Patents by Inventor Vinny Wai-yan Che

Vinny Wai-yan Che 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).

  • Natural language processing for a location-based services system
    Patent number: 7437295
    Abstract: A method and system for providing natural language processing in a communication system is disclosed. A voice request is generated with a remote terminal that is transmitted to a base station. A speech recognition application is then used to identify a plurality of words that are contained in the voice request. After the words are identified, a grammar associated with each word is also identified. Once the grammars have been identified, each word is categorized into a respective grammar category. A structured response is then generated to the voice request with a response generation application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Accenture LLP
    Inventors: Ashton F. Pitts, III, Stephen L. Dempsen, Vinny Wai-yan Che
  • Location-based services
    Patent number: 6944447
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system for providing location-based services to a remote terminal that is connected to various types of communication systems. A tailored request for information is generated with the remote terminal. In addition, a geographic indicator associated with the remote terminal is also generated in the preferred embodiment. The tailored request for information and the geographic indicator are transmitted to a location-based application server. A structured response to the tailored request for information is generated with the location-based application server, wherein the structured response is based on the geographic indicator of the remote terminal. The structured response is the transmitted to the remote terminal using one of several different types of communication protocols and/or mediums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Accenture LLP
    Inventors: Eric A. Portman, Michael L. Gailey, Chad S. Holmes, Michael J. Burgiss, Angela King Smith, Ashton F. Pitts III, Stephen L. Dempsen, Vinny Wai-yan Che
  • Natural language processing for a location-based services system
    Publication number: 20040243417
    Abstract: A method and system for providing natural language processing in a communication system is disclosed. A voice request is generated with a remote terminal that is transmitted to a base station. A voice recognition application is then used to identify a plurality of words that are contained in the voice request. After the words are identified, a grammar associated with each word is also identified. Once the grammars have been identified, each word is categorized into a respective grammar category. A structured response is then generated to the voice request with a response generation application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Ashton F. Pitts, Steve L. Dempsen, Vinny Wai-yan Che
  • Location-based services
    Publication number: 20020160766
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system for providing location-based services to a remote terminal that is connected to various types of communication systems. A tailored request for information is generated with the remote terminal. In addition, a geographic indicator associated with the remote terminal is also generated in the preferred embodiment. The tailored request for information and the geographic indicator are transmitted to a location-based application server. A structured response to the tailored request for information is generated with the location-based application server, wherein the structured response is based on the geographic indicator of the remote terminal. The structured response is the transmitted to the remote terminal using one of several different types of communication protocols and/or mediums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Eric A. Portman, Michael L. Gailey, Chad S. Holmes, Michael J. Burgiss, Angela King Smith, Ashton F. Pitts, Stephen L. Dempsen, Vinny Wai-yan Che
  • Natural language processing for a location-based services system
    Publication number: 20020161587
    Abstract: A method and system for providing natural language processing in a communication system is disclosed. A voice request is generated with a remote terminal that is transmitted to a base station. A voice recognition application is then used to identify a plurality of words that are contained in the voice request. After the words are identified, a grammar associated with each word is also identified. Once the grammars have been identified, each word is categorized into a respective grammar category. A structured response is then generated to the voice request with a response generation application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Ashton F. Pitts, Steve L. Dempsen, Vinny Wai-yan Che