Demand Based Messaging Patents (Class 709/206)
  • Patent number: 11929968
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for routing messages received from any one of a plurality of external user accounts on any one of a plurality of different messaging applications within an entity. The system and method comprises one or more integration modules coupled to each of the plurality of different messaging applications for receiving messages via the messaging application. These messages are directed to a unique account identifier for the entity using additional address identifier information. A central messaging module is configured to receive from each of the one or more integration modules the messages via a common internal messaging protocol, and distribute the messages to at least one more internal user accounts within the entity using additional address identifier information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LeapXpert Limited
    Inventor: Dmitry Gutzeit
  • Patent number: 11929964
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel framework that provides mechanisms for enabling message senders to dictate, control and/or create dynamic immersive content consumption experiences for recipients of their messages. The disclosed framework provides message senders with previously non-existent functionality to control the experience and environment within which their messages are consumed. Conventional systems provide recipients with capabilities to consume messages and/or supplemental content; however, these capabilities are driven and controlled by the hosting messaging platform and/or the third party entity that is availed opportunities to provide supplemental content. The disclosed framework prevents such experiences by providing capabilities to the message sender that involves control not only over the experience of the sender's messages but also control over the experience of the environment in which the messages are consumed by their recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: YAHOO AD TECH LLC
    Inventors: Mohit Goenka, Gnanavel Shanmugam, Ashish Khushal Dharamshi, Nikita Varma
  • Patent number: 11930001
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for polling federated services for notifications. A request for an access token for a federated service is sent to an authentication service. The access token for the federated service is received from the authentication service. A query is sent to the federated service for a notification, the query comprising the access token. The notification is received from the federated service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: David Shaw, Daniel E. Zeck, Robert Worsnop
  • Patent number: 11928530
    Abstract: A system and method of the disclosure relates to structuring at least one resource of an application programming interface (API) for a server. In the method, a plurality of field-level elements may be defined. Each of the plurality of field-level elements may be associated with a respective property. Also, first and second message-level elements may be defined. The first message-level element may be based on a first field-level element of the plurality of field-level elements, and the second message-level element may be based on the first field-level element. The API may be associated with a first resource having properties resolved based on at least the first and second message-level elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventors: Cynthia L Recker, Roger M Prenger
  • Patent number: 11928153
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, including: receiving, by a computing device, a post referring to a multimedia content; identifying, by the computing device, a time in the post; generating, by the computing device, a validity score based on analyzing contextual data of the time in the post; determining, by the computing device, a correlation between the time in the post to the multimedia content based on the validity score; and publishing, by the computing device, the post with an interactive link to a corresponding time of the multimedia content based on the determined correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Caleb Miles, Clement Decrop, Zachary A. Silverstein, Shikhar Kwatra
  • Patent number: 11930034
    Abstract: Various aspects involve determining legitimacy of an email address for risk assessment or other purposes. For instance, a risk assessment computing system receives a risk assessment query that identifies an email address. The risk assessment computing system determines a set of features for the email address. For each feature, the risk assessment computing system calculates an illegitimacy score by calculating a deviation of the feature from an expected safe value for the feature that is determined from historical email addresses. The risk assessment computing system aggregates the illegitimacy scores of the plurality of features into an aggregated illegitimacy score and further transmits a legitimacy risk value to a remote computing system. The legitimacy risk value indicates the aggregated illegitimacy score and can be used in controlling access of a computing device associated with the email address to one or more interactive computing environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Kount, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Lewis Jones
  • Patent number: 11924151
    Abstract: Methods and systems for analysis and/or classification of electronic message information so as to capture and identify salient objects exchanged during electronic message passing in order to impute certain information about the object, groups of objects, the message, groups of messages, the parties, communities involved in the message exchange or combinations, thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Firstwave Technology Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Simon David Ryan
  • Patent number: 11922515
    Abstract: Platform-agnostic digital assistant methods and apparatuses are provided. The apparatuses and methods include a processor configured by a memory to receive user data from a storage containing informational contents. The processor is configured to establish a communication channel with an entity and utilize the communication channel to receive first information related to a user. The processor is configured to extract at least one user datum from the first information and modify the informational contents of the storage based on at least one of the user datum and the first information. The processor is further configured to initiate an action related to the user based on at least one of the first information, the user datum, and the informational contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Peppercorn AI Technology Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Lombard, Paul Cassidy, Atul Thakor, Robert Rushton, Ian Law, Christopher Hill, Jonathan Byford, Jonathan Wilshire, Andrew Snuggs
