Patents by Inventor Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
Bruce Melvin Buntschuh 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).
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Patent number: 9542931Abstract: On a computing device a speech utterance is received from a user. The speech utterance is a section of a speech dialog that includes a plurality of speech utterances. One or more features from the speech utterance are identified. Each identified feature from the speech utterance is a specific characteristic of the speech utterance. One or more features from the speech dialog are identified. Each identified feature from the speech dialog is associated with one or more events in the speech dialog. The one or more events occur prior to the speech utterance. One or more identified features from the speech utterance and one or more identified features from the speech dialog are used to calculate a confidence score for the speech utterance.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Levit, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Patent number: 9299342Abstract: Query history expansion may be provided. Upon receiving a spoken query from a user, an adapted language model may be applied to convert the spoken query to text. The adapted language model may comprise a plurality of queries interpolated from the user's previous queries and queries associated with other users. The spoken query may be executed and the results of the spoken query may be provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Shuangyu Chang, Michael Levit, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Publication number: 20150325237Abstract: Query history expansion may be provided. Upon receiving a spoken query from a user, an adapted language model may be applied to convert the spoken query to text. The adapted language model may comprise a plurality of queries interpolated from the user's previous queries and queries associated with other users. The spoken query may be executed and the results of the spoken query may be provided to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Shuangyu Chang, Michael Levit, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Patent number: 9129606Abstract: Query history expansion may be provided. Upon receiving a spoken query from a user, an adapted language model may be applied to convert the spoken query to text. The adapted language model may comprise a plurality of queries interpolated from the user's previous queries and queries associated with other users. The spoken query may be executed and the results of the spoken query may be provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Shuangyu Chang, Michael Levit, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Patent number: 9053087Abstract: A semantic error rate calculation may be provided. After receiving a spoken query from a user, the spoken query may be converted to text according to a first speech recognition hypothesis. A plurality of results associated with the converted query may be received and compared to a second plurality of results associated with the converted query.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Levit, Shuangyu Chang, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Nick Kibre
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Publication number: 20150046163Abstract: On a computing device a speech utterance is received from a user. The speech utterance is a section of a speech dialog that includes a plurality of speech utterances. One or more features from the speech utterance are identified. Each identified feature from the speech utterance is a specific characteristic of the speech utterance. One or more features from the speech dialog are identified. Each identified feature from the speech dialog is associated with one or more events in the speech dialog. The one or more events occur prior to the speech utterance. One or more identified features from the speech utterance and one or more identified features from the speech dialog are used to calculate a confidence score for the speech utterance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Levit, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Patent number: 8949127Abstract: A system and a method are provided. A speech recognition processor receives unconstrained input speech and outputs a string of words. The speech recognition processor is based on a numeric language that represents a subset of a vocabulary. The subset includes a set of words identified as being for interpreting and understanding number strings. A numeric understanding processor contains classes of rules for converting the string of words into a sequence of digits. The speech recognition processor utilizes an acoustic model database. A validation database stores a set of valid sequences of digits. A string validation processor outputs validity information based on a comparison of a sequence of digits output by the numeric understanding processor with valid sequences of digits in the validation database.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Jeremy Huntley Wright, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Allen Louis Gorin
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Patent number: 8886532Abstract: On a computing device a speech utterance is received from a user. The speech utterance is a section of a speech dialog that includes a plurality of speech utterances. One or more features from the speech utterance are identified. Each identified feature from the speech utterance is a specific characteristic of the speech utterance. One or more features from the speech dialog are identified. Each identified feature from the speech dialog is associated with one or more events in the speech dialog. The one or more events occur prior to the speech utterance. One or more identified features from the speech utterance and one or more identified features from the speech dialog are used to calculate a confidence score for the speech utterance.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Levit, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Publication number: 20140163988Abstract: A system and a method are provided. A speech recognition processor receives unconstrained input speech and outputs a string of words. The speech recognition processor is based on a numeric language that represents a subset of a vocabulary. The subset includes a set of words identified as being for interpreting and understanding number strings. A numeric understanding processor contains classes of rules for converting the string of words into a sequence of digits. The speech recognition processor utilizes an acoustic model database. A validation database stores a set of valid sequences of digits. A string validation processor outputs validity information based on a comparison of a sequence of digits output by the numeric understanding processor with valid sequences of digits in the validation database.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2014Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Jeremy Huntley Wright, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Allen Louis Gorin
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Patent number: 8655658Abstract: A system and a method are provided. A speech recognition processor receives unconstrained input speech and outputs a string of words. The speech recognition processor is based on a numeric language that represents a subset of a vocabulary. The subset includes a set of words identified as being for interpreting and understanding number strings. A numeric understanding processor contains classes of rules for converting the string of words into a sequence of digits. The speech recognition processor utilizes an acoustic model database. A validation database stores a set of valid sequences of digits. A string validation processor outputs validity information based on a comparison of a sequence of digits output by the numeric understanding processor with valid sequences of digits in the validation database.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Jeremy Huntley Wright, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Allen Louis Gorin
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Publication number: 20130080150Abstract: A semantic error rate calculation may be provided. After receiving a spoken query from a user, the spoken query may be converted to text according to a first speech recognition hypothesis. A plurality of results associated with the converted query may be received and compared to a second plurality of results associated with the converted query.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Levit, Shuangyu Chang, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Nick Kibre
