Computer Conferencing Patents (Class 709/204)
  • Patent number: 11768814
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for database management coordinators operated by a source server and a target server, respectively. The database management coordinator can be in a state selected from an initial state, a ready state, a transmission state, or a pause state. The database management coordinator operated by the source server can extract data in a first format stored in a first storage device and convert the data in the first format into a second format to be transmitted to the target serer. The database management coordinator operated by the target server can convert the data in the second format into a third format to be stored in a third storage device associated with the target server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Hong-zhu Ji, Tianlun Chen, Ying Li, Ning Li, Hu Yin, Zhan-feng Ma, Jian-ping Hui
  • Patent number: 11770425
    Abstract: A system for managing a communication session between a number of participants is provided. The system can analyze activity of each participant and generate recommendations on the communication flow of a meeting. For instance, the system can analyze user activity and other contextual data for each user to determine a recommended speaking arrangement for the participants. The recommendations can be presented to a moderator who can then utilize the recommendations to control the flow of the meeting. Inputs received from the moderator can modify speaking and viewing permissions to emphasize or deemphasize displays and audio of individual participants. In some configurations, the recommendations can be utilized by a system to automatically control permissions for each participant for the purposes of controlling communication and flow of an event, such as an online meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ying Deng, Raghu Chinagudabha
  • Patent number: 11768893
    Abstract: Systems and methods for concept based searching or recommendation based on a concept networks are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of a concept based approach to the search and analysis of data, including the creation, update or use of concept networks in searching and analyzing data are disclosed, including embodiments of the usage of such concept networks in artificial intelligence systems that are capable of utilizing concepts expressed by users to return or evaluate associated entities or content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: REALPAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence Stillwell, Jr., Carter Myers Brooking, Jed Jackoway, Brandon Michael Burkett
  • Patent number: 11765022
    Abstract: An information distribution system includes a plurality of monitoring devices that monitor Information Technology (IT) systems associated with respective monitoring devices, and a sharing device that transmits and receives information to and from the monitoring devices, wherein each of the plurality of monitoring devices includes first processing circuitry configured to provide the sharing device with know-how information including at least detection information and handling procedure information, the detection information being information for detecting a failure based on a log message output from the corresponding IT system, the handling procedure information being information in which a log message related to each failure and a handling procedure for the failure are associated with each other, and acquire the know-how information managed by the sharing device, and the sharing device includes second processing circuitry configured to collect the know-how information provided by the plurality of monitoring d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichiro Goto, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Ryoichi Hayashi, Masashi Toyama
  • Patent number: 11763258
    Abstract: Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for generating a document from a workflow within a group-based communication system. A document may be created from a document template in response to a workflow trigger. The document may have a plurality of structured sections and a plurality of unstructured sections. Unstructured input may be received into an unstructured section and saved into the document. Structured input may be received into a structured section. Based on the structured input, a step of a workflow associated with the document may be performed and a result saved into the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Fong, Michael Hahn, Michael Brevoort, Chaitanya Ravula, Sohom Paul
  • Patent number: 11762369
    Abstract: A system has a virtual-world (VW) controller and a physical-world (PW) controller. The pairing of a PW element with a VW element establishes them as corresponding physical and virtual twins. The VW controller and/or the PW controller receives measurements from one or more sensors characterizing aspects of the physical world, the VW controller generates the virtual twin, and the VW controller and/or the PW controller generates commands for one or more actuators affecting aspects of the physical world. To coordinate the corresponding virtual and physical twins, (i) the VW controller controls the virtual twin based on the physical twin or (ii) the PW controller controls the physical twin based on the virtual twin. Depending on the operating mode, one of the VW and PW controllers is a master controller, and the other is a slave controller, where the virtual and physical twins are both controlled based on one of VW or PW forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sensory Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Edwards, Tristan Fogt
  • Patent number: 11763265
    Abstract: The invention provides a method, system, and a software program product for assisting a user and/or managing tasks of the user, by a mobile secretary cloud application configured to operate in a mobile client device and cloud server network. The mobile secretary cloud application reads data from another software application and operates at least one of another application and a third application based on the read data. Further, Artificial intelligence is utilized by the mobile secretary cloud application for operating another application and the third application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Mikko Vaananen
  • Patent number: 11762365
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tool system allowing a tool to be controlled on a work object basis before the work is started. A tool system includes a portable tool and an identification unit. The tool includes a driving unit to operate with power supplied from a battery pack. The identification unit identifies, by a contactless method, a current work object, to which the tool is set in place, out of a plurality of work objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Dobashi, Yukio Okada
  • Patent number: 11762717
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of mapping a process model of a software application executed by a hosting platform. A series of actions taken by a user with respect to user interfaces generated by the software application are simulated through one or more application programming interface (API) calls. The user interfaces include a form and the series of actions includes opening the form. A plurality of user interface fields of the form are then identified through one or more other API calls executed while impersonating a session of a user under test. At least some of the user interface fields are set to known values and the form is submitted to the software application after the fields have been set. Changes to field-related and record-related information resulting from the submission are then gathered and a process model of the software application is determined based upon the gathered information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DotWalk, Inc.
