Patents by Inventor Ulrich Block

Ulrich Block 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: 11755591
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for administering data model metadata for a plurality of data models. A metadata service may receive a first retrieval request from a requesting system. The first retrieval request may comprise an indication of a first local object identifier referencing a definition of a first local object from a first data model and an indication of a target data model. The metadata service may retrieve a first record from a metadata identifier registry, where the first record comprises an indication of the first local object identifier and an indication of a first global object identifier corresponding to the first local object identifier. The metadata service may determine a second local object identifier referencing a definition of a second local object identifier referencing a definition of a second local object in the target data model and return the second local object identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jan Portisch, Sandra Bracholdt, Ulrich Block, Volker Saggau
  • Publication number: 20230047681
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for administering data model metadata for a plurality of data models. A metadata service may receive a first retrieval request from a requesting system. The first retrieval request may comprise an indication of a first local object identifier referencing a definition of a first local object from a first data model and an indication of a target data model. The metadata service may retrieve a first record from a metadata identifier registry, where the first record comprises an indication of the first local object identifier and an indication of a first global object identifier corresponding to the first local object identifier. The metadata service may determine a second local object identifier referencing a definition of a second local object identifier referencing a definition of a second local object in the target data model and return the second local object identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jan Portisch, Sandra Bracholdt, Ulrich Block, Volker Saggau
  • Patent number: 8583441
    Abstract: A server for producing at least one speech dialogue application stores a formal description of a speech dialogue programmed into the description language and speech models for dialogue steps of the speech dialogue. A broadcasting transmitter digitally transmits produced speech dialogue applications to a radio set of mobile end terminals which are arranged in the transmission area thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: André Berton, Hans-Ulrich Block, Manfred Gehrke, Peter Regel-Brietzmann, Stefanie Schachtl, Friedrich Schön
  • Patent number: 8494862
    Abstract: At least one transaction and at least one transaction parameter that is allocated thereto are determined based on at least one user statement in order to trigger at least one first and second background application via a universal language dialogue system, first transactions and first transaction parameters being assigned to the first background application and second transactions and second transaction parameters being associated with the second background application. The first and second transactions as well as the first and second transaction parameters are linked together via a universal dialogue specification which is evaluated to determine the at least one transaction and at least on associated transaction parameter in order to trigger at least one of the background application via the universal language dialogue system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Block, Rudolph Caspari, Dongyi Song, Jürgen Totzke
  • Patent number: 8190439
    Abstract: In many application environments, it is desirable to provide voice access to tables on Internet pages, where the user asks a subject-related question in a natural language and receives an adequate answer from the table read out to him in a natural language. A method is disclosed for preparing information presented in a tabular form for a speech dialogue system so that the information of the table can be consulted in a user dialogue in a targeted manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Svox AG
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Block, Manfred Gehrke, Stefanie Schachtl
  • Publication number: 20100267345
    Abstract: A server for producing at least one speech dialogue application stores a formal description of a speech dialogue programmed into the description language and speech models for dialogue steps of the speech dialogue. A broadcasting transmitter digitally transmits produced speech dialogue applications to a radio set of mobile end terminals which are arranged in the transmission area thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: André Berton, Hans-Ulrich Block, Manfred Gehrke, Peter Regel-Brietzmann, Stefanie Schachtl, Friedrich Schön
  • Publication number: 20100161331
    Abstract: In many application environments, it is desirable to provide voice access to tables on Internet pages, where the user asks a subject-related question in a natural language and receives an adequate answer from the table read out to him in a natural language. A method is disclosed for preparing information presented in a tabular form for a speech dialogue system so that the information of the table can be consulted in a user dialogue in a targeted manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Block, Manfred Gehrke, Stefanie Schachchti
  • Publication number: 20100042400
    Abstract: At least one transaction and at least one transaction parameter that is allocated thereto are determined based on at least one user statement in order to trigger at least one first and second background application via a universal language dialogue system, first transactions and first transaction parameters being assigned to the first background application and second transactions and second transaction parameters being associated with the second background application. The first and second transactions as well as the first and second transaction parameters are linked together via a universal dialogue specification which is evaluated to determine the at least one transaction and at least on associated transaction parameter in order to trigger at least one of the background application via the universal language dialogue system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Block, Rudolph Caspari, Dongyi Song, Jürgen Totzke
  • Publication number: 20080033724
    Abstract: The user friendliness of voice dialog systems is increased by drawing the user's attention in a context-based manner to additional themes modeled in the system during the dialog, so this additional information has a content-related connection with the instantaneous actions of the user. A conversation character which, to a certain extent, can suggest intelligent, easy conversation with different threads, can thus be imitated in the voice dialog system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Block, Stefanle Schachtl