  • Patent number: 11924298
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a message pushing method for a virtual gift and an electronic device. The method includes: when a virtual gift is received in a live broadcast room, determining a live broadcast room area to which a notification message is pushed, where the notification message is used to inform all live broadcast rooms in the live broadcast room area that the virtual gift is received; and pushing the notification message to the live broadcast room in the live broadcast room area respectively. The embodiments of the present disclosure implement rich methods for posting notification information about the receipt of the virtual gift, thereby improving user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shihao Jia, Wei Zhang, Zhengyao Guo, Qi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11921994
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, device, medium and program product for replying questions. The method presents a reply viewing interface for a question to a user, the reply viewing interface including a first reply control; receives a first reply operation of the user based on the first reply control; publishes a first reply video according to the first reply operation, the first reply video being used for replying to the question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiusong Li, Na Sun
  • Patent number: 11922010
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a device comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing contextual information with a keyboard interface. The program and method provide for receiving a media content item provided by a second device; displaying, on a screen of the device, the media content item together with a reply element, the reply element being user-selectable to generate a reply message with respect to the media content item; receiving user selection of the reply element; and in response to receiving the user selection, displaying, in a first preset area of the screen, a keyboard interface for user selection of text to include in the reply message, and displaying, in a second preset area of the screen, a context information interface which is user-selectable to provide information corresponding to at least one type of context associated with the media content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Maxwell Gale, Christie Marie Heikkinen, David Phillip Taitz
  • Patent number: 11922161
    Abstract: A device configured to identify automated process instructions for a network device. The automated process instructions include instructions for performing a series of actions on the network device. The device is further configured to identify a first time instance for executing the automated process instructions that does not occur within a time interval associated with a first system update for the network device and to execute the machine-executable code at the first time instance to perform the series of actions on the network device. The device is further configured to detect a second system update for the network device while executing the machine-executable code, to pause the execution of the machine-executable code at a breakpoint at a second time instance after detecting the second system update, and to resume execution of the machine-executable code after the breakpoint at a third time instance after the second system update is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Siva Kumar Paini, Sudhakar Balu, Sathya Thamilarasan
  • Patent number: 11922374
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure relate to systems and methods for determining a set of one or more identified characteristics correlated with high performing projects. Methods include receiving communication data from a plurality of servers, the communication data associated with a plurality of conversations involving one or more users. The communication data is converted into a common format and used to generate a graph, the graph based upon characteristics identified in the communication data and users involved with the plurality of conversations. The communication data can be clustered according to the characteristics and the users, thereby generating one or more clusters around at least one of a characteristic and a user. User data and project data can be generated based on the one or more clusters and be used to determine the set of one or more identified characteristics correlated with high performing projects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PwC Product Sales LLC
    Inventor: Srdjan Marinovic
  • Patent number: 11916854
    Abstract: Method of generating invitation media overlays for private collections starts with processor receiving first media content item from first client device associated with first user. Processor receives from first client device a selection of invitation media overlay to be applied to media content item. Invitation media overlay is associated with private collection of media content items. Processor generates modified first media content item by overlaying invitation media overlay on first media content item. Processor generates the private collection of media content items including modified first media content item. Processor receives from first client device selection of second user associated with the second user and causes modified first media content item to be displayed by the second client device. Processor receives selection of invitation media overlay from second client device and causes the private collection of media content items to be displayed by second client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: David Phillip Taitz
  • Patent number: 11916873
    Abstract: An electronic message analysis and marking system comprising: a gateway computer system in communications with a message transport system adapted to receive an original incoming electronic message from a sender message system prior to the original incoming electronic message extending into a perimeter of a recipient message system, analyze the original incoming electronic message according to a set of warning criteria, and modify the original incoming electronic message to provide a modified incoming electronic message; and, a gatekeep service in communications with the gateway computer system and a recipient's computer service wherein the gatekeeper service is adapted to receive the modified incoming electronic message, retrieve a trigger from the modified incoming electronic message and perform one or more actions according to the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Virtual Connect Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Hathaway, David Setzer
