Computer Conferencing Patents (Class 715/753)
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Patent number: 11615162Abstract: In an embodiment, a computer-implemented data processing method comprises, in a collaborative electronic information management system that is hosted using a collaboration computer, establishing operation of a plurality of event listener units, wherein each of the event listener units is configured to communicate with or listen for a plurality of application events that have been generated by a particular corresponding external application; determining that one or more of the application events relate to a particular content item from among a plurality of content items that are managed in the system; generating and causing displaying, as a part of a graphical user interface of the system for a user account associated with a user computer, a set of notifications comprising one or more first notifications generated from the system and one or more second notifications that are based upon the application events, in association with data identifying the particular content item.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD.Inventors: Matt Ryall, Bill Arconati, Sherif George Mansour, Shihab Hassan Hamid, Michael Alexander Cannon-Brookes
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Patent number: 11606323Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for recommending electronic messages in a message sharing system. Users can post messages to the message sharing system. These messages from posting users are received by the system and sent to receiving users that have subscribed to the posting users. The receiving users interact with the messages in various ways, such as by sharing the messages with other users. Interaction information is received for each of the electronic messages. The interaction information includes an indication of the number of interactions with the electronic message by receiving users. A score is determined for each electronic message based on the interaction information. Electronic messages are selected for being recommended to a user or a group of users based on the scores. The recommendations are then sent to the users, enabling users to better focus their attention on messages that are likely to be interesting.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Abdur Chowdhury, Ashish Goel, Ram Ravichandran
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Patent number: 11606221Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: presenting, by a computing device, a virtual event user interface to an attendee of a virtual event; obtaining, by the computing device, data about actions performed by the attendee within the virtual event; creating, by the computing device, a tensile sphere kernel that is specific to the attendee using the obtained data; determining, by the computing device, an event recommendation of the virtual event using the tensile sphere kernel; and presenting, by the computing device, the event recommendation to the attendee by changing the virtual event user interface to show the event recommendation.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Mauro Marzorati, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Shikhar Kwatra
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Patent number: 11595616Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for facilitating a collaborative work environment. The techniques comprise creating at least one virtual room accessible by the plurality of users, wherein at least one subset of users are associated with the at least one virtual room, the at least one virtual room enables real-time communications among the at least one subset of users, and the at least one subset of users communicate with each other in the at least one virtual room through a first communication channel; receiving a request from a first user to communicate with at least a second user separately from the first communication channel; and establishing a first sub-communication channel between the first user and the at least a second user while the first communication channel remains accessible to the first user and the at least a second user.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: LEMON INC.Inventor: Yuhui Zhang
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Patent number: 11593548Abstract: A client device processing received emoji messages using emoji-first messaging. Text messaging is automatically converted to emojis by an emoji-first application so that only emojis are communicated from one client device to another client device. Each client device has a library of emojis that are mapped to words, which libraries are customizable and unique to the users of the client devices, such that the users can communicate secretly in code. Upon receipt of a string of emojis, a user can select the emoji string to convert to text if desired, for a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Karl Bayer, Prerna Chikersal, Shree K. Nayar, Brian Anthony Smith
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Patent number: 11593416Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for automated provisioning are disclosed herein. The system can include a memory including a user profile database having n-dimension attributes of a user. The system can include a user device and a source device. The system can include a server that can: generate and store a user profile in the user profile database and generate and store a characterization vector from the user profile. The server can identify a service for provisioning, receive updates to at least some of the attributes of the first user, and trigger regeneration of the characterization vector from the received inputs. The server can: regenerate the characterization vector, determine an efficacy of the provisioned services, and automatically identify a second service for provisioning for a second user based on the efficacy of the provisioned services to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Mammoth Medical, LLCInventors: Tobias Moeller-Bertram, Christopher A. McDonald
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Patent number: 11593400Abstract: Machine data of an operating environment is conveyed by a network to a data intake and query system (DIQS) which reflects the machine data as timestamped entries of a field-searchable datastore. Monitoring functionality may search the machine data to identify notable event instances. A notable event processing system correlates the notable event instance to one or more triaging models which are executed against the notable event to produce a modeled result. Information of the received notable event and the modeled results are combined into an enhanced representation of a notable event instance. The enhanced representation conditions downstream processing to automatically perform or assist triaging of notable event instances to optimize application of computing resources to highest priority conditions in the operating environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Splunk Inc.Inventors: Adam Jamison Oliner, Kristal Curtis, Iman Makaremi, Ross Andrew Lazerowitz
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Patent number: 11579832Abstract: A screen sharing system includes a first display apparatus including first circuitry; and a second display apparatus including second circuitry. Both of the first display apparatus and the second display apparatus display an input screen. The first circuitry of the first display apparatus is configured to receive first hand drafted input data that is input to the first display apparatus, and set an edit authority, of a user of the second display apparatus, for the first hand drafted input data. The second circuitry of the second display apparatus is configured to restrict editing of the firsthand drafted input data based on the edit authority of the user set by the first display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Daiki Nakamura
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Patent number: 11582181Abstract: Disclosed is a chat initiating method, comprising: determining a first user account that accesses a shared document; obtaining a first identifier of a chat group inserted into the shared document; displaying, according to a state of whether the first user account has joint into the chat group, a group chat control corresponding to the state in the shared document, wherein the group chat control is used for joining the chat group or for displaying an interface of the chat group; and sending, in response to an operation on the group chat control, a corresponding group chat request.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaowei Han, Kun Wang, Weimin Shen, Jinlei Chen
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Patent number: 11575674Abstract: Cloud storage provides for accessible interfaces, near-instant elasticity and scalability, multi-tenancy, and metered resources within a framework of distributed resources acting to provide highly fault tolerant solutions with high data durability. However, cloud storage also has drawbacks and limitations with information uploading and how information is subsequently accessed. To date the lack of automated tools for managing tens, hundreds and thousands of users and/or documents within enterprises and organizations means that for most migrating is a massive undertaking. Accordingly, knowledge workers require a human interface to the data ingested from third-party systems that manages the data in original folder contexts/locations for each knowledge worker within the interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLCInventors: Geoffrey Bourgeois, Greg Campbell
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Patent number: 11570133Abstract: A method to communicate a message, the method comprises storing geolocation information pertaining to a user device, the geolocation information identifying a geographic location. A message input request is received at a user device. The stored geolocation information is accessed. Based on the geolocation information, the user device is selectively enabled to generate message content associated with a point of interest, the selective enabling includes presenting a review annotation to the user on a user interface of the user device, the review annotation being modifiable by the user in order to generate the message content to include a modified review annotation.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Hemank Lamba, Yvonna Xiang, Ansgar Pfeifer, David Futschik
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Patent number: 11562331Abstract: A subsequent meeting related to a previous meeting is scheduled, e.g., as a follow-up or forward-to meeting. A session recording of the previous meeting has been generated. Historical data of the previous meeting, e.g., identifiers of attendees, is used to populate fields of an invite form for scheduling the subsequent meeting, along with an indication of the session recording. In some embodiments, the identifiers of the invitees of the subsequent meeting are selected, without user input: from the identifiers of the attendees of the previous meeting, based on a relationship of the invitees of the subsequent meeting to the attendees of the previous meeting, or based on a relationship of the invitees of the subsequent meeting to a subject of the previous meeting. In some embodiments, the session recording of the previous meeting can be presented for review prior to a start time of the subsequent meeting.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Inventors: Julie Shur-Meih Hsu, Priya Bonthu
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Patent number: 11561936Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices supporting managing a data processing flow are described. A device (e.g., an application server) may host a cloud-based collaboration application, such as an interactive document application. The device may receive an instance of a data processing flow for a flow application based on a first user input to the cloud-based collaboration application. The device may receive the instance of the data processing flow from a source device hosting the flow application. The device may embed the flow application in the cloud-based collaboration application. The device may then receive user inputs to the data processing flow from multiple users collaborating on the same flow in the cloud-based collaboration application. Based on the user inputs, the device may modify the instance of the data processing flow and transmit the modified instance back to the source device to synchronize the data processing flow in the flow application.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.Inventors: Kongposh Sapru, Joshua Goodman, Alexander John Trzeciak
