Patents by Inventor Robert Peter Stacey

Robert Peter Stacey 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).

  • Dialog management system
    Patent number: 9466294
    Abstract: Techniques for facilitating transactions are described in which the system facilitating the transaction engages in natural language dialog with the user to achieve the desired result. Instead of treating successive input independently, the system maintains a dialog context in which information generated in response to recent input may be used to inform responses to further input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Tunstall-Pedoe, Andrew Graham Fenn, Robert Peter Stacey, Adam John Philip Wood
  • Natural language translation techniques
    Patent number: 9436681
    Abstract: Techniques are described for translating natural language input to a machine-readable form that accurately represents the semantic meaning of the input intended by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Tunstall-Pedoe, Robert Peter Stacey, Thomas Ashton, Adam John Phillip Wood
  • System for resolving ambiguous queries based on user context
    Patent number: 9286910
    Abstract: A system for resolving a user's question regarding media at the user's location where the question includes ambiguity as to the context of the question. Context information is acquired from a device or devices at the user's location, and if multiple possible contexts are identified, the system may attempt to resolve the question for more than one of the possible contexts. The system for answering questions and the source of the media may be different and independent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Meng Li, Duncan Joseph Reynolds, William Tunstall-Pedoe, Petra Elisabeth Holmes, Robert Peter Stacey, David Spike Palfrey, Andrew Graham Fenn, Mark Rafn, Graham John French