  • Patent number: 11910072
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses techniques for multi-screen interactive display. The techniques comprise receiving a screen projection request from a screen projection device, and establishing an audio and video data connection channel with the screen projection terminal device; acquiring audio and video data through the audio and video data connection channel, and displaying the audio and video data on a target display window; receiving an interactive request from the screen projection terminal device, and determining a type of interactive data based on the interactive request; establishing an interactive data connection channel with the screen projection terminal device based on the type of the interactive data; and receiving the interactive data of the screen projection terminal device through the interactive data connection channel, and displaying the interactive data on the target display window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI HODE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunyu Long, Hao Wang, Yaoqi Zhang, Zhihui Yang, Menghui Wang, Lei Huang
  • Patent number: 11909923
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system provides for end-user control over the automatic recognition of communication situations by detection of unique telecommunication event characteristics and the consequential responses to those situations by invocation of related programmatic responses. The system allows an end user to specify various patterns of telecommunication event characteristics that describe various situational aspects of incoming communications, such as the timing and originator of voice calls, the content of, timing of, and author of chat messages, etc., as well as appropriate sets of programmatic response actions to be performed in response to those communications, such as initiating conference calls, sending chat messages, routing calls to other users, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Eolas Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Carl Landers, Michael D. Doyle
  • Patent number: 11909664
    Abstract: A segment identifier (SID) manager interfaces with clients by way of a library. Clients implementing network services and needing SIDs according to internet SRv6, are allocated blocks by the SID manager using the library. Clients assign SIDs from the block independent of the SID manager using the library. Where a threshold portion of the block is assigned, the library requests an additional block of SIDs from the SID manager. Clients transmit context mappings of assigned SIDs to the SID manager for use by administrators and to enable recovery in the event of failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Arrcus Inc.
    Inventors: Keyur Patel, Kalyani Rajaraman, Ravindra Vaishampayan, Derek Man-Kit Yeung, Lalit Kumar, Tetsuya Murakami, Matthew Anderson
  • Patent number: 11909602
    Abstract: A plurality of user segments is defined. Each user segment has a respective profile corresponding to one or more characteristics shared by one or more users. A plurality of elements of a user interface for a mobile application is defined. Each user segment is associated with a different subset of the elements. A first request is received to display the user interface on a first mobile device of a first user. In response to the first request, user data of the first user is analyzed. Based on the analysis, a first user segment to which the first user belongs is determined. The mobile application is then instructed to display the user interface according to a first customized layout on the first mobile device. The first customized layout includes a first subset of elements associated with the first user segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Suraj Powar, Anand Vaidyanathan, Kalyan Narasimhan, Saleem Faneeband
  • Patent number: 11907147
    Abstract: A message inspection engine, implemented in hardware in a System on Chip (SOC), is configured using configuration information to obtain a configured message inspection engine. An input message is received at the configured message inspection engine from an upstream functional module in the SOC. The configured message inspection engine is used to analyze the input message to determine a content modification plan and a destination control plan and to generate an output message based at least in part on the input message, the content modification plan, and the destination control plan, including by populating the output message with a downstream functional module specified by the destination control plan. The output message is output from the configured message inspection engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Tenafe Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Priyanka Nilay Thakore, Lyle E. Adams
  • Patent number: 11910305
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving a query for 5G Session Management Functions (SMFs) to handle a connection request, wherein the query includes a slice ID and data network name; determining a list of SMFs that each have a blockchain ID immutably recorded on a blockchain, wherein the blockchain ID is authorized to provide service to the slice ID; and sending, responsive to the query, the list of SMFs. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Feza H. Buyukdura
  • Patent number: 11909834
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to generating a master group node graph from a plurality of systems of record. Record objects of a system of record corresponding to a data source provider may be accessed. Each record object can have a record object type and identify a group entity. Each record object can be linked to one or more second record objects of a second record object type and identifying a respective member entity. A record object corresponding to a group entity can be identified. A connection profile between the record objects of the group entity and another group entity can be generated. An association between the group node profiles and the connection profile can be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: People.ai, Inc.
    Inventors: Oleg Rogynskyy, Yurii Brunets, Devin Rice, Vardhman Jain
  • Patent number: 11908569
    Abstract: An electronic record management system includes a server and a plurality of electronic record display terminals in electronic communication with the server. Each electronic record display terminal includes a monitor screen. The server stores a list of cases each with an associated case identifier, stores a list of staff members each with an associated staff identifier, and stores documents associated with each case. The server creates an electronic sticky note and a display format of the electronic sticky note. The server electronically communicates with at least one of the electronic record display terminals to cause the monitor screen of the at least one electronic record display terminal to display an electronic record of one of the cases along with the electronic sticky note overlaid over a portion of the electronic record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: IRYOU JYOUHOU GIJYUTU KENKYUSYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinkichi Himeno
  • Patent number: 11902224
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for deleting messages. The systems and methods include operations for: establishing, by a computing device, a communication session between a plurality of users; receiving a plurality of messages in the communication session; determining that a first message of the plurality of messages has been read by a first user of the plurality of users at a read time; in response to determining that the first message has been read by the first user at the read time, automatically associating the read time with a second of the plurality of messages that precedes the first message in the communication session; and automatically deleting the first and second messages in response to determining that an elapsed time measured from the read time associated with the first and second messages corresponds to a threshold time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Baron, John Krzemien, Amit Saurav
  • Patent number: 11902433
    Abstract: Embodiments for a networking device are disclosed. The networking device includes a private identity-based cryptographic (IBC) key issued for a first device. The networking device can receive an internet protocol (IP) packet from the first device. The networking device modifies the IP packet to form a modified IP packet, wherein modify the IP packet includes add an extension header to the IP packet. The extension header includes a source identifier identifying the first device, an indication of the key generation authority and an indication of an identity-based encryption (IBE) algorithm. The networking device also generates an identity-based signature (IBS) using the IBC algorithm with the source identifier as an identity input, the modified IP packet as a message input, and the private IBC key for the first device as a private key input. The modified IP packet and the IBS is then sent towards a destination of the IP packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: John Wu, Ranga S. Ramanujan
  • Patent number: 11900326
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing a business strategy map includes: a strategy map memory unit configured to include a business strategy map region for a business strategy map including a business specification in which a relation between a business project and a business executant has been defined, a business contents region for business contents accessible through the business specification and written by the business executant, a business chat message region for at least one business chat message accessible through the business contents, and a business object link region for a business object link included in the business specification and used to access a business object which is the business chat message and in which a business provider and a business recipient have been defined, and a business processor configured to provide specific business contents within the business contents region through a specific business specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: DELTA PDS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jae Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11900392
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for requesting in-person assistance with a purchase during a mobile device digital interaction (e.g., augmented reality) with a physical object of interest. Display of a real-time view includes the physical object image as well as interfaces for interacting with the image of the physical object. The interfaces include requesting in-person purchase assistance based on a mobile device location proximate to the physical object of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Qiaochu Tang, Avid Ghamsari, Micah Price, Geoffrey Dagley, Staevan Alan Duckworth
  • Patent number: 11902287
    Abstract: A system includes a communication module that receives a request to post content to an event gallery associated with an event. The request in turn includes geo-location data for a device sending the content, and identification data identifying the device or a user of the device. The system further has an event gallery module to perform a first authorization operation that includes determining that the geo-location data corresponds to a geo-location fence associated with an event. The event gallery module also performs a second authorization operation that includes using the identification data to verify an attribute of the user. Finally, based on the first and second authorization operations, the event gallery module may selectively authorize the device to post the content to the event gallery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Richard Allen, Sheldon Chang
  • Patent number: 11902344
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting views of work unit records in chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain content information characterizing content of the chat sessions between the users of the collaboration environment; identify work unit records based on the content from the chat sessions; generate view of work unit pages in the chat sessions that correspond to the work unit records identified based on the content from the chat sessions so that the view of the work unit pages are made accessible to the users during synchronous communication facilitated by the chat sessions; and/or other perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvaro Morales, Eric Lee Campbell, Manya Sofia Spieczny Scheps
  • Patent number: 11902101