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Patent number: 11556498Abstract: In an approach to longevity management of social network data, a computer detects a posting of a social artifact by a first user of a social network. A computer stores the social artifact with associated identification information. A computer stores activity associated with the social artifact by one or more other users. A computer detects a status change in an account associated with the first user, wherein the status change indicates the first user is not active in the social network. In response to detecting the status change, a computer determines a second user from the one or more other users to which to transfer the social artifact based on the social artifact, the associated identification information, and the activity associated with the social artifact by the one or more other users. A computer transfers the social artifact to an account associated with the second user on the social network.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Paul R Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Jason Flood, Liam S. Harpur
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Patent number: 11558209Abstract: Automatic spotlighting of participant video feeds in a video conference are based on one or more triggers detected in the participant video feeds. Participant video feeds are added to a spotlight video queue. The participant video feeds are elevated to an active spotlight status based on certain criteria. The participant video feeds that are elevated to the active spotlight status are displayed adjacent to a host video feed on a display.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventor: Samuel Lum
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Patent number: 11551186Abstract: Systems and methods for generating an agenda for a one-on-one meeting are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, the collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interaction by users with the collaboration environment, the environment state information including work unit records of units of work linked to users within the collaboration environment; obtain user input information conveying user input from individual users to initiate individual meetings with one other individual user; identify the work unit records corresponding to the users of the individual meetings; generate agenda information defining individual agendas for the individual meetings, the individual agendas including individual sets of agenda items, an individual agenda item corresponding to an individual work unit record identified as corresponding to the users of the individual meetings; and/or perform other operations.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Asana, Inc.Inventor: Alexander Hood
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Patent number: 11552812Abstract: A presentation service generates an audience interface for an electronic presentation. The audience interface may simulate an in-person presentation, including features such as a central presenter and seat locations for audience members. The audience members may select emotes which may be displayed in the audience interface. The emotes may indicate the audience members' opinion of the content being presented. The presentation service may enable chats between multiple audience members, grouping of audience members private rooms, and other virtual simulations of functions corresponding to in-person presentations.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.Inventors: Avand Amiri, Stepan Parunashvili
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Patent number: 11552814Abstract: Techniques are described herein for automated assistants that proactively provide content to participant(s) of multi-participant message exchange threads (e.g., group chats, audio and/or video calls in which oral messages are transcribed for analysis, etc.) based on signals such as individual participant profiles associated with participant(s). In various implementations, automated assistant(s) that may not be explicitly invoked may analyze content of a message exchange thread involving multiple human participants and/or document(s) associated with the message exchange thread. Based on the analyzing, the automated assistant(s) may identify topic(s) pertinent to the message exchange thread. Based on individual participant profiles associated with the participants, the automated assistant(s) may identify shared interest(s) of the participants.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Vladimir Vuskovic, Yariv Adan
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Patent number: 11544318Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can generate an address associated with an image. The address can be generated to embed a parameter that specifies a quantity of image portions for representing a particular version of the image. A request can be acquired from a client device for an instance of the image. The request can include the address that embeds the parameter. It can be determined whether a predefined version of the image is stored at an edge server. The predefined version can utilize a predefined quantity of image portions to represent the image. The particular version of the image can be generated, in response to the request for the instance of the image and when the predefined version is stored at the edge server, based on at least a portion of the predefined version and based on the quantity of image portions specified by the parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventors: David Andrew Sacerdote, Georges Edouard Maurice Berenger, Federico Daniel Larumbe
