assistant to automatically navigate an interactive voice response (IVR) tree to arrive at a target state during an assisted telephone call. The assistant can receive input to initiate the assisted telephone call, identify an entity to engage with, on behalf of the user, and during the assisted telephone call, based on the input, and identify an IVR tree stored in association with the entity. In various implementations, navigation of the IVR tree can be modified based on interaction(s) detected at a client device subsequent to initiating the assisted telephone call. In various implementations, the assisted telephone call can be initiated from a search interface, and the target state can be associated with a given search result. In various implementations, the IVR tree can be dynamic in that only a subset of candidate state(s) of the IVR tree may be available as the target state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Yuval Baror, Michael Andrew Goodman, Yoav Tzur
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Patent number: 11843718Abstract: Implementations are directed to utilizing an assistant to automatically navigate an interactive voice response (IVR) tree to arrive at a target state during an assisted telephone call. The assistant can receive input to initiate the assisted telephone call, identify an entity to engage with, on behalf of the user, and during the assisted telephone call, based on the input, and identify an IVR tree stored in association with the entity. In various implementations, navigation of the IVR tree can be modified based on interaction(s) detected at a client device subsequent to initiating the assisted telephone call. In various implementations, the assisted telephone call can be initiated from a search interface, and the target state can be associated with a given search result. In various implementations, the IVR tree can be dynamic in that only a subset of candidate state(s) of the IVR tree may be available as the target state.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Yuval Baror, Michael Andrew Goodman, Yoav Tzur
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Patent number: 11811969Abstract: Implementations are directed to utilizing an assistant to automatically navigate an interactive voice response (IVR) tree to arrive at a target state during an assisted telephone call. The assistant can receive input to initiate the assisted telephone call, identify an entity to engage with, on behalf of the user, and during the assisted telephone call, based on the input, and identify an IVR tree stored in association with the entity. In various implementations, navigation of the IVR tree can be modified based on interaction(s) detected at a client device subsequent to initiating the assisted telephone call. In various implementations, the assisted telephone call can be initiated from a search interface, and the target state can be associated with a given search result. In various implementations, the IVR tree can be dynamic in that only a subset of candidate state(s) of the IVR tree may be available as the target state.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Yuval Baror, Michael Andrew Goodman, Yoav Tzur
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Publication number: 20230066100Abstract: Implementations relate to determination and visual display of spoken menus for calls. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving audio data output in a call between a call device and a device associated with a target entity. The audio data includes speech indicating one or more selection options for a user of the call device to navigate through a call menu provided by the target entity in the call. Text is determined by programmatically analyzing the audio data, the text representing the speech. The selection options are determined based on programmatically analyzing at least one of the text or the audio data. At least a portion of the text is displayed by the call device during the call, as one or more visual options that correspond to the selection options. The visual options are each selectable via user input to cause corresponding navigation through the call menu.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Joseph Joseph CHERUKARA, Amit SIVAN, Andrew George SHEBANOW, Yoav TZUR, Felix WANG, Yaniv LEVIATHAN
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Publication number: 20220201119Abstract: Implementations are directed to utilizing an assistant to automatically navigate an interactive voice response (IVR) tree to arrive at a target state during an assisted telephone call. The assistant can receive input to initiate the assisted telephone call, identify an entity to engage with, on behalf of the user, and during the assisted telephone call, based on the input, and identify an IVR tree stored in association with the entity. In various implementations, navigation of the IVR tree can be modified based on interaction(s) detected at a client device subsequent to initiating the assisted telephone call. In various implementations, the assisted telephone call can be initiated from a search interface, and the target state can be associated with a given search result. In various implementations, the IVR tree can be dynamic in that only a subset of candidate state(s) of the IVR tree may be available as the target state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Yuval Baror, Michael Andrew Goodman, Yoav Tzur
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Patent number: 11303749Abstract: Implementations are directed to utilizing an assistant to automatically navigate an interactive voice response (IVR) tree to arrive at a target state during an assisted telephone call. The assistant can receive input to initiate the assisted telephone call, identify an entity to engage with, on behalf of the user, and during the assisted telephone call, based on the input, and identify an IVR tree stored in association with the entity. In various implementations, navigation of the IVR tree can be modified based on interaction(s) detected at a client device subsequent to initiating the assisted telephone call. In various implementations, the assisted telephone call can be initiated from a search interface, and the target state can be associated with a given search result. In various implementations, the IVR tree can be dynamic in that only a subset of candidate state(s) of the IVR tree may be available as the target state.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Yuval Baror, Michael Andrew Goodman, Yoav Tzur
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Publication number: 20220109753Abstract: Implementations are directed to utilizing an assistant to automatically navigate an interactive voice response (IVR) tree to arrive at a target state during an assisted telephone call. The assistant can receive input to initiate the assisted telephone call, identify an entity to engage with, on behalf of the user, and during the assisted telephone call, based on the input, and identify an IVR tree stored in association with the entity. In various implementations, navigation of the IVR tree can be modified based on interaction(s) detected at a client device subsequent to initiating the assisted telephone call. In various implementations, the assisted telephone call can be initiated from a search interface, and the target state can be associated with a given search result. In various implementations, the IVR tree can be dynamic in that only a subset of candidate state(s) of the IVR tree may be available as the target state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Yuval Baror, Michael Andrew Goodman, Yoav Tzur
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Patent number: 11250052Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for searching and identifying quotes in response to a query from a user. Consistent with certain embodiments, systems and methods are provided for identifying one or more subject entities associated with the query and for identifying, from a database or from search results obtained in response to the query, a set of quotes corresponding to the one or more subject entities. Further, systems and methods are provided for determining quote scores for the identified quotes based on at least one of the relationship of each quote to the one or more subject entities, the recency of each quote, and the popularity of each quote. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for organizing the identified quotes in a rank order based on the quote scores and selecting quotes based on the rank order or based on the quote scores. In addition, systems and methods are provided for transmitting information to display the selected quotes on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Eyal Segalis, Gal Chechik, Yossi Matias, Yaniv Leviathan, Yoav Tzur
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Patent number: 10685073Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selecting textual representations for entity attribute values. One of the methods includes receiving, for presentation to a user, data identifying a relevant entity and a respective presentation attribute value for each of a plurality of presentation attributes associated with the relevant entity; obtaining user profile data for the user; selecting a respective textual representation for each of the presentation attribute values, wherein selecting the textual representations comprises selecting a first alternative textual representation for a first presentation attribute value based on the user profile data; and providing data identifying the entity and the textual representations for presentation to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Inventors: Eyal Segalis, Yaniv Leviathan, Yossi Matias, Gal Chechik, Yoav Tzur, Ran El Manor
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Patent number: 10346485Abstract: In one example embodiment, a computer system includes at least one processor and a memory storing a data graph and instructions. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to generate a template sentence based on a fact including a first node, a second node and a string, wherein the first node and the second node exist in the data graph and the string represents a fact that is absent from the data graph, search the internet for a document including the template sentence, and upon determining the internet includes the document with the template sentence, infer the fact by generating a series of connections between nodes and edges of the data graph that together with the first node and the second node are configured to represent the fact, the series of connections defining a path, in the data graph, from the first node to the second node.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Yaniv Leviathan, Eyal Segalis, Yoav Tzur, Gal Chechik
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Patent number: 10318540Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an explanation of an estimate for information missing from a data graph. An example method may include receiving a query that requests information for a first entity and receiving an estimate for the information, the estimate being based on a plurality of features of a joint distribution model. The method may include determining respective contribution scores for the plurality of features, selecting a quantity of the features with highest contribution scores, generating, using the selected quantity of features, an explanation for the estimate; and providing the explanation and the estimate as part of a search result for the query.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Gal Chechik, Yaniv Leviathan, Ran El Manor, Yoav Tzur, Eyal Segalis, Efrat Farkash, Yossi Matias
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Patent number: 10198508Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for searching and identifying quotes in response to a query from a user. Consistent with certain embodiments, systems and methods are provided for identifying one or more subject entities associated with the query and for identifying, from a database or from search results obtained in response to the query, a set of quotes corresponding to the one or more subject entities. Further, systems and methods are provided for determining quote scores for the identified quotes based on at least one of the relationship of each quote to the one or more subject entities, the recency of each quote, and the popularity of each quote. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for organizing the identified quotes in a rank order based on the quote scores and selecting quotes based on the rank order or based on the quote scores. In addition, systems and methods are provided for transmitting information to display the selected quotes on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Eyal Segalis, Gal Chechik, Yossi Matias, Yaniv Leviathan, Yoav Tzur