    Inventor: Jared Matthew Laethem
  • Patent number: 11762838
    Abstract: A method for table data processing includes retrieving, by at least one hardware processor, first table data associated with a first table version from a plurality of partitions of a storage device. The method further includes detecting, by the at least one hardware processor, an executed transaction causing a modification to the first table data resulting in a second table data associated with a second table version. The second table data is modified to include partition metadata. The partition metadata includes table version information with a mapping of the first table version and the second table version to a plurality of transactions associated with generating the first table data and the second table data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Snowflake Inc.
    Inventors: Subramanian Muralidhar, Istvan Cseri, Torsten Grabs, Benoit Dageville
  • Patent number: 11763367
    Abstract: The embodiments herein provide an internet-based virtual travel system and method that allows people (viewers or virtual travelers) to explore any destination or location in real-time without having to be physically present at those destinations or locations by means of other people (serving as guides or virtual travel guides) who are physically present at the destinations or locations and use one or more mobile devices and/or wearable devices and/or accessories to stream real-time video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Georama, Inc.
    Inventor: Nihal Advani
  • Patent number: 11764985
    Abstract: In an approach for improving the virtual meeting user experience, a processor detects a user disengaging from a virtual meeting having at least two participants for a pre-set period of time or for a pre-set percentage of a total allotted time of a pre-scheduled virtual meeting. A processor retrieves data from a database. A processor prepares a summary that is tailored to a profile of the user and that covers a portion of the virtual meeting during which the user was disengaged. A processor detects the user reconnecting to the virtual meeting. A processor determines whether the user will review the summary before rejoining the virtual meeting. Responsive to determining the user will review the summary before rejoining the virtual meeting, a processor prompts the user with a set of default user preferences to review the summary. A processor outputs the summary to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Siddhartha Sood, Sanket Jain, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Mohammad Kafee Uddin, Manoj Kumar Joshi
  • Patent number: 11758087
    Abstract: Provided are a data processing method for a multimedia conference, a data processing apparatus for a multimedia conference, and an electronic device. The method includes: receiving a multimedia data stream sent by a conference participant user of the multimedia conference; generating, according to a received recording instruction for the multimedia conference, storage data of the multimedia conference based on the multimedia data stream sent by the conference participant user; and storing the storage data in cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Cheng, Mao Li, Jingsheng Yang, Yuze Gao
  • Patent number: 11757953
    Abstract: To collaborate in context, an online messaging platform is launched for a user to communicate by way of electronic messaging with one or more other users. The online messaging platform is launched in response to a user selecting text. One or more additional users are added to the online messaging platform, when the user tags the one or more additional users. Exchange of electronic messaging is facilitated, via the online messaging platform, between the user and the one or more additional users in regard to the selected text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Freshworks Inc.