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Patent number: 11546654Abstract: A wireless projecting control method includes setting at least one operation restriction, communicating a transmitter with a receiver or a communication device for executing at least one restricted operation by the transmitter or the receiver, and selectively or restrictedly projecting an image signal to a display device by the receiver after the transmitter or the receiver executes the at least one restricted operation. The image signal is generated by the communication device. The transmitter is used for transmitting the image signal to the receiver according to the at least one operation restriction.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: BenQ Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, BENQ CORPORATIONInventors: Chin-Fu Chiang, Chen-Chi Wu, Chia-Nan Shih, Lin-Yuan You, Jung-Kun Tseng, Chuang-Wei Wu
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Patent number: 11538187Abstract: A radiographic system includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of imaging methods in association with a plurality of imaging protocols, a determination unit configured to determine whether an imaging method of an imaging protocol associated with an examination order matches at least one of the plurality of imaging methods stored in the storage unit, and an image processing unit configured to apply, in a case where the determination unit determines that the imaging method matches at least one imaging method, an image processing condition of an imaging protocol corresponding to the at least one imaging method to a radiographic image captured based on the imaging protocol associated with the examination order.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Keisuke Arima
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Patent number: 11523260Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed including one or more plug-in or Add-on Software Components (ASC) provided by a Social Business Platform (SBP) to deliver configuration information for the integration of various applications, services, and functionality from other platforms in an integrated environment. Each ASC may deliver a particular type of configuration information usable to configure and/or integrate services from various platforms, the services including data tiles and data streams, storage and document management services, single-function applications, core applications like communication and task management services, and other application-specific add-ons. In various embodiments, the configuration information may be distributed as packages of one or more files, which describe the configuration to be applied to the integrated services.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Jive Software, Inc.Inventors: Edward John Venaglia, Murali V. Ponnuraj, Alberto Aron Cirilo Racho, Benjamin Gene Cheung
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Patent number: 11503091Abstract: Scalable architectures, systems, and services are provided herein for generating jobs by applying user-specified metadata rules to metadata events. More specifically, the scalable architecture described herein uses metadata to drive automations and/or polices in a cloud-based environment. In one embodiment, the architecture integrates a metadata service with an event-based automation engine to automatically trigger polices and/or automations based on metadata and/or changes in metadata changes. The metadata service can include customizable and/or pre-build metadata templates which can be used to automatically apply a metadata framework (e.g., particular fields) to files based on, for example, the upload or placement of a particular file in a particular folder. The architecture also provides for advanced metadata searching and data classification.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Box, Inc.Inventors: Annie Pearl, James Huamonte, Brian Tran, Tiffany Low, Pierre-Alexandre Masse, Ted Blosser
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Patent number: 11502977Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a system and method for initiating an interactive chat via HTTP request. A web server of an organization computing system receives the HTTP request from a web client executing on a remote client. The HTTP request is triggered by a selection of a dialogue request embedded in an electronic mail message. The web server transmits an API call to a back-end computing system of the organization computing system based on information included in the HTTP request. The back-end computing system parses the API call to identify a user identifier corresponding to a user of the remote client device and a request identifier corresponding to the selected dialogue request embedded in the electronic mail message. The back-end computing system initiates the interactive chat via a text-based communication channel. The back-end computing system generates and transmits an electronic message comprising a response to the dialogue request.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Kenneth Dodelin, Scott Karp
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Patent number: 11500656Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform: gathering first data comprising first interactions of a user with a first graphical user interface; storing the first data comprising the first interactions of the user with the first graphical user interface as at least one first vector by adding to the at least one first vector for each level of a hierarchical categorization of the first user interface; gathering second data comprising second interactions of the user with a second graphical user interface; storing the second data comprising the second interactions of the user with the second graphical user interface as at least one second vector; determining an intent of the user using the at least one first vector, the at least one second vector, and a predictive algorithm; and transmitting instructions to display a third graphical user interType: GrantFiled: March 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Shirpaa Mancharan, Sushant Kumar, Evren Korpeoglu, Kannan Achan
