Vita Gary Markman

US Patent:

20120191445, Jul 26, 2012

Filed:

Jan 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/011659

Inventors:

Vita G. Markman - Los Angeles CA, US
Michael Veprinsky - Encino CA, US
Roger H. Hughston - Lancaster CA, US
Andrew R. Beechum - Pasadena CA, US
Arkady G. Trestman - Sherman Oaks CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/28
G06F 17/27

US Classification:

704 2, 704 9

Abstract:

Techniques are disclosed for generating phrases for selection by users communicating in an online virtual world environment. A phrase generation engine automatically constructs new phrases using pre-approved words from a dictionary of frequently used words and language-specific rules for phrase formation to ensure safety and supplement an existing database of commonly used, pre-approved phrases. Increasing the number of phrases that are available for selection by a user increases the user expressivity. Each word in the dictionary is annotated with semantic and grammatical information that constrains how the word is combined with other words to generate a new phrase. Each new phrase may also be tagged to enable translation into a different language so a phrase in a first language selected by a first user may be displayed in a second language to a second user.

US Patent:

20130046791, Feb 21, 2013

Filed:

Aug 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/214087

Inventors:

VITA MARKMAN - LOS ANGELES CA, US
SEAN O'DELL - WEST HILLS CA, US
ARKADY TRESTMAN - SHERMAN OAKS CA, US
DREW BEECHUM - PASADENA CA, US
PAUL PAK - NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA, US
STEPHANE JANKOWSKI - KELOWNA, CA
MARC SILBEY - MERCER ISLAND WA, US
KIP MARTIN - LOS ANGELES CA, US
KEVIN O'SULLIVAN - LOS ANGELES CA, US
CHRISTIAN SHRIGLEY - SIMI VALLEY CA, US
LANE MERRIFIELD - KELOWNA, CA

Assignee:

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - BURBANK CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707794, 707E17099

Abstract:

Techniques are disclosed for supplying users in an online environment with a safe and effective chat facility. The chat facility is “safe” in the sense that the ability of users to compose inappropriate messages is greatly restricted, while “effective” in the sense that users are still allowed a broad range of expressivity in composing and exchanging chat messages.

US Patent:

20130047099, Feb 21, 2013

Filed:

Aug 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/214093

Inventors:

VITA MARKMAN - LOS ANGELES CA, US
SEAN O'DELL - WEST HILLS CA, US
ARKADY TRESTMAN - SHERMAN OAKS CA, US
DREW BEECHUM - PASADENA CA, US
PAUL PAK - NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA, US
CHRISTIAN SHRIGLEY - SIMI VALLEY CA, US

Assignee:

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - BURBANK CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

715758

Abstract:

Techniques are disclosed for supplying users in an online environment with a safe and effective chat facility. The chat facility is “safe” in the sense that the ability of users to compose inappropriate messages is greatly restricted, while “effective” in the sense that users are still allowed a broad range of expressivity in composing and exchanging chat messages.

US Patent:

20120054646, Mar 1, 2012

Filed:

Aug 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/871777

Inventors:

Cyrus J. Hoomani - Studio City CA, US
Vita Markman - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715758

Abstract:

Techniques are disclosed for providing an enhanced contextual chat feature in online environments. The contextual chat feature may be used to present users with a list of expressions that may be sent to other users within an online environment (or to users in other online environments). The list of messages may be derived from a linguistic profile which itself may change as the use of language in an online environment (or by a particular user group) evolves, over time. In cases where a user sends a contextual chat message to another user in the same online environment, messages may be sent without being altered. However, when a user selects a contextual chat message from the list to send to a user in another online environment, the message may be translated based on a linguistic profile associated with users in the second environment.

US Patent:

20120054645, Mar 1, 2012

Filed:

Aug 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/871752

Inventors:

Cyrus J. Hoomani - Studio City CA, US
Vita Markman - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - Burbank CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

715758

Abstract:

Techniques are disclosed for providing an enhanced contextual chat feature in online environments. The contextual chat feature may be used to present users with a list of expressions that may be sent to other users within an online environment (or to users in other online environments). The list of messages may be derived from a linguistic profile which itself may change as the use of language in an online environment (or by a particular user group) evolves, over time. In cases where a user sends a contextual chat message to another user in the same online environment, messages may be sent without being altered. However, when a user selects a contextual chat message from the list to send to a user in another online environment, the message may be translated based on a linguistic profile associated with users in the second environment.

US Patent:

20230064226, Mar 2, 2023

Filed:

Aug 26, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/458259

Inventors:

- REDMOND WA, US
Vita G. Markman - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 40/284
G06Q 10/10
G06F 40/289
G06F 16/903
G06F 16/9032

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for automatically generating phrase-based talent-screening questions. One method includes analyzing job descriptions to generate ngrams. Each ngram comprises one or more words. Further, the method includes identifying, from the ngrams, an ngram set comprising a predetermined number of bigrams and trigrams according to frequency of appearance in the job descriptions. The method further includes removing, from the ngram set, bigrams and trigrams comprising one or more of stop words, negation words, or requirement words, to obtain first seed phrases. The first seed phrases are filtered based on a frequency of appearance of the seed phrase in the job descriptions to obtain second seed phrases. Further, the second seed phrases are added to the first seed phrases to obtain third seed phrases. Each seed phrase is a sequence of one or more words that is associated with a category of talent-screening questions.

US Patent:

20200401657, Dec 24, 2020

Filed:

Jun 19, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/446162

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Vita G. Markman - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/27
G06F 17/28
G06N 20/00

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for estimating the language used in a user communication. One method includes an operation for utilizing counters to track use of languages by a user of an online service, the counters being updated based on interactions of the user in the online service. Further, the method includes operations for detecting a text entered by the user and obtaining, by a language classifier, an initial prediction having probabilities for the languages that the text is in the language. A language distribution prediction is calculated based on the initial prediction and the user counters, where the language distribution prediction comprises a probability, for each language, that the text is in the language. Further, the method includes operations for selecting a language used in the text based on the language distribution prediction and causing presentation on a display of a message in the selected language.

US Patent:

20190065458, Feb 28, 2019

Filed:

Aug 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/682790

Inventors:

- Sunnyvale CA, US
Ajay Srivastava - Milpitas CA, US
Vita Markman - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/27
G06Q 50/00

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for determining languages spoken by a user based on analysis of the information and activities of the user. One method includes an operation for extracting values for features, associated with a user of a social network, related to a language. Each feature is a primary or a secondary feature. For each primary feature, a determination is made whether the value of the feature exceeds a threshold. The method further includes operations for determining that the user speaks the language when at least one primary feature exceeds the respective threshold, and when no primary feature exceeds the respective threshold, analyzing values of the primary and secondary features to determine if the user speaks the language. The determination that the user speaks the language is stored in the user profile, and the user interface of the social network is customized based on the language.