    Abstract: Example notification management systems and methods are described. In one implementation, techniques identify multiple devices communicating using a carrier and identify a trigger associated with at least one of the multiple devices. Based on identifying the trigger, the techniques may apply at least one business rule associated with at least one of the multiple devices. The techniques may further generate at least one notification in response to applying the business rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Simetric, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Boone, Jr., Sanjay Srivastava
  • Patent number: 11902299
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing a multi-attribute cluster-identifier that supports identifying malicious activity in computing environments. An instance of an activity having an attribute set can be assessed. The attribute set of the instance of the activity is analyzed to determine whether the instance of the activity is a malicious activity. The attribute set of the instance of the activity is compared to a plurality of multi-attribute cluster-identifiers of previous instances of the activity, such that, a determination that the instance of the activity is a malicious activity is made when the attribute set of the instance of the activity corresponds to an identified multi-attribute cluster-identifier. The identified multi-attribute cluster-identifier has a risk score and an attribute set that indicate a likelihood that the instance of the activity is a malicious activity. A visualization that identifies the instance of the activity as a malicious activity is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mihai Costea, Michael Abraham Betser, Ravi Kiran Reddy Poluri, Hua Ding, Weisheng Li, Phanindra Pampati, David Nicholas Yost
  • Patent number: 11899815
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a customer a central location to manage permissions provided to third-parties and devices to access and use customer information maintained by a financial institution are described. The central location serves as a central portal where a customer of the financial institution can manage all access to account information and personal information stored at the financial institution. Accordingly, the customer does not need to log into each individual third-party system or customer device to manage previously provided access to the customer information or to provision new access to the customer information. A user additionally is able to have user data and third-party accounts of the user deleted from devices, applications, and third-party systems via a central portal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Lila Fakhraie, Brian M. Pearce, Steven Pulido, Benjamin Soccorsy, James Stahley, Mojdeh Tomsich
  • Patent number: 11902823
    Abstract: A wireless communications system comprises wireless local area network (WLAN), WLAN controller coupled to the WLAN, a core network, a RADIUS based interface, and an interface between the WLAN controller and the PCRF. The WLAN controller is configured to transmit, via the RADIUS based interface, to the AAA, a request to authenticate a user equipment (UE) currently accessing the core network, wherein the first message comprises an identifier identifying the UE. The PCRF is configured to transmit, via the interface between the WLAN controller and the PCRF, a policy associated with the UE, wherein the policy indicates a quality of service (QoS) subscribed for by a user of the UE in the core network. The WLAN controller is further configured to manage resources within the WLAN, based on the policy, to establish a session between the UE and the WLAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Sameer Akbar Khan, Muralidhar Malreddy, Bhanu Prakash Voruganti
  • Patent number: 11900483
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for generating a media asset for presentation during a consumption session associated with a user profile, and while generating for presentation the media asset, generating for presentation an option to enable a social network profile, associated with a social network and associated with the user profile, to interact with a social network profile of a performer included in a cast of the media asset. In response to receiving selection of the option, an image of a frame of a current scene of the media asset may be extracted, and input associated with the image of the frame may be received. A request to post a message on the social network may be transmitted, toe enable a plurality of devices to access the message via the social network, and the message may comprise the extracted image of the frame and the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Serhad Doken
  • Patent number: 11895078
    Abstract: A communications system may include end-user devices (EUDs), a communications network, and a message processor. A message parser determines, from a received message, a message originator EUD having an associated originator message channel format, and at least one intended message recipient EUD with an associated recipient message channel format. A message channel database includes respective different message channel formats for different EUDs. A message recaster cooperates with the message parser and message channel database and transmits at least one recast message based upon the received message, which may include a corresponding recipient message channel format with a corresponding Internet Protocol (IP) address for the at least one intended recipient EUD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Davis, John-Paul Sitarski, Michael Milazzo
  • Patent number: 11895074
    Abstract: An email ranking system assigns scores to emails of a user based on actions that other recipients of the emails have taken with respect to the emails. In determining the scores, the email ranking system may weight each recipient's action based on how closely connected the recipient is to the user and a type of connection the recipient has to the user. Each email's score may represent a likelihood that the email contains content that is important to the user. A client device may display the user's emails based on the scores. The client device may list the emails in descending order based on the scores, enabling the user to prioritize review of emails that are more likely to be important to the user. In this way, the email ranking system improves the client device by helping the user more quickly identify important emails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Maurizio Cibelli
  • Patent number: 11895073
