Patents by Inventor Robert Edward Dewar

Robert Edward Dewar 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).

  • Selective confirmation for execution of a voice activated user interface
    Patent number: 8694322
    Abstract: A voice-activated user interface for an application is described. The voice activated user interface invokes a speech recognition component to recognize audio input from a user. If the audio input is a command, then a validation component is invoked to determine whether to validate the command prior to execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alex G. Snitkovskiy, David Mowatt, Felix G. T. I. Andrew, Robert Edward Dewar, Oliver Scholz
  • Intelligent speech recognition of incomplete phrases
    Patent number: 7949536
    Abstract: Intelligent speech recognition is used to provide users with the ability to utter more user friendly commands. Satisfaction is increased when a user can vocalize a subset of a formal command name and still have the intended command identified and processed. Moreover, greater accuracy in identifying a command application from a user's utterance can be achieved by ignoring command choices associated with unlikely user utterances. An intelligent speech recognition system can identify differing acceptable verbal command phrase forms, e.g., but not limited to, complete commands, command subsequences and command subsets, for different commands supported by the system. Subset blocking words are identified for assistance in reducing the ambiguity in matching user verbal command phrases with valid commands supported by the intelligent speech recognition system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Mowatt, Ricky Loynd, Robert Edward Dewar, Rachel Imogen Morton, Qiang Wu, Robert Ian Brown, Michael D. Plumpe, Philipp Heinz Schmid
  • Intelligent speech recognition of incomplete phrases
    Publication number: 20080059186
    Abstract: Intelligent speech recognition is used to provide users with the ability to utter more user friendly commands. Satisfaction is increased when a user can vocalize a subset of a formal command name and still have the intended command identified and processed. Moreover, greater accuracy in identifying a command application from a user's utterance can be achieved by ignoring command choices associated with unlikely user utterances. An intelligent speech recognition system can identify differing acceptable verbal command phrase forms, e.g., but not limited to, complete commands, command subsequences and command subsets, for different commands supported by the system. Subset blocking words are identified for assistance in reducing the ambiguity in matching user verbal command phrases with valid commands supported by the intelligent speech recognition system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Mowatt, Ricky Loynd, Robert Edward Dewar, Rachel Imogen Morton, Qiang Wu, Robert Ian Brown, Michael D. Plumpe, Philipp Heinz Schmid