    Inventors: Rathnagirish Mathrubootham, Smrithi Parameswar, Srividya Sriram
  • Patent number: 11755702
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating a user, the method including receiving an image of a user of a device, identifying a first facial descriptor of the user from the received image and from previously captured images of the user, and determining a difference between the first facial descriptor from the received image and that from the previously captured images. The method further includes identifying a second facial descriptor of a non-user from the previously captured images of the user, and applying facial recognition to images stored in a plurality of second social networking profiles associated with a first social networking profile of the user to identify the second facial descriptor from the images stored in the second social networking profiles. Based on the difference and the second facial descriptor, the user may be authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Clayton Johnson, Lawrence Douglas, Yolanda Liu
  • Patent number: 11757811
    Abstract: A system and method for managing electronic messaging accounts for an organization having a regulatory requirement to retain business-related electronic messages is provided. The method comprises executing instructions on a processor that for a first user account for a first user associated to the organization, define a first message space accessible through electronic devices in communication with the server, where the first message space accommodates peer-to-peer administration by users in the organization and provides facilities for: identifying an owner for the first retaining and preserving messages based on retention parameters associated with the organization; and creating a message channel in the first message space for messages between one or more users in the organization and one or more additional organizations. The privileges follow an organization policy for the organization and provide the first user with privileges in managing the first message space reflecting the organization policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Global Relay Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Roy, Peter Macdonald, Alfred Scholldorf, Philip Persad
  • Patent number: 11757831
    Abstract: A communications server selectively allows communications based on indications of compatibility of the users who wish to communicate, as evidenced by mutual selection of the same elements of user-defined content sets in frames of any of multiple types that apply to each of the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Spark Network Services GmbH
    Inventors: Vineet Singla, Tobias Plaputta, Charles E. Gotlieb
  • Patent number: 11758086
    Abstract: One example method for conducting a conference between conference participants includes obtaining a scene layout for the conference, the scene layout comprising a plurality of video areas that are each assigned to a respective display video stream from one of the conference participants, and the scene layout forming a common visual presentation for the conference; receiving video streams from one or more of the conference participants; and displaying the scene layout, wherein the video streams from the conference participants are displayed in their respective assigned video areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Han, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 11757948
    Abstract: Disclosed in embodiments of the present disclosure are a communication method and apparatus, and an electronic device. A specific implementation of the method comprises: in response to a call initiation operation of a multimedia conference, determining a candidate object of the multimedia conference according to an object targeted by the call initiation operation; and displaying, on a multimedia conference interface of the multimedia conference, call state information for the candidate object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinyun Geng, Xin Zhang, Jie Chen, Guan Huang, Tianhui Shi, Shaodong Ma, Yizhuo Chen, Jing Lyu, Zeguo Kang, Yuanlong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11756000
    Abstract: Systems and methods for effectuating sets of automated actions within a collaboration environment including embedded third-party content based on trigger events are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; generate automation information based on user entry and/or selection of the automation information into a user interface; detect occurrence of trigger events based on changes in values of parameters; responsive to the detection of the occurrence of trigger events, effectuate individual sets of automated actions; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Baselga, Adam Clayton Butler, Cvetomir Ivanov Cankov, Elden Lane Seropian
  • Patent number: 11755551
    Abstract: An event-related media management system contextualizes media content. The event-related media management system associates media content with contextual event-related data to associate the media content with the events and information about the events. The contextual event-related data can then be used to provide access to the media content, such as through relevant search results or by presenting the media content in organized displays for contextual browsing and navigation. In some embodiments the event-related media management system generates contextualized media content for contextual search, discovery, and advertising.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Uberfan, LLC
    Inventors: Terrence J. Barthel, Jeffrey P. Ess
  • Patent number: 11754587
    Abstract: An example method includes determining, at an aggregated point in time, an aggregated space node motion amount detected in a plurality of node sensing areas of a plurality of the nodes. The determining the aggregated space node motion amount includes compiling a plurality of sensing records from a subset or all of the nodes created by the subset or all of the nodes at a time substantially close to the aggregated point in time. The method additionally includes computing a temporal aggregated motion amount detected in a node sensing area of a respective node over time, using the aggregated time node motion amount. The method further includes computing a spatial aggregated motion amount in a portion of a space, using the aggregated space node motion amount, wherein the portion of the space correlates to the node sensing areas of the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Sajin George, Antonio F. Mondragon, Mitri J. Abou-Rizk
  • Patent number: 11754401
