Patents by Inventor Orla M. Prendergast

Orla M. Prendergast 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).

  • Assisted language learning
    Patent number: 10540451
    Abstract: An approach for predictive translation. The approach monitors one or more audio inputs, wherein monitoring the one or more audio inputs includes collecting a plurality of audio input data from one or more audio input devices. The approach determines one or more user triggers, wherein determining includes detecting the one or more user triggers from the one or more of audio input devices. Responsive to detecting the one or more user triggers, the approach determines whether the one or more audio inputs match one or more stored phrases. Responsive to a determination that the one or more audio inputs match at least one of the one or more stored phrases, the approach presents one or more cues to the user via the audio input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Orla M. Prendergast, Michael J. Ryan
  • ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
    Publication number: 20180089173
    Abstract: An approach for predictive translation. The approach monitors one or more audio inputs, wherein monitoring the one or more audio inputs includes collecting a plurality of audio input data from one or more audio input devices. The approach determines one or more user triggers, wherein determining includes detecting the one or more user triggers from the one or more of audio input devices. Responsive to detecting the one or more user triggers, the approach determines whether the one or more audio inputs match one or more stored phrases. Responsive to a determination that the one or more audio inputs match at least one of the one or more stored phrases, the approach presents one or more cues to the user via the audio input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Orla M. Prendergast, Michael J. Ryan