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Patent number: 11496711Abstract: Disclosed is a collaboration system that synchronizes what is seen and heard by all participants to a conference such that participant input provided during the conference are seen and heard with respect to the same state of a presented asset. Additionally, the collaboration system may monitor the conference, may extract a first participant contribution prior to presentation of a first asset in the conference and a second participant contribution that is made during a particular interval of the conference when the first asset is presented. The collaboration system may link the second participant contribution to the first asset, may receive a request for the first asset after the conference has concluded, and may provide the first asset with the second participant contribution in response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: 5th Kind, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Cronan
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Patent number: 11489884Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating virtual collaboration between users within virtual environments are disclosed. A plurality of users access a collaborative virtual environment system using interface devices with varying capabilities to establish a virtual collaboration session in which users communicate via a bidirectional real-time communication channel and interact within a virtual environment. Annotations or other user interactions within the virtual environment are automatically propagated to each user in the virtual collaboration session in order to facilitate collaboration. Data from such virtual collaboration sessions may be captured for later use.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyInventors: Rebecca A. Little, Bryan R. Nussbaum, An Ho, Nathan C. Summers, Tyler Reeves, Jacob Simonson
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Patent number: 11490259Abstract: A system and method for verifying user interactions is disclosed. User profiles are associated with mobile devices 12. The mobile devices have data network connection means (e.g. a WiFi or mobile data connection to the internet). The data network connection may be subject to the availability of external infrastructure and is not therefore constantly available. The mobile devices also have short-range direct broadcast communication means (for example Bluetooth® radios). The short-range direct broadcast communication means does not rely on external infrastructure and therefore direct broadcast communication can be made from one device to another as long as the two devices are close enough together. The system and method allows a connection to be verified between two users who are physically in the same place, whether or not the users' devices both have a current data network connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Tappter LimitedInventors: Keith Banwaitt, Demetrio Filocamo
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Patent number: 11489885Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide methods and systems for updating participants in parallel ongoing conferences through a central conference call management system. In at least one implementation, a method of operating a conference call management system is provided. The method includes monitoring an ongoing first conference call, and receiving a request from one or more users for a second conference call to utilize at least some of the same resources as the first conference call. The method also includes determining an estimated time remaining for the first conference call by analyzing at least some content of the first conference call, and providing the estimated time remaining for the first conference call to the one or more users.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Avaya, Inc.Inventors: Manish Dusad, Charu Brahme
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Patent number: 11482209Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to efficiently create an appropriate dialogue history. This device for supporting creation of dialogue history (1) is provided with: a dialogue utterance focus point information store (19) which, according to utterance data indicating utterances, stores dialogue scene data indicating dialogue scenes of the utterances, utterance type indicating the types of the utterances, and utterance focus point information of the utterances; and an input/output interface (20) which, with respect to each of the dialogue scenes indicated by the dialogue scene data stored in the dialogue utterance focus point information store (19), causes a display device to display any one or more of utterances, utterance type, and utterance focus point information.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Noda, Setsuo Yamada, Takaaki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11483358Abstract: System, apparatus, and methods are described for monitoring communication sessions and determining to merge two or more of the communication sessions sharing a common ground into a common communication session. A common communication channel may be determined for the common communication session. The two or more communication sessions may be merged to generate the common communication session using the common communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Austin Walters, Jeremy Goodsitt, Mark Watson, Vincent Pham, Galen Rafferty, Reza Farivar, Anh Truong
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Patent number: 11475634Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that initiate communication between users of a networking system within an extended reality environment. For example, the disclosed systems can generate an extended-reality lobby window graphical user interface element for display on an extended-reality device of a user. The disclosed systems can further determine a connection between the user and a co-user and provide an animated visual representation of the co-user for display within the extended-reality lobby window graphical user interface element. In response to receiving user input targeting the animated visual representation of the co-user, the disclosed systems can generate and send, for display on an extended-reality device of the co-user, an invitation to join an extended-reality communication session with the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Charlene Mary Atlas, Mark Terrano
