US 12,265,784 B2
People suggestion in collaborative online text editors
Behnoosh Hariri, New York, NY (US); Ali Abdelhadi, New York, NY (US); Zifan Xiang, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Timothy Chen, Long Island City, NY (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,707.
Application 18/389,707 is a continuation of application No. 17/469,685, filed on Sep. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,861,296.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126982 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 40/166 (2020.01) [G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 16/1774 (2019.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising:
receiving user interface input that corresponds to a document in a document editing application;
based on receiving the user interface input, automatically parsing the received user interface input to identify a name candidate included in the user interface input;
determining a first confidence score, associated with the name candidate, based on a strength of a match between the name candidate and a corresponding contact in a contact store;
determining a second confidence score, associated with the name candidate, based on a likelihood of the name candidate that is identified in the received user interface input being a person's name, the second confidence score being determined using context comprising a sentence or a set of words that surrounds the name candidate; and
in response to identifying the name candidate included in the user interface input and based on the first confidence score satisfying a first threshold and the second confidence score satisfying a second threshold, providing an option to create a link in the document between the name candidate and the corresponding contact in the contact store.