    Abstract: A method of postponing an electronic message is performed at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. The device displays a first electronic message for a user of the computing device and receives user input to postpone the first electronic message. In response to the user input, the device displays a plurality of postponement locations in a user interface window and receives user selection of a postponement location from the displayed plurality of postponement locations. The device then inhibits display of the first electronic message at the computing device. When it is subsequently determined that the computing device is at the first postponement location, the device redisplays the first electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vijay Umapathy, Ryan James Fioravanti
  • Patent number: 11895563
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes monitoring at a server electronic communications over a network between a first matched individual at a first client device and a second matched individual at a second client device. The monitoring includes observing initiator electronic communication contributions originating at the first client device and recipient electronic communication contributions originating at the second client device, maintaining a total electronic communications count between the first client device and the second client device, and measuring an electronic communications duration period from an initial initiator electronic communication and a last electronic communication. Based on the monitored electronic communications, it is determined that one or both of the first matched individual and the second matched individual are ready for an in-person meeting. A prompt is supplied to the first client device to initiate the in-person meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: AMI Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Natalia Angapova, John Kneeland, Claire Stott
  • Patent number: 11895075
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying mail for share, and an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: in response to the detection of a mail sharing operation, determining mail for share in a current mailbox; and displaying the mail for share in a preset display manner, wherein the preset display manner is different from a display manner of non-shared mail in the current mailbox. By means of the technical solution, mail for share and non-shared mail in a mailbox can be effectively distinguished from one another, thereby improving the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yudong Liao
  • Patent number: 11895061
    Abstract: A method of dynamic prioritization of collaboration between human and virtual agents according to an embodiment includes generating a priority score for a conversation between a human user and a chat bot, wherein the priority score is based on at least a sentiment of the human user and a temporal aspect of the conversation, providing the priority score to a human agent via an interface for monitoring the priority score, transferring control of the conversation from the chat bot to the human agent based on an interaction of the human agent with the interface, and yielding control of the conversation from the human agent back to the chat bot in response to another interaction of the human agent with the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Genesys Cloud Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Immanuel Wyss, Matthew Jahns
  • Patent number: 11895076
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for manipulating electronic messages are provided herein. A system for editing electronic messages can include at least one processor, and an application. The application can be configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, send an electronic message from a sender messaging account to a recipient messaging account, edit the message after it has been sent to the recipient messaging account to create an edited message and replace the sent message with the edited message in a same relative location of the sent message in the recipient's inbox, or delete the sent message or the edited message from the recipient's inbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Myabuy, LLC
    Inventor: Joel Goslar
  • Patent number: 11888800
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for reaction recording generation and transmission. A method may include receiving, from a first computing device of a first user, a video at a second computing device of a second user and a request for a recording of the second user during output of a portion of the video on the second computing device. The method may include generating a request for consent from the second user to capture the recording during the output of the portion, outputting the video on the second computing device, and in response to receiving the consent, determining whether the portion of the video selected by the first user is being outputted. In response to detecting that the output of the portion has initiated, the method may include capturing the recording throughout the output of the portion and transmitting the recording to the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: A Social Company
    Inventor: Harold R. Hildebrand
  • Patent number: 11887130
    Abstract: A method for automatically detecting inappropriate content on a computing application is provided. The method may include, in response to detecting an attempt to post content on the computing application, parsing the content to identify parts of the content. The method may further include determining whether the parts of the content comprises inappropriate content by applying algorithms to the parts of the content based on information associated with one or more computing applications and by predicting whether potential viewers of the one or more parts of the content view the one or more parts as inappropriate. The method may further include, in response to determining that the one or more parts of the content includes inappropriate content based on the applied algorithms and the potential viewers, generating and displaying feedback and providing suggestions for editing the inappropriate content on the attempted post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Debasis Ganguly, Martin Gleize, Pierpaolo Tommasi, Francesca Bonin, Yufang Hou
  • Patent number: 11889159
    Abstract: Described herein is a methods and systems for providing a digital interactive experience. Interactive experiences include, but not limited to, synchronized video playback, video and text chat between two or more participants, and interactive live event participation combining synchronized video, text and video chatting. The system comprises persistent and non-persistent components to which a plurality of participants in the interactive experience may connect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DRESSBOT INC.