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Publication number: 20130080162Abstract: Query history expansion may be provided. Upon receiving a spoken query from a user, an adapted language model may be applied to convert the spoken query to text. The adapted language model may comprise a plurality of queries interpolated from the user's previous queries and queries associated with other users. The spoken query may be executed and the results of the spoken query may be provided to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Shuangyu Chang, Michael Levit, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Patent number: 8180641Abstract: Sequential speech recognition using two unequal automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems may be provided. The system may provide two sets of vocabulary data. A determination may be made as to whether entries in one set of vocabulary data are likely to be confused with entries in the other set of vocabulary data. If confusion is likely, a decoy entry from one set of the vocabulary data may be placed in the other set of vocabulary data to ensure more efficient and accurate speech recognition processing may take place.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Levit, Shuangyu Chang, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Publication number: 20120109652Abstract: On a computing device a speech utterance is received from a user. The speech utterance is a section of a speech dialog that includes a plurality of speech utterances. One or more features from the speech utterance are identified. Each identified feature from the speech utterance is a specific characteristic of the speech utterance. One or more features from the speech dialog are identified. Each identified feature from the speech dialog is associated with one or more events in the speech dialog. The one or more events occur prior to the speech utterance. One or more identified features from the speech utterance and one or more identified features from the speech dialog are used to calculate a confidence score for the speech utterance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Levit, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Publication number: 20120041763Abstract: A system and a method are provided. A speech recognition processor receives unconstrained input speech and outputs a string of words. The speech recognition processor is based on a numeric language that represents a subset of a vocabulary. The subset includes a set of words identified as being for interpreting and understanding number strings. A numeric understanding processor contains classes of rules for converting the string of words into a sequence of digits. The speech recognition processor utilizes an acoustic model database. A validation database stores a set of valid sequences of digits. A string validation processor outputs validity information based on a comparison of a sequence of digits output by the numeric understanding processor with valid sequences of digits in the validation database.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Jeremy Huntley Wright, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Allen Louis Gorin
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Patent number: 8050925Abstract: A system and a method are provided. A speech recognition processor receives unconstrained input speech and outputs a string of words. The speech recognition processor is based on a numeric language that represents a subset of a vocabulary. The subset includes a set of words identified as being for interpreting and understanding number strings. A numeric understanding processor contains classes of rules for converting the string of words into a sequence of digits. The speech recognition processor utilizes an acoustic model database. A validation database stores a set of valid sequences of digits. A string validation processor outputs validity information based on a comparison of a sequence of digits output by the numeric understanding processor with valid sequences of digits in the validation database.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Jeremy Huntley Wright, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Allen Louis Gorin
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Publication number: 20100082343Abstract: Sequential speech recognition using two unequal automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems may be provided. The system may provide two sets of vocabulary data. A determination may be made as to whether entries in one set of vocabulary data are likely to be confused with entries in the other set of vocabulary data. If confusion is likely, a decoy entry from one set of the vocabulary data may be placed in the other set of vocabulary data to ensure more efficient and accurate speech recognition processing may take place.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Levit, Shuangyu Chang, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
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Publication number: 20100049519Abstract: A system and a method are provided. A speech recognition processor receives unconstrained input speech and outputs a string of words. The speech recognition processor is based on a numeric language that represents a subset of a vocabulary. The subset includes a set of words identified as being for interpreting and understanding number strings. A numeric understanding processor contains classes of rules for converting the string of words into a sequence of digits. The speech recognition processor utilizes an acoustic model database. A validation database stores a set of valid sequences of digits. A string validation processor outputs validity information based on a comparison of a sequence of digits output by the numeric understanding processor with valid sequences of digits in the validation database.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Jeremy Huntley Wright, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Allen Louis Gorin
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Patent number: 7624015Abstract: A system and a method are provided. A speech recognition processor receives unconstrained input speech and outputs a string of words. The speech recognition processor is based on a numeric language that represents a subset of a vocabulary. The subset includes a set of words identified as being for interpreting and understanding number strings. A numeric understanding processor contains classes of rules for converting the string of words into a sequence of digits. The speech recognition processor utilizes an acoustic model database. A validation database stores a set of valid sequences of digits. A string validation processor outputs validity information based on a comparison of a sequence of digits output by the numeric understanding processor with valid sequences of digits in the validation database.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Jeremy Huntley Wright, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Allen Louis Gorin
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Patent number: 7181399Abstract: A system for recognizing connected digits in natural spoken dialogue includes a speech recognition processor that receives unconstrained fluent input speech and produces a string of words that can include a numeric language, and a numeric understanding processor that converts the string of words into a sequence of digits based on a set of rules. An acoustic model database utilized by the speech recognition processor includes a first set of hidden Markov models that characterize the acoustic features of numeric words and phrases, a second set of hidden Markov models that characterize the acoustic features of the remaining vocabulary words, and a filler model that characterizes the acoustic features of out-of-vocabulary utterances. An utterance verification processor verifies the accuracy of the string of words. A validation database stores a grammar, and a string validation processor outputs validity information based on a comparison of the sequence of digits with the grammar.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1999Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Jeremy Huntley Wright, Bruce Melvin Buntschuh, Allen Louis Gorin