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Patent number: 9842166Abstract: In one example embodiment, a computer system includes at least one processor and a memory storing a data graph and instructions. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to generate a template sentence based on a fact including a first node, a second node and a string, wherein the first node and the second node exist in the data graph and the string represents a fact that is absent from the data graph, search the internet for a document including the template sentence, and upon determining the internet includes the document with the template sentence, infer the fact by generating a series of connections between nodes and edges of the data graph that together with the first node and the second node are configured to represent the fact, the series of connections defining a path, in the data graph, from the first node to the second node.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Yaniv Leviathan, Eyal Segalis, Yoav Tzur, Gal Chechik
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Patent number: 9727545Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selecting textual representations for entity attribute values. One of the methods includes receiving, for presentation to a user, data identifying a relevant entity and a respective presentation attribute value for each of a plurality of presentation attributes associated with the relevant entity; obtaining user profile data for the user; selecting a respective textual representation for each of the presentation attribute values, wherein selecting the textual representations comprises selecting a first alternative textual representation for a first presentation attribute value based on the user profile data; and providing data identifying the entity and the textual representations for presentation to the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Eyal Segalis, Yaniv Leviathan, Yossi Matias, Gal Chechik, Yoav Tzur, Ran El Manor
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Patent number: 9727617Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for searching and identifying quotes in response to a query from a user. Consistent with certain embodiments, systems and methods are provided for identifying one or more subject entities associated with the query and for identifying, from a database or from search results obtained in response to the query, a set of quotes corresponding to the one or more subject entities. Further, systems and methods are provided for determining quote scores for the identified quotes based on at least one of the relationship of each quote to the one or more subject entities, the recency of each quote, and the popularity of each quote. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for organizing the identified quotes in a rank order based on the quote scores and selecting quotes based on the rank order or based on the quote scores. In addition, systems and methods are provided for transmitting information to display the selected quotes on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Eyal Segalis, Gal Chechik, Yossi Matias, Yaniv Leviathan, Yoav Tzur
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Patent number: 9659056Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an explanation of an estimate for information missing from a data graph. An example method may include receiving a query that requests information for a first entity and receiving an estimate for the information, the estimate being based on a plurality of features of a joint distribution model. The method may include determining respective contribution scores for the plurality of features, selecting a quantity of the features with highest contribution scores, generating, using the selected quantity of features, an explanation for the estimate; and providing the explanation and the estimate as part of a search result for the query.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Gal Chechik, Yaniv Leviathan, Ran El Manor, Yoav Tzur, Eyal Segalis, Efrat Farkash, Yossi Matias
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Patent number: 9411857Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for grouping related entities. One of the methods includes receiving a search request that includes query text that identifies a first entity. A first entity node in an entity graph that represents the first entity is identified. A highest ranked first group of related entity nodes from a ranking of a plurality of groups of related entity nodes is identified, wherein each related entity node in the first group is connected to the first entity node by a respective path from the related entity node through one or more links in an entity graph. A presentation of information associated with one or more entity nodes in the first group of related entity nodes is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Gal Chechik, Yaniv Leviathan, Yoav Tzur, Eyal Segalis, Yossi Matias
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Patent number: 9336318Abstract: Methods and systems for providing rich content with an answer to a question query. A method includes receiving a query determined to be a question query and a corresponding answer generated in response to the question query, generating a contextual query that includes an element relating to the question query and an element relating to the answer; submitting the contextual query to a rich content search process and receiving data specifying a first set of rich content items responsive to the contextual query, determining first rich content item in the first set of rich content items that meet a context condition that is indicative of a rich content item providing contextual information of both elements of the question query and the answer query; and preferentially selecting from the first content items relative to the second rich content items to be provided as one or more answer rich content items.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Gal Chechik, Eyal Segalis, Yaniv Leviathan, Yoav Tzur
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Publication number: 20150186534Abstract: Methods and systems for providing rich content with an answer to a question query. A method includes receiving a query determined to be a question query and a corresponding answer generated in response to the question query, generating a contextual query that includes an element relating to the question query and an element relating to the answer; submitting the contextual query to a rich content search process and receiving data specifying a first set of rich content items responsive to the contextual query, determining first rich content item in the first set of rich content items that meet a context condition that is indicative of a rich content item providing contextual information of both elements of the question query and the answer query; and preferentially selecting from the first content items relative to the second rich content items to be provided as one or more answer rich content items.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Gal Chechik, Eyal Segalis, Yaniv Leviathan, Yoav Tzur