    Inventors: Sami Siddique, Brad Stimpson
  • Patent number: 11888802
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for managing emails where an email server that may comprise one or more computer systems, and which may be part of an email system, receives an email addressed to a specified first user. The email server may analyze the received email and access one or more electronic databases, which may comprise information related to one or more respective registered users of the email system. The databases may be stored on one or more computer-readable storage media operatively connected to the email server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Dana Brunetti, Kevin Spacey
  • Patent number: 11886426
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for a node of a blockchain network comprising receiving or generating data for distribution in the blockchain network, said node having a plurality of interfaces, said data corresponding to an object such as a transaction or a block. The transaction can be a Bitcoin transaction for recordal in a blockchain. The method determines a correlation matrix having correlation coefficients representing the correlation between data processed at each interface of said node. From the correlation matrix a correlation index for each interface is determined. A threshold or indicator is calculated and data or objects such as Bitcoin transactions are relayed from nodes via interfaces according to a set of correlation coefficients of interface receiving the data. An indicator or threshold can derived from the correlation matrix and data is relayed if the correlation between the receiving interface and the other interface is lower than the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: nChain Licensing AG
    Inventors: Simone Madeo, Patrick Motylinski, Giuseppe Destefanis, Stephane Vincent
  • Patent number: 11889029
    Abstract: In one example, a communications system and platform communications platform: provides data communications services, over at least one of the plurality of communication networks, involving a plurality of different or disparate communications systems respectively associated with a plurality of respectively different formats to a plurality of communication user-operable devices each of which has a user interface for communicating information; conveys the data communications services via a browser and to establish an electronic meeting between multiple individuals, the electronic meeting providing access to a plurality of different types of content, or of different format types; and generates, in response to the electronic meeting being established, a status message that is associated with the electronic meeting, that provides an update message to at least a subset of the plurality of communications systems, and that provides information regarding possible availability of an individual for participating in the e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: 8x8, Inc.
    Inventor: Ramprakash Narayanaswamy
  • Patent number: 11889183
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for using drone imaging to capture images. Capture instructions are provided to a drone device to aid in image capture related to events. Events may be defined by characteristics such as geographical boundary information, temporal boundary information, and participant information. In one aspect, capture instructions are determined based on subject faces appearing in images associated with a sharing pool associated with an event. In another aspect, capture instructions are determined based on factor-of-interest information and remuneration policy information. The factor-of-interest information identifies subjects of interest gathered from different user devices with corresponding weights In another aspect, a drone may be assigned to one of a plurality of events based on event opportunity scores. The event opportunity scores may be determined from users associated with events, and the factors and weights associated with those users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ikorongo Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Hugh Blake Svendsen
  • Patent number: 11888601
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided in which time data regarding certain aspects of a messaging conversation on a handheld electronic device are made available to a user. Such time data is provided, for instance, in situations where an interruption has occurred during a messaging conversation. Time data can also be provided to a user on demand in certain circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Gerhard Dietrick Klassen, Christopher R. Wormald, Lawrence Edward Kuhl
  • Patent number: 11889419
    Abstract: A method for processing instant application messages is provided. The method is performed by a device and includes: receiving, by a modem of the device, an instant application message transmitted from an application server to an application processor of the device; determining, by the modem, whether the application processor is in a sleeping mode and the instant application message is an emergency message; and transmitting, by the modem, the instant application message to a co-processor of the device to cache the instant application message when the application processor is in the sleeping mode and the instant application message is not an emergency message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhuoliang Zhang, Cunliang Du, Chao Song, Zhen Jiang