Patents by Inventor Sibley Verbeck Simon

Sibley Verbeck Simon 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).

  • Patent number: 11978439
    Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TiVo Corporation
    Inventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
  • Publication number: 20230197069
    Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
  • Patent number: 11562737
    Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TIVO CORPORATION
    Inventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
  • Publication number: 20200312310
    Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
  • Patent number: 10559301
    Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
  • Publication number: 20190035388
    Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
  • Patent number: 9892730
    Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLC
    Inventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon
  • Patent number: 9542393
    Abstract: A method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving information from timed media files based upon relevance intervals. The method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving this information is based upon relevance intervals so that a portion of a timed media file is returned, which is selected specifically to be relevant to the given information representations, thereby eliminating the need for a manual determination of the relevance and avoiding missing relevant portions. The timed media includes streaming audio, streaming video, timed HTML, animations such as vector-based graphics, slide shows, other timed media, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Streamsage, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Morton, Sibley Verbeck Simon, Noam Carl Unger, Robert Rubinoff, Anthony Ruiz Davis, Kyle Aveni-Deforge
  • Publication number: 20160098396
    Abstract: A method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving information from timed media files based upon relevance intervals. The method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving this information is based upon relevance intervals so that a portion of a timed media file is returned, which is selected specifically to be relevant to the given information representations, thereby eliminating the need for a manual determination of the relevance and avoiding missing relevant portions. The timed media includes streaming audio, streaming video, timed HTML, animations such as vector-based graphics, slide shows, other timed media, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Scott Morton, Sibley Verbeck Simon, Noam Carl Unger, Robert Rubinoff, Anthony Ruiz Davis, Kyle Aveni-Deforge
  • Patent number: 9244973
    Abstract: A method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving information from timed media files based upon relevance intervals. The method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving this information is based upon relevance intervals so that a portion of a timed media file is returned, which is selected specifically to be relevant to the given information representations, thereby eliminating the need for a manual determination of the relevance and avoiding missing relevant portions. The timed media includes streaming audio, streaming video, timed HTML, animations such as vector-based graphics, slide shows, other timed media, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Streamsage, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Morton, Sibley Verbeck Simon, Noam Carl Unger, Robert Rubinoff, Anthony Ruiz Davis, Kyle Aveni-Deforge
  • Publication number: 20140250131
    Abstract: A method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving information from timed media files based upon relevance intervals. The method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving this information is based upon relevance intervals so that a portion of a timed media file is returned, which is selected specifically to be relevant to the given information representations, thereby eliminating the need for a manual determination of the relevance and avoiding missing relevant portions. The timed media includes streaming audio, streaming video, timed HTML, animations such as vector-based graphics, slide shows, other timed media, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Streamsage, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Morton, Sibley Verbeck Simon, Noam Carl Unger, Robert Rubinoff, Anthony Ruiz Davis, Kyle Aveni-Deforge
  • Patent number: 8706735
    Abstract: A method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving information from timed media files based upon relevance intervals. The method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving this information is based upon relevance intervals so that a portion of a timed media file is returned, which is selected specifically to be relevant to the given information representations, thereby eliminating the need for a manual determination of the relevance and avoiding missing relevant portions. The timed media includes streaming audio, streaming video, timed HTML, animations such as vector-based graphics, slide shows, other timed media, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Streamsage, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Morton, Sibley Verbeck Simon, Noam Carl Unger, Robert Rubinoff, Anthony Ruiz Davis, Kyle Aveni-Deforge
  • Publication number: 20110004462
    Abstract: Speech recognition may be improved by generating and using a topic specific language model. A topic specific language model may be created by performing an initial pass on an audio signal using a generic or basis language model. A speech recognition device may then determine topics relating to the audio signal based on the words identified in the initial pass and retrieve a corpus of text relating to those topics. Using the retrieved corpus of text, the speech recognition device may create a topic specific language model. In one example, the speech recognition device may adapt or otherwise modify the generic language model based on the retrieved corpus of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: COMCAST INTERACTIVE MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: David F. Houghton, Seth Michael Murray, Sibley Verbeck Simon