Patents by Inventor Blake D. Ward

Blake D. Ward 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).

  • Publication number: 20180247644
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for queueing spoken dialogue output are provided herein. A system for queueing spoken dialogue output includes a memory device including a queue, and an output manager to: determine a relation between a first utterance and a second utterance in the queue; assign a revision strategy based on the relation; and apply the revision strategy to the queue, the queue used to provide spoken dialogue output to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Jim Firby, Lavinia Andreea Danielescu, Blake D. Ward, Beth Ann Hockey, Jessica Gwen Christian
  • Patent number: 6757669
    Abstract: This invention provides a device that can be plugged into an intranet and offers searchable index functionality of that intranet without requiring information about system configuration or administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Eytan Adar, Hinrich Schuetze, Blake D. Ward
  • Publication number: 20030093353
    Abstract: An investment services architecture provides a suite of investment management tools and services to investors. The architecture includes an investment services hosting site that offers investment services to investors who access the services via the Internet using various investor computing devices. The architecture provides for the identification of a set of investment holdings associated with a first investment portfolio and identification of a set of investment holdings associated with a second investment portfolio. A ideal investment portfolio is created by merging the set of investment holdings associated with the first investment portfolio and the set of investment holdings associated with the second investment portfolio. Using the ideal investment portfolio, the architecture is able to suggest sales and purchases of holdings in an effort to achieve investment performance similar to the ideal investment portfolio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: Marketocracy
    Inventors: Blake D. Ward, Bruce L. Horn