Patents by Inventor Benjamin P. Monnahan

Benjamin P. Monnahan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dialog flow management in hierarchical task dialogs
    Patent number: 9767794
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing multiple tasks using a dialog are presented. In some embodiments, a processor may parse a first natural language user input received at a user device to extract task related information from the first natural language user input. In response to identifying that the first natural language user input comprises a request to perform a first task, the processor may initiate execution of the first task. The user device may receive a second natural language user input after execution of the first task has been initiated which requests execution of a second task. The processor may initiate execution of the second task before execution of the first task is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell Vibbert, Jacques-Olivier Goussard, Richard J. Beaufort, Benjamin P. Monnahan
  • Dialog Flow Management In Hierarchical Task Dialogs
    Publication number: 20160042735
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing multiple tasks using a dialog are presented. In some embodiments, a processor may parse a first natural language user input received at a user device to extract task related information from the first natural language user input. In response to identifying that the first natural language user input comprises a request to perform a first task, the processor may initiate execution of the first task. The user device may receive a second natural language user input after execution of the first task has been initiated which requests execution of a second task. The processor may initiate execution of the second task before execution of the first task is complete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Mitchell Vibbert, Jacques-Olivier Goussard, Richard J. Beaufort, Benjamin P. Monnahan