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system that includes a database including data associated with one or more building features of a building. The system includes a processor of a computing device. The processor is configured to determine an absolute position of the computing device within the building. The processor is configured to identify at least one of the building features located within a threshold distance of the absolute position of the computing device based on a query of the database. Additionally, the processor is configured to generate an alert configured to cause the computing device to display information associated with the at least one of the building features or output an audible signal associated with the at least one of the building features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Christopher James Waful, Rachael Ann Humphreys, Xin Wang, Mateusz Peter Dyl, Matthew Blair, Andre Rene Buentello, Paul Garcia
  • Patent number: 11758054
    Abstract: A multiple dwelling house interphone system includes a collective entrance machine and dwelling room master devices. When a calling operation section is operated and a dwelling unit number of a calling destination is input, a master device speech control section of the dwelling room master device of the dwelling unit including a plurality of dwelling room master devices performs a calling control of transmitting a call signal to the dwelling room master device of the calling destination having its master device ID, and subsequently forming a speech path when a response operation of the dwelling room master device of the calling destination is performed. The calling and speaking to the other dwelling unit are allowed even in a state where another dwelling room master device of the dwelling unit itself has formed a speech path with the dwelling room master device of the other dwelling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: AiPhone Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuta Shimomura, Masashi Hattori, Kimiaki Fujishima, Ryoji Uno
  • Patent number: 11755670
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface sends and receives data over a network. The processor uses the interface to transmit a first media file to a device of a user. The first media file presents a first choice between at least two options. The processor uses the interface to receive from the user a first selection in response to the first choice. In response to receiving the first selection, the processor transmits a second media file to the device. The second media file presents a second choice between at least two options. The processor uses the interface to receive from the user a second selection in response to the second choice. The processor identifies, based in part on the first selection and the second selection, a second user as potentially compatible with the user and transmits to the user a profile of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MATCH GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Miller, Lawrence A. Sequino, Joshua D. Gafni
  • Patent number: 11757955
    Abstract: An information switching and sharing method, a device, an electronic apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: upon detecting a trigger operation of a link to a second page in a first page currently being shared, redirecting to the second page, wherein the first page is currently being displayed and sent to a client terminal of a recipient user, such that the client terminal of the recipient user displays the first page; and sharing the second page to the client terminal of the recipient user in a follow mode, such that the client terminal of the recipient user in the follow mode mirrors a display of the second page, wherein the follow mode follows a display of a current display page on a client terminal of a host sharing user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaotao Nie, Qianyi Xu, Guanghan Zhang, Jingyi Zhang, Zhihui Ha, Zhongyang Guo, Tao Chen, Yutao Wu, Qi Zhang, Mingzhe Ruan, Junmin Song, Minming Zhou, Yin Shi, Bin Zhu, Shuhan Lu, Xi Hu
  • Patent number: 11757667
    Abstract: Techniques for providing using software applications within persistent hybrid virtual collaborative workspaces are provided. In an example, a method establishes a virtual collaborative workspace characterized by or more virtual collaborative workspace resources and associated with one or more users to interact with other users or collaborative workspace resources within the virtual collaborative workspace. The method further receives, from a client device associated with a first user associated with the virtual space, an identification of an application to use in the virtual collaborative workspace. The method, based on the receiving, adds the application to the virtual collaborative workspace and configures the application to access one or more resources associated with the virtual collaborative workspace. The method further provides access to the application within the virtual collaborative workspace to at least a subset of the users associated with the virtual collaborative workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Douglas Mayfield, Robert Allen Ryskamp, Jeffrey William Smith
  • Patent number: 11757954
    Abstract: For each device in a collaborative environment, qualities of system characteristics are determined. Based on the respective qualities of each device, a subset of devices is identified, including at least one device having a highest first quality and at least one device having a highest second quality, each corresponding to a different system characteristic. One or more devices from the subset of devices are then selected, based on the first quality and the second quality of each device of the subset of devices, to perform a function associated with the respective system characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram Makam Gupta, Pooja Srivastava
  • Patent number: 11755686
    Abstract: A system for classifying the usage of a handheld consumer device having a sensor and an analyzer. The sensor determines usage data at successive time instants and provides a temporally successive sequence of usage data during a usage session. The analyzer classifies the usage of the device with respect to at least one set usage classes and assembles a temporally successive sequence of input tuples of usage data relating to a predetermined time period of the usage session, each of the input tuples having at least one element representing the usage data at the respective time instant and for inputting the sequence of input tuples into at least one artificial neural network arranged to output at least one output tuple comprising a number of elements in accordance with the number of usage classes, each element of the output tuple representing a prediction value that the usage of the consumer device at the given time instant relates to a respective usage class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Faiz Feisal Sherman, Xiaole Mao
  • Patent number: 11755694
    Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of configuring a license for a component configurable with a computer system, comprising storing the component on the computer system. The implementations further include encoding computer system information corresponding to the computer system into a barcode, such as a Quick Response (QR) code. Additionally, the implementations further include displaying the barcode and a license identifier field. Additionally, the implementations further include receiving a license identifier in the license identifier field, wherein the license identifier is based on the barcode. Additionally, the implementations further include decoding the license for the component based on the license identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventor: Matthew Joseph Roberts
  • Patent number: 11755844
    Abstract: Servers configured to perform automatic summarization of content in electronic messages are discloses herein. In one embodiment, upon receiving an email, an server determines whether the incoming email is a templated message. In response to determining that the incoming email is not a templated message, the server classifies one or more sentences in the email as a statement of decision, judgement, inference, or fact, cluster the classified statements into clusters, and select one or more of the clusters to automatically generate summaries of the incoming email. The server can then insert data representing the generated summaries into the email before transmitting the email to a destination via a computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kausik Ghatak, Ganessh Kumar R P, Priyanka Goel, Neeraj Singh, Swathi Karri
  • Patent number: 11750409
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of performing a Web Real-Time Communication-based (WebRTC-based) communication and collaboration session with a plurality of predefined participants can include detecting that a participant from a plurality of predefined participants is addressed by another participant for answering a question or for submitting a comment during the communication and collaboration session; and verifying whether a presence status of the participant to answer the question or to submit a comment is required to be presented to the predefined participants. If it is verified that the presence status of the participant to answer the question or to submit a comment needs to be presented, a feature activation step of activating a feature for presenting presence information to the predefined participants can be utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Unify Patente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Antonios Tsoutsaios
  • Patent number: 11750465
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system may receive a status associated with a service of a user account. The system may schedule, based on the status, a transmission of a message at an expiration of a time period, wherein the message is generated to indicate the status. The system may monitor, during the time period, the status to detect an event associated with the service. The system may detect, based on an occurrence of the event, an update to the status. The system may perform, prior to the expiration of the time period, an action associated with the message to account for the update to the status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Sunil Kaitha
  • Patent number: 11747808
    Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to matching an available vehicle to a rider requesting a service. In one example, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a service request from a rider. The method further includes obtaining, by the computing system, data indicative of a current location of the rider; and determining that the current location of the rider is within proximity of an autonomous vehicle queuing location. The method further includes providing, by the computing system, data to the rider to provide for selection of an available autonomous vehicle at the autonomous vehicle queuing location. The method further includes obtaining, by the computing system, rider authentication data upon a selection of an autonomous vehicle by the rider; and, in response to obtaining rider authentication data, matching an autonomous vehicle selected by the rider to provide for performance of the service request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin, Eric J. Hanson, Richard Brian Donnelly, Dennis Zhao
  • Patent number: 11748711
    Abstract: An support system server (100) accepts, for each board related to crisis response activity, browsing of one or more messages registered in the board and registration of a message in the board. When a transmission source of a received e-mail is an e-mail address of a user of the board, the support system server (100) registers a message included in the e-mail in the board. When a new message is registered in the board, the support system server (100) distributes an e-mail including the message to the e-mail address of the user of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kishi, Tsuneko Kura, Junko Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11750669
    Abstract: A personalized contextual connection management system can identify and store contextual connections for shared items associated with particular users of a multi-user system, for example, in response to requests associated with certain tasks to user services in which a shared item is referenced. When a particular user requests to view the shared item, the personalized contextual connection management system obtains that user's personalized context including the contextual connections associated with that user for that shared item and provides that user's personalized context for display with the shared item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Jon Conger, Jason Glenn Silvis, Keith John Symons, Simon Wai-Han Chan
  • Patent number: 11750549
    Abstract: A file-related task management device includes: a memory; and a processor electrically connected to the memory, wherein the processor creates a file chat room that is associated with a file in a folder shared by one or more folder sharers and is accessible through the file, receives, from a user terminal of the one or more folder sharers, an update log for an update to the file made by the user terminal, and displays a message thread in the file chat room, the message thread including a log message for the update, wherein chat messages related to the file between the one or more folder sharers and the log message are displayed together in the file chat room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: DELTA PDS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11750555
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for matching between a plurality of users. A computer-implemented method for matching between a plurality of users may be provided. The method may include receiving input data from a plurality of devices associated with the plurality of users, analyzing the input data to determine, for each user and life event, which step(s) on a timeline of the life event that each user (a) has experienced, (b) is currently experiencing, or (c) likely to experience in the future; and matching the plurality of users with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: WISDO LTD.
