Patents by Inventor Jeffrey S. Kobal
Jeffrey S. Kobal 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: 9697834Abstract: A computer implemented method and system of formatting text output from a speech recognition system is provided. The method includes determining if a user correction to a text output from a speech recognition system can be accomplished by changing a formatting setting associated with the speech recognition system. The formatting setting is changed based on an inferential indication that the change to the formatting setting is acceptable to the user and/or an explicit confirmation from the user that the change to the formatting setting is acceptable.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Maximilian Bisani, Olivier Divay, Jeffrey S. Kobal
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Publication number: 20150262580Abstract: A computer implemented method and system of formatting text output from a speech recognition system is provided. The method includes determining if a user correction to a text output from a speech recognition system can be accomplished by changing a formatting setting associated with the speech recognition system. The formatting setting is changed based on an inferential indication that the change to the formatting setting is acceptable to the user and/or an explicit confirmation from the user that the change to the formatting setting is acceptable.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Maximilian Bisani, Olivier Divay, Jeffrey S. Kobal
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Patent number: 8607147Abstract: A system (102) for previewing changes to a structured flow diagram is provided. The system includes a user interface (110) that displays a structured flow diagram according to a predetermined visual format. The system (100) further includes a preview module (112) for generating a modified display of a portion of the structured flow diagram displayable with the user interface (110). The modified display shows a user-directed modification to the structured flow diagram by displaying the user-directed modification in a different visual format juxtaposed with portions of the structured flow diagram that remain unchanged by the user-directed modification. The modification to the structured flow diagram can thus be previewed prior to determining whether to incorporate the modification into the structured flow diagram if the system user elects to do so.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dwayne Dames, Jeffrey S. Kobal
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Patent number: 8407050Abstract: A visual toolkit for prioritizing speech transcription is provided. The toolkit can include a logger (102) for capturing information from a speech recognition system, a processor (104) for determining an accuracy rating of the information, and a visual display (106) for categorizing the information and prioritizing a transcription of the information based on the accuracy rating. The prioritizing identifies spoken utterances having a transcription priority in view of the recognized result. The visual display can include a transcription category (156) having a modifiable textbox entry with a text entry initially corresponding to a text of the recognized result, and an accept button (157) for validating a transcription of the recognized result. The categories can be automatically ranked by the accuracy rating in an ordered priority for increasing an efficiency of transcription.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey S. Kobal, Girish Dhanakshirur
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Publication number: 20120166193Abstract: A visual toolkit for prioritizing speech transcription is provided. The toolkit can include a logger (102) for capturing information from a speech recognition system, a processor (104) for determining an accuracy rating of the information, and a visual display (106) for categorizing the information and prioritizing a transcription of the information based on the accuracy rating. The prioritizing identifies spoken utterances having a transcription priority in view of the recognized result. The visual display can include a transcription category (156) having a modifiable textbox entry with a text entry initially corresponding to a text of the recognized result, and an accept button (157) for validating a transcription of the recognized result. The categories can be automatically ranked by the accuracy rating in an ordered priority for increasing an efficiency of transcription.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey S. Kobal, Girish Dhanakshirur
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Patent number: 8121838Abstract: A visual toolkit for prioritizing speech transcription from a plurality of speech recognition tasks is provided. The toolkit can include a logger (102) for capturing information from a speech recognition system, a processor (104) for determining an accuracy rating based at least in part on information that is independent of a confidence score associated with a recognized phrase and independent of confidence scores associated with a plurality of phrases in an N-best match, and a visual display (106) for categorizing the information and prioritizing a transcription of the information based on the accuracy rating. The prioritizing identifies spoken utterances having a transcription priority in view of the recognized result. The visual display can include a transcription category (156) having a modifiable textbox entry with a text entry initially corresponding to a text of the recognized result, and an accept button (157) for validating a transcription of the recognized result.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey S. Kobal, Girish Dhanakshirur
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Patent number: 7529678Abstract: A method of verifying a speech input can include determining pronunciation data for a received user spoken utterance specifying a word and speech recognizing further user spoken utterances specifying individual characters of the word. An N-best list can be generated for each received user spoken utterance specifying a character. A grammar can be automatically generated that includes word candidates using the N-best list for each user spoken utterance specifying a character. Pronunciation data for each word in the grammar can be generated automatically. The pronunciation data from the user spoken utterance specifying the word can be compared with pronunciation data for the word candidates of the grammar to determine at least one match.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Jeffrey S. Kobal
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Patent number: 7099828Abstract: A method of generating pronunciation information can include graphically presenting at least one activatable visual identifier corresponding to individual ones of a plurality of phonemes. Responsive to a selection of one of the visual identifiers, pronunciation information can be generated in accordance with the selected visual identifier. The pronunciation information can be compiled responsive to a selection of one of the plurality of visual identifiers.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2001Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey S. Kobal, Bruce D. Lucas, David E. Reich
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Publication number: 20040080545Abstract: A method and a machine-readable storage for operation of a combobox in a graphical user interface (GUI). Conditions are defined which indicate an accessibility of items for presentation in a listbox associated with the combobox and particular ones of the conditions are associated with the combobox. The associated conditions are consulted to dynamically determine the accessibility of the items for the listbox during operation of a program. Further, if items are inaccessible for the listbox, the inaccessibility of the listbox is automatically visually indicated in accordance with the consulting step.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2002Publication date: April 29, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey S. Kobal, James R. Lewis, L. Clarence Nethery
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Publication number: 20030088415Abstract: A method of generating pronunciation information can include graphically presenting at least one activatable visual identifier corresponding to individual ones of a plurality of phonemes. Responsive to a selection of one of the visual identifiers, pronunciation information can be generated in accordance with the selected visual identifier. The pronunciation information can be compiled responsive to a selection of one of the plurality of visual identifiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2001Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey S. Kobal, Bruce D. Lucas, David E. Reich
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Publication number: 20020174257Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for resolving missing modules and/or exports during an application load routine is provided. This augments the programmatic interface to the loader (i.e. DosQueryProcAddr( )). In one embodiment, the application includes several modules. One or more of the modules include, in addition to the export or import list, a loader helper function. Whenever the loader fails to find an export or other missing module, the loader helper function may be called and given control of the module/export resolution process whenever its default behavior fails. The loader helper function may be implemented in many fashions and may provide several mechanisms including an ability to search and locate the missing module, an ability to load the missing module from a network, such as the internet, or simply allowing the user to be notified of the problem and then allowing the application to exit gracefully rather than having the application fail to load without any notice to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2001Publication date: November 21, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Allen Jones, Jeffrey S. Kobal