Patents by Inventor Christine Halverson

Christine Halverson 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).

  • Patent number: 6757718
    Abstract: A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for navigating an electronic data source by means of spoken language where a portion of the data link between a mobile information appliance of the user and the data source utilizes wireless communication. When a spoken input request is received from a user who is using the mobile information appliance, it is interpreted. The resulting interpretation of the request is thereupon used to automatically construct an operational navigation query to retrieve the desired information from one or more electronic network data sources, which is transmitted to the mobile information appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Christine Halverson, Luc Julia, Dimitris Voutsas, Adam Cheyer
  • Patent number: 6742021
    Abstract: A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for navigating an electronic data source by means of spoken language. When a spoken input request is received from a user, it is interpreted. Additional input is solicited from the user in a modality different than the original request and used to refine the navigation query. The resulting interpretation of the request is thereupon used to automatically construct an operational navigation query to retrieve the desired information from one or more electronic network data sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: SRI International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Halverson, Luc Julia, Dimitris Voutsas, Aden J. Cheyer
  • Patent number: 6523061
    Abstract: A system, method, and article of manufacture are provided for navigating an electronic data source by means of spoken language where a portion of the data link between a mobile information appliance of the user and the data source utilizes wireless communication. When a spoken input request is received from a user, it is interpreted. The resulting interpretation of the request is thereupon used to automatically construct an operational navigation query. The navigation query is routed to one or more agents, which use the navigation query to retrieve the desired information from one or more electronic network data sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: SRI International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Halverson, Luc Julia, Dimitris Voutsas, Adam Cheyer
  • Publication number: 20030023698
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for displaying content on a display device. The method includes retrieving a plurality of rules for the display of content, updating a plurality of device parameters, and determining an rule trigger. The method further includes executing a rule corresponding to the rule trigger, and determining a fee according to at least one device parameter upon executing a rule for the display of content. At least one rule is defined by a content provider to dynamically control the display of the content according to the device parameters. Determining a fee further comprises determining a value for each of the device parameters, determining at least one device parameter satisfying the rule, and determining the fee according to value of the device parameters satisfying the rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Dieberger, Christine A. Halverson, Peter K. Malkin