Patents by Inventor Marc W. Regan
Marc W. Regan 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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Publication number: 20170011123Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device, the query comprising content; determining based at least in part on the content of the query that an application is to be launched on the device; and causing the device to launch the application using at least some information determined from the content of the query. Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a free-form query from a user; transferring a representation of the query to at least one computer; and receiving from the at least one computer at least one instruction to launch an application on the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Sean P. Brown, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante
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Patent number: 9489457Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device, the query comprising content; determining based at least in part on the content of the query that an application is to be launched on the device; and causing the device to launch the application using at least some information determined from the content of the query. Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a free-form query from a user; transferring a representation of the query to at least one computer; and receiving from the at least one computer at least one instruction to launch an application on the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Sean P. Brown, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante
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Patent number: 8990182Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty
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Patent number: 8812474Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for performing a search for content, in which a user may issue a search query, and the search engine or engines to which that query is provided may be determined dynamically based on any of a variety of factors. For example, in some embodiments, the search engine or engines to which the query is provided may be determined based on the content of the search query, and/or auxiliary information such as the user's location, demographics, query history and/or browsing history.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante, Sean P. Brown
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Patent number: 8745025Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty
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Patent number: 8635201Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device and location data indicating a location of the device, the location data having a level of specificity; in response to the query being received, identifying at least one first search engine to which to submit a representation of the query; determining whether the level of specificity of the received location data is sufficient for the at least one first search engine; if the level of specificity of the location data is sufficient, instructing the device to issue the representation of the query to the at least one first search engine; and if the level of specificity of the location data is not sufficient, instructing the device to send, to the at least one computer, location data at a greater level of specificity.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Michael Leong, Carmit Brikman, Ryan S. LaSante, John R. Watson
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Publication number: 20130124495Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty
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Publication number: 20130018863Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for performing a search for content, in which a user may issue a search query, and the search engine or engines to which that query is provided may be determined dynamically based on any of a variety of factors. For example, in some embodiments, the search engine or engines to which the query is provided may be determined based on the content of the search query, and/or auxiliary information such as the user's location, demographics, query history and/or browsing history.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Valdimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante, Sean P. Brown
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Publication number: 20130018867Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device, the query comprising content; determining based at least in part on the content of the query that an application is to be launched on the device; and causing the device to launch the application using at least some information determined from the content of the query. Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a free-form query from a user; transferring a representation of the query to at least one computer; and receiving from the at least one computer at least one instruction to launch an application on the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Sean P. Brown, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante
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Publication number: 20130018864Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query comprising content; in response to the query being received, determining that the content may have at least a first semantic meaning or a second semantic meaning that is different than the first semantic meaning; and identifying a plurality of search engines to which to submit a representation of the query, the plurality of search engines comprising a first search engine identified based on the first semantic meaning and a second search engine identified based on the second semantic meaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Matthieu Hebert, Nicolae Duta, Nir Halperin, Carmit Brikman, Michael Leong
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Publication number: 20130019202Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for performing a search for content, in which a user may issue a search query, and the search engine or engines to which that query is provided may be determined dynamically based on any of a variety of factors. For example, in some embodiments, the search engine or engines to which the query is provided may be determined based on the content of the search query, and/or auxiliary information such as the user's location, demographics, query history and/or browsing history.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Sean P. Brown
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Publication number: 20130018865Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device and location data indicating a location of the device, the location data having a level of specificity; in response to the query being received, identifying at least one first search engine to which to submit a representation of the query; determining whether the level of specificity of the received location data is sufficient for the at least one first search engine; if the level of specificity of the location data is sufficient, instructing the device to issue the representation of the query to the at least one first search engine; and if the level of specificity of the location data is not sufficient, instructing the device to send, to to the at least one computer, location data at a greater level of specificity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Michael Leong, Carmit Brikman, Ryan S. LaSante, John R. Watson
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Patent number: 8341142Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty
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Publication number: 20120059658Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to searching for content on the Internet. A user may supply a search query to a device, and the device may issue the search query to a plurality of search engines, including at least one general purpose search engine and at least one site-specific search engine. In this way, the user need not separately issue search queries to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gary B. Clayton, Victor S. Chen, Steven Hatch, William F. Ganong, III, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty, Paul J. Vozila, Nathan M. Bodenstab, Yik-Cheung Tam
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Publication number: 20120059813Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty