Patents by Inventor Gloria J. Majid

Gloria J. Majid 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).

  • Information system having a speech interface
    Patent number: 5774859
    Abstract: A system for controlling a device such as a television and for controlling access to broadcast information such as video, audio, and/or text information is disclosed. The system includes a first receiver for receiving utterances of a speaker, a second receiver for receiving vocabulary data defining a vocabulary of utterances, and a processor for executing a speech recognition algorithm using the received vocabulary data to recognize the utterances of the speaker and for controlling the device and the access to the broadcast information in accordance with the recognized utterances of the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter B. Houser, Mark E. Schutte, Gloria J. Majid