    Inventor: Boaz Gaon
  • Patent number: 11748657
    Abstract: Machine-learning methods and apparatus are provided to solve blind source separation problems with an unknown number of sources and having a signal propagation model with features such as wave-like propagation, medium-dependent velocity, attenuation, diffusion, and/or advection, between sources and sensors. In exemplary embodiments, multiple trials of non-negative matrix factorization are performed for a fixed number of sources, with selection criteria applied to determine successful trials. A semi-supervised clustering procedure is applied to trial results, and the clustering results are evaluated for robustness using measures for reconstruction quality and cluster separation. The number of sources is determined by comparing these measures for different trial numbers of sources. Source locations and parameters of the signal propagation model can also be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Triad National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Boian S. Alexandrov, Ludmil B. Alexandrov, Filip L. Iliev, Valentin G. Stanev, Velimir V. Vesselinov
  • Patent number: 11750612
    Abstract: A service computing system receives an API call in which an authorization token, that contains an identifier in the content of the authorization token, is included in a header of the API call. The identifier is also included as a parameter passed in with the API call. The service computing system parses the API call to obtain the authorization token, and the identifier included in the authorization token. It also obtains the identifier passed in as a parameter of the API call. The service computing system compares the identifier obtained from the authorization token to the identifier passed in as a parameter of the API call to determine whether they match. If they do not match, the API call is processed as an unauthorized API call. A security system in the service computing system authorizes the API call based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Anshul Dube, Xiaoqin Zhu, Andrew Burke Ryan, Shankaranand Arunachalam, Gokay Hurmali, Dmitri Gavrilov, Ganesh Pandey, Parul Manek
  • Patent number: 11743225
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for automatically converting one or more emails to one or more chat conversations and for automatically converting a chat conversation to an email thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: Vladimir Shmunis, Vlad Vendrow, Patrice Khawam, Christopher van Rensburg, Theodore Jaffe
  • Patent number: 11743126
    Abstract: A method for arbitrarily grouping computer system resources includes receiving a resource policy to be applied to a group of resources associated with a user. The resource policy includes a unique user-defined label assigned to each resource of the group of resources. The method also includes identifying the group of resources among a plurality of resources using the user-defined label. Here, the plurality of resources is associated with the user and distributed across a plurality of different computing environments. For each identified resource of the group of resources, the method also includes applying the resource policy to a corresponding identified resource by accessing the respective computing environment where the corresponding identified resource resides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Cyrus Harvesf, Marco Cavalli
  • Patent number: 11743224
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable record medium are provided to display content of interest. A content display method may include analyzing a user interest based on a user activity on an application; generating a customized content in response to receiving from a server, information that matches the user interest; and displaying the customized content through an interface related to a specific event when the specific event occurs on the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventors: Min Hwang, Sangmo Goo, Jihun Im, Jay Lee, Yeon Jin Jin, Yubin Kim
  • Patent number: 11741177
    Abstract: A method for entity validation of a content originator includes identifying a content post in a public forum viewable by a user, where an entity claims to be an originator of the content post. The method also includes, responsive to gathering metadata for the content post, determining, utilizing natural language processing and a classification algorithm, a topic for the content post based on a plurality of extracted words from the content post. The method also includes identifying a plurality of similar content posts relative to the content post based on the topic and the entity and determining a score for the entity claiming to be the originator of the content post, where the score represents a likelihood that the claimed entity is the originator of the content post. The method also includes, responsive to the score being below a verification threshold value, performing ameliorative actions on the content post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Jeremy R. Fox, Raghuveer Prasad Nagar, Sidharth Ullal
  • Patent number: 11741645
    Abstract: An electronic sports playbook and video annotation system includes a device with a memory coupled to a processor that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate sports playbook content based on coordinate or image data. The processor is configured to detect an object (e.g., a player, etc.) on a surface (e.g., court image, or play image such as a static play drawing or video recording frame), detect a drawing of a path relating to the object (e.g., by user input device or with image processing, machine learning, or other heuristic techniques, etc.), and determine an action (e.g., a pass, a dribbling, a cut, a screen, a handoff, etc.) associated with the object based on at least an attribute of the object (e.g., does the player have the ball?, etc.) and detected path relating to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Luceo Sports, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Graham
  • Patent number: 11743308
    Abstract: The method for storing streaming media includes receiving, from a user device, a request to navigate to a requested time of a media stream. The method also includes determining whether a block of media segments that have a time interval that overlaps with the requested time is stored at the server. The method also includes retrieving the block of media segments from long-term memory in accordance with a determination that the block of media segments is not stored at the server. The method also includes traversing the block of media segments that have a time interval that overlaps with the requested time of the media stream to seek and identify a media segment corresponding to the requested time of the media stream. The method also includes streaming a media stream to the user device that begins at the media segment corresponding to the requested time of the media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: AUDACY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Vitaly Shoykhet, Brian Scott Bosworth, Jeremiah Matthew Jones, Justin Byron Filion, John William Morris, IV
  • Patent number: 11736545
    Abstract: A method of providing a user interface for a live virtual fan experience on a client device of a user is disclosed. Based on a receiving of a notification from a live event broadcasting platform, a live video feed of the user is communicated to the live event broadcasting platform. Based on a receiving of a notification from the live event broadcasting platform that the live video feed of the user has been selected for integration into a broadcasting of the live event, a notification is caused to be presented in real time in the user interface. Based on a notification from the live event broadcasting platform that the live video feed of the user has been integrated into the broadcasting of the live event, the user interface is caused to be updated in real time to reflect the integrating of the live video feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Famous Group Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Lawrence Harvey
  • Patent number: 11736309
    Abstract: A meeting application server and a method for real-time content of interest detection and notification for a meeting are described herein. The meeting application server includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium operatively coupled to the processor. The computer-readable storage medium includes computer-executable instructions that cause the processor to receive, via a remote computing system, content of interest data for a meeting. The computer-executable instructions also cause the processor to analyze the content of interest data to determine a theme of interest for the meeting, train a classification model for the theme of interest, and generate real-time meeting data for the meeting. The computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to determine the probability that the real-time meeting data relate to the theme of interest using the classification model and, if the probability exceeds a threshold value, transmit a content of interest alert to the remote computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Romain Gabriel Pa Rey, Alexander Wilson, Tom Neckermann
  • Patent number: 11734738
    Abstract: A device receives third-party boycott data associated with a merchant, and receives customer preference data associated with a customer of the merchant. The device processes the third-party boycott data and the customer preference data, with a machine learning model, to identify a boycott of the merchant that is predicted to be of interest to the customer. The device provides, to a user device of the customer, information identifying the boycott of the merchant and information that solicits the customer to indicate whether the customer desires to join the boycott, and receives, from the user device, information indicating that the customer desires to join the boycott. The device causes a transaction account associated with the customer to be restricted from a transaction with the merchant when the information indicates that the customer desires to join the boycott.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mossoba, Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira, Joshua Edwards
  • Patent number: 11735062
    Abstract: Approaches presented herein enable delivery of educational content. More specifically, a lesson plan comprising the educational content is received. An inventory of one or more network-connected devices within a pre-determined perimeter is conducted. One or more learning activities are associated with each of the one or more network-connected devices. At least one learning activity of the one or more learning activities is selected based on the lesson plan. A curriculum comprising the lesson plan and the at least one learning activity is delivered to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Shailendra Moyal, Akash U. Dhoot, Madhukar Hari Kishan Gobbi