Patents by Inventor Zhongdi Qu

Zhongdi Qu 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: 20230352027
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Asaf Aharoni, Arun Narayanan, Nir Shabat, Parisa Haghani, Galen Tsai Chuang, Yaniv Leviathan, Neeraj Gaur, Pedro J. Moreno Mengibar, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Zhongdi Qu, Austin Severn Waters, Tomer Amiaz, Michiel A.U. Bacchiani
  • Patent number: 11741966
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Asaf Aharoni, Arun Narayanan, Nir Shabat, Parisa Haghani, Galen Tsai Chuang, Yaniv Leviathan, Neeraj Gaur, Pedro J. Moreno Mengibar, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Zhongdi Qu, Austin Severn Waters, Tomer Amiaz, Michiel A. U. Bacchiani
  • Publication number: 20230038343
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Asaf Aharoni, Arun Narayanan, Nir Shabat, Parisa Haghani, Galen Tsai Chuang, Yaniv Leviathan, Neeraj Gaur, Pedro J. Moreno Mengibar, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Zhongdi Qu, Austin Severn Waters, Tomer Amiaz, Michiel A.U. Bacchiani
  • Patent number: 11495233
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Asaf Aharoni, Arun Narayanan, Nir Shabat, Parisa Haghani, Galen Tsai Chuang, Yaniv Leviathan, Neeraj Gaur, Pedro J. Moreno Mengibar, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Zhongdi Qu, Austin Severn Waters, Tomer Amiaz, Michiel A.U. Bacchiani
  • Publication number: 20220044684
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Asaf Aharoni, Arun Narayanan, Nir Shabat, Parisa Haghani, Galen Tsai Chuang, Yaniv LEVIATHAN, Neeraj Gaur, Pedro J. Moreno Mengibar, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Zhongdi Qu, Austin Severn Waters, Tomer Amiaz, Michiel A.U. Bacchiani
  • Patent number: 11158321
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Asaf Aharoni, Arun Narayanan, Nir Shabat, Parisa Haghani, Galen Tsai Chuang, Yaniv Leviathan, Neeraj Gaur, Pedro J. Moreno Mengibar, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Zhongdi Qu, Austin Severn Waters, Tomer Amiaz, Michiel A. U. Bacchiani
  • Publication number: 20210090570
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an automated calling system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving audio data of an utterance spoken by a user who is having a telephone conversation with a bot. The actions further include determining a context of the telephone conversation. The actions further include determining a user intent of a first previous portion of the telephone conversation spoken by the user and a bot intent of a second previous portion of the telephone conversation outputted by a speech synthesizer of the bot. The actions further include, based on the audio data of the utterance, the context of the telephone conversation, the user intent, and the bot intent, generating synthesized speech of a reply by the bot to the utterance. The actions further include, providing, for output, the synthesized speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Asaf Aharoni, Arun Narayanan, Nir Shabat, Parisa Haghani, Galen Tsai Chuang, Yaniv Leviathan, Neeraj Gaur, Pedro J. Moreno Mengibar, Rohit Prakash Prabhavalkar, Zhongdi Qu, Austin Severn Waters, Tomer Amiaz, Michiel A.U. Bacchiani