  • Patent number: 7299179
    Abstract: In a three-stage speech recognition process, a phoneme sequence is first assigned to a speech unit, then those vocabulary entries which are most similar to the phoneme sequence are sought in a selection vocabulary, and finally the speech unit is recognized using a speech unit recognizer which uses, as its vocabulary, the selected vocabulary entries which are most like the phoneme sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Block, Stefanie Schachtl
  • Publication number: 20060074662
    Abstract: In a three-stage speech recognition process, a phoneme sequence is first assigned to a speech unit, then those vocabulary entries which are most similar to the phoneme sequence are sought in a selection vocabulary, and finally the speech unit is recognized using a speech unit recognizer which uses, as its vocabulary, the selected vocabulary entries which are most like the phoneme sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Block, Stefanie Schachtl
  • Patent number: 6720447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of esters of the general formula I from compounds of the general formula II contained in aqueous solutions which comprises a) extracting the compounds of the general formula II directly or after liberation from their salts in the presence of a C1-C8-alcohol and a water-immiscible solvent and b) then esterifying with the C1-C8-alcohol in the presence of a catalyst and of an entraining agent under the conditions of an azeotropic distillation, where the process steps (a) and (b) can be carried out separately in terms of time and space or else in a successive continuous or batchwise sequence and where the variables and substituents in the formulae I and II have the following meanings: R1=F, Cl, —OH, —OC1-C10-alkyl, R2=H, C1-C10-alkyl; R3=C1-C8-alkyl, Q=—OH, —O−K+, where K+ is an alkali metal cation or alkaline earth metal cation, n&equ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Ditrich, Ulrich Block
  • Publication number: 20030013931
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for producing a homogeneous mixture of a gaseous aromatic hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing gas for catalytic gas-phase reactions, in particular a homogeneous mixture of gaseous o-xylene and/or naphthalene and air for preparing phthalic anhydride, are provided. The liquid aromatic hydrocarbon is atomized to form droplets having a diameter of less than 1 mm and injected into an oxygen-containing gas stream (12) preheated to above the boiling point of the aromatic hydrocarbon. According to the invention, the liquid aromatic hydrocarbon is atomized by means of nozzles (15) which form a hollow cone (16), preferably by means of swirl nozzles. The o-xylene/air mixture is advantageously produced in a chamber which is bounded by side walls (18) heated to above the boiling point of the hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Ulrich Block, Rolf Seubert, Bernhard Ulrich, Helmut Wunschmann
  • Patent number: 6295543
    Abstract: The text to be classified is compared with the contents of a relevance lexicon in which the significant words of the texts to be classified per text class and their relevance to the text classes is stored. The fuzzy set is calculated which specifies for the significant words of the text to be classified, their occurrence per text class and their relevance to the text class. A probability calculation is used for determining the probability with which the fuzzy set occurs per class for the corresponding class. The class having the highest probability is selected and the text is allocated to this class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Block, Thomas Brückner
  • Patent number: 6073102
    Abstract: Proceeding from a command or request that a user (B) gives a speech recognition system, an action is first determined from a prescribable plurality of actions upon employment of action indicators that the action information pertains to. A first set of actions is thereby determined and stored wherein all action indicators coincide with the key concepts. Further, a second set of actions is determined and stored wherein at least a part of the action indicators coincide with the key concepts. The first set of actions and/or the second set of actions is employed as a basis for the unambiguous determination of the action. For the at least one determined action, the action parameters respectfully allocated to the action are determined upon employment of a parameter parser (PP). The sought action is implemented in a last step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hans-Ulrich Block
  • Patent number: 4675420
    Abstract: In apparatuses for the preparation of phthalic anhydride and/or maleic anhydride by catalytic oxidation of naphthalene or o-xylene with air, reduced pressure is generated using liquid-jet pumps, and wash liquid is removed from the exit gas washer as a pump fluid for the liquid-jet pumps and is subsequently recycled to the exit gas washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Block, Wolf Muff, Klaus Nixdorf, Joachim Wagner
  • Patent number: 4662898
    Abstract: The temperature of the exit gas from the gas washer in the preparation of phthalic anhydride by catalytic oxidation of naphthalene or o-xylene with air is increased by a method in which flue gas from the combustion furnace for residues is mixed with the exit gas before the latter emerges into the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ulrich Block
  • Patent number: 4326073
    Abstract: Anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid is obtained by hydrolysis of methyl formate, in a process wherein(a) methyl formate is hydrolyzed,(b) the methanol and excess methyl formate are distilled from the hydrolysis mixture obtained,(c) the bottom product of distillation (b), consisting of formic acid and water, is extracted, in a liquid-liquid extraction, with an extractant which in the main takes up the formic acid,(d) the resulting extract phase, consisting of formic acid, the extractant and a part of the water, is subjected to distillation,(e) the top product obtained from this distillation and consisting of all or part of the water introduced into the distillation, and part of the formic acid, is recycled, as vapor, into the lower part of the distillation column of stage (b),(f) the bottom product of distillation stage (d), consisting of the extractant, with or without part of the water, and the greater part of the formic acid, is separated by distillation into anhydrous or substantially anhydrou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Wolf, Rudolf Schmidt, Ulrich Block, Hartmut Schoenmakers, Kaspar Bott, Gerd Kaibel