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Patent number: 11474662Abstract: An information processing method includes: a receiving step for receiving a message; an outputting step of outputting display information for associating and displaying the message received in the reception step with an icon associated with an account that is associated with the user that has transmitted the message; and a changing step of changing the ion associated with the account that has transmitted the message, if the message includes icon information to be displayed as the speaker of the message. When the changing step has changed the icon, the outputting step outputs display information for associating and displaying the message received in the receiving step with the changed icon.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: LINE CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Niki, Takumi Sasaki
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Patent number: 11475410Abstract: An event may be scheduled by establishing a connection between an event initiator and an automated scheduling agent, receiving an instruction from the event initiator to generate an event, interrogating the event initiator to identify one or more invitees for an event, referencing contact information for each of the invitees, using the automated scheduling agent to contact the invitee with a message that elicits invitee availability, using the automated scheduling agent to receive a response to the message that includes a set of two or more potential times for the event, relating the response of at least some members of the group that includes the invitee and the event initiator, and in response to relating the response from the more than two of the group, scheduling a event.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Eventuality, Inc.Inventors: Scott D. Studer, Jonathan Baird Homer
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Patent number: 11474666Abstract: A first electronic device with a touch-enabled display establishes a wireless connection with a second electronic device that controls display of a user interface on a second display. The first electronic device displays a first user interface on the touch-enabled display, the first user interface including a first affordance corresponding to first media content. While displaying the first user interface, the first electronic device detects a first user input at a location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to the first affordance in the first user interface. In response to detecting the first user input, the first electronic device transmits, to the second electronic device via the wireless connection, instructions enabling display of at least a portion of the first media content on substantially the entire second display controlled by the second electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Julian K. Missig, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Marcelo H. Coelho
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Patent number: 11451594Abstract: In the present disclosure, a collaborative workspace fosters content creation between users in a synchronous and/or asynchronous manner by enabling automatic generation and management of collaborative media objects that automatically combine content from a plurality of users into a single media object. To improve processing efficiency and user productivity, the present disclosure further provides processing that applies trained artificial intelligence (AI) processing that is adapted to automatically generate representations of data insights for management of a collaborative media object within the collaborative workspace. Data insights are generated pertaining to feature management of an exemplary application/service (e.g., video discussion application/service) including features for generating and managing a collaborative media object. Signal data associated with users of a collaborative session (e.g., within a collaborative workspace) is detected and analyzed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Paul Donnelly Conlin, Arnavi Mahendra Chheda, Cassio Martins Antonio, Justin J. Chando, Ahamad Rifaadh Saif, Megan Christin Buzzas, Cassandra Nicole Bub
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Patent number: 11451593Abstract: Disclosed is a system for connecting to an online meeting room with multiple people. A first client device of a first user initiates a connection to the online meeting room. After the connection has been initiated, the first client device starts receiving video data and audio data from one or more client devices of one or more other users connected to the online meeting room. While connected to the online meeting room, the first client device displays a video stream based on the received video data from the one or more client device of the one or more other users connected to the online meeting. Upon receiving a request from a second user to start a conversation with the first user, the first client device plays an audio stream based on the audio data received from the client device of the second user.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventors: Ilona Papava, Aryeh Selekman, Nicholas John Shearer, Andreea Selagea
