Google patents system to save screen parts using AI grouping
This patent describes a system that lets users select a specific part of what is on their screen to save as a snippet. It uses a generative model to automatically categorize this saved piece of information and link it to similar content from other apps.
In the filing’s own words
Systems and methods for content snippet generation, storage, and suggestion can include obtaining a user input, segmenting a sub-portion of displayed content based on the user input, and generating a content snippet that includes the segmented content and source data associated with the displayed content. A generative model can be leveraged to categorize the content snippet, determine similar content, and determine when to surface the content snippet to a user.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computing system, the system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that collectively store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising: obtaining, via an overlay interface at the operating system level of a user computing device, content provided for display, wherein the content comprises a plurality of different visual features, wherein the overlay interface is configured to obtain content across a plurality of different applications provided by the user computing device; obtaining, via the overlay interface, a user input, wherein the user input is descriptive of a selection of a sub-portion of the content, wherein the sub-portion of the content comprises at least a subset of visual features of the plurality of visual features; generating a selected content dataset, wherein the selected content dataset comprises visual data and source data, wherein the visual data is descriptive of particular visual features associated with the sub-portion of the content, and wherein the source data is descriptive of a source of the content; processing the selected content dataset with a generative model to determine a content grouping for the selected content dataset, wherein the content grouping is descriptive of one or more other content snippets determined to be associated with the selected content dataset; and storing the selected content dataset with the content grouping.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Google LLC)
- Official title
- Content snippet generation and storage with generative model content grouping
- Patent number
- US12730848B2
- Application number
- 18591514
- Filed
- Feb 29, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 16/9535 Physics & computingG06F 3/04883 Physics & computingMore from Google in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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