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Patent number: 11444795Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first user input that identifies a first trigger phrase to be monitored for in a first virtual meeting being facilitated by the device, monitoring, responsive to the receiving the first user input, the first virtual meeting for occurrences of the first trigger phrase, determining that a user of the device is currently engaged in a second virtual meeting being facilitated by the device, detecting, based on the monitoring, an occurrence of the first trigger phrase in the first virtual meeting, and causing a first notification regarding the occurrence of the first trigger phrase in the first virtual meeting to be outputted, wherein the causing is based on the determining that the user of the device is currently engaged in the second virtual meeting. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Bhumit Patel, Wasib Khallil, Jonathan Chang, Iftekhar Alam
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Patent number: 11438185Abstract: Techniques are described herein for automated assistants that proactively provide content to participant(s) of multi-participant message exchange threads (e.g., group chats, audio and/or video calls in which oral messages are transcribed for analysis, etc.) based on signals such as individual participant profiles associated with participant(s). In various implementations, automated assistant(s) that may not be explicitly invoked may analyze content of a message exchange thread involving multiple human participants and/or document(s) associated with the message exchange thread. Based on the analyzing, the automated assistant(s) may identify topic(s) pertinent to the message exchange thread. Based on individual participant profiles associated with the participants, the automated assistant(s) may identify shared interest(s) of the participants.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Vladimir Vuskovic, Yariv Adan
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Patent number: 11436819Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for consolidating and recording elements on a physical display board is provided. The embodiment may include capturing an initial image of a visual display mechanism, whereby the initial image contains elements. The embodiment may also include determining an initial state of the visual display mechanism based on the captured image. The embodiment may further include recognizing characters of the elements in the initial state. The embodiment may also include capturing a subsequent image of the visual display mechanism, wherein an auditory cue is sent to a user when there is an unsuccessful attempt to capture the subsequent image. The embodiment may further include comparing the initial image and the subsequent image of the visual display mechanism. The embodiment may include identifying updates to the visual display mechanism based on the comparison of the initial image and the subsequent image.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: George Blue, Doina L. Klinger, Rebecca Quaggin-Mitchell
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Patent number: 11436850Abstract: An electronic communications method, includes receiving, by a computing device, first electronic information associated with generated a graphical feature in a graphical user interface. The electronic communications method further includes generating, by the computing device, the graphical feature. The electronic communications method further includes sending, by the computing device, the graphical feature to another computing device. The electronic communications method further receiving, by the computing device, second electronic information to classify the graphical feature as public information. The electronic communications method further includes sending, by the computing device, the graphical feature to a third computing device based on the classification of the graphical feature as public information.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: COIN LION LLCInventor: Joshua Wesley DeWitt
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Patent number: 11436640Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes determining, by a processing system including a processor, that a viewer is viewing primary content for a first time; capturing, by the processing system, an emotive response of the viewer as the primary content is viewed during the first time; determining that the viewer is viewing the primary content at a subsequent time, wherein the subsequent time is later than the first time; detecting the emotive response of the viewer as the primary content is viewed during the subsequent time; retrieving external media responsive to detecting the emotive response; and displaying the external media. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Lee Begeja, David Crawford Gibbon, Mohammed Abdel-Wahab, Jianxiong Dong
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Patent number: 11429680Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for subscribing to a topic. The method includes: matching a persistent topic for a retrieval keyword based on the retrieval keyword of a user combined with at least one of historical behavior or a subscription record of the user; returning the persistent topic to a client for display, so that the user performs subscription; and saving the persistent topic subscribed to by the user, and when a matching resource corresponding to the persistent topic subscribed to by the user is updated, recommending the updated matching resource to the user. Since a recommendation strategy can be timely adjusted according to real-time behavior of a user combined with historical behavior, the probability of hitting a topic of interest to the user is increased.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hao Tian, Daren Li, Bo Huang, Dai Dai, Chengxiang Liu, Anjun Wei, Kexin Ren, Haiguang Yuan
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Patent number: 11425336Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically concealing sensitive information in a shared screen session of a video conference are disclosed. The system may establish communication with one or more computing devices active in a video conference in which each computing device may switch between a screen share mode and a video mode. The system may determine that one or more articles of sensitive information are visible in a graphical user interface associated with a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices. The system may receive a first signal from the first computing device that indicates a first intent of a host associated with the first computing device to switch the screen share mode which includes sharing the first graphical user interface with the one or more computing devices during the video conference. In response to the first signal, the system may execute one or more privacy actions.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Anh Truong, Reza Farivar, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Kate Key, Vincent Pham, Galen Rafferty, Austin Walters
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Patent number: 11423945Abstract: A method and system for providing real time video collaboration production may include receiving a first video content portion from a first collaborator, the first video content portion being associated with a first sequence indicator, receiving a second video content portion from a second collaborator, the second video content portion being associated with a second sequence indicator, determining an order for the first video content portion and the second video content portion based on the first sequence indicator and the second sequence indicator, automatically integrating the first video content portion with the second video content portion based on the order to create an integrated video content portion, and providing the integrated video content portion for real-time display to the first collaborator and the second collaborator.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Rolly Seth
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Patent number: 11418760Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems that display visual indicators that provide user awareness of independent activity of participants in a communication session. The visual indicators are displayed within a Together Mode user interface that gives participants of a communication session a feeling that they are in the same room. The visual indicators further the technical benefits of the Together Mode user interface by providing additional context to particular non-verbal social cues. A system can generate a visual indicator that notifies meeting participants that a particular user is engaged with a computing device. The visual indicator can be generated in response to detecting that the user is interacting with an input device, such as a keyboard or touchscreen. The visual indicator mitigates confusion of non-verbal social cues, e.g., when a person appears to be looking at another participant of a meeting but is actually looking at, and interacting with, a computer.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventor: Jaron Lanier
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Patent number: 11405227Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for controlling a web-based presentation is described. In an embodiment of the invention, the already presented content and future content of the presentation is analyzed. When a user question is received from a user terminal communicatively coupled to the web-based presentation, the user question is buffered so that the system can determine whether content answering the user question has been or will be presented in the presentation based on the analyzed content. Responsive to the determination, the system will perform an action.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Ashraf M Awwad, Victor Povar, Zachary A Silverstein
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Patent number: 11405477Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire content items in a content sharing system from a time a user last accessed the content sharing system. The content items can be ranked based on relevance of the content items. An update including at least one content item selected from the content items for access by the user can be generated.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventor: Robin Maxime Clediere
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Patent number: 11397759Abstract: The present embodiments relate to automated memory creation and retrieval from moment content items. In some implementations, the automated memory creation and retrieval system can obtain moment content items from user-designated sources with a single user perspective or multiple user perspectives. The moment content items can be assigned tags and arranged in chronological order. The arranged moment content items can be clustered into memory content items based on clustering conditions. Once memory content items are created, they can be arranged into a memory hierarchy made up of connected nodes. In some implementations, the memory content items are also linked together based on similarity in various dimensions in a memory graph. The automated memory creation and retrieval system can receive search criteria for memories from a user interface and provide the user with memories from matched nodes in the memory hierarchy or linked memories in the memory graph.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Hyunbin Park, Chengxuan Bai, Jiemin Zhang, Vincent Charles Cheung, Andrew Pitcher Thompson, Maheen Sohail, Tali Zvi
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Patent number: 11392278Abstract: An electronic product testing system includes: a testing device configured to generate and to provide a digital image that includes a feature of a product being tested, and to provide product testing instruction for the product; and a tracking device configured for tracking a cursor movement with respect to the digital image, and/or a selection of an item in the digital image, and to generate product testing data based on a result of the tracking; wherein the tracking device is also configured to output the product testing data for storage in a non-transitory medium, the non-transitory medium having a database structure that is configured to store the product testing data in association with the digital image and the product testing instruction.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Maciej Gryka, Russell Howard Smith, Frederick Henry Stevens-Smith