Patents by Inventor Zareen Umair

Zareen Umair 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).

  • Voice applications and voice-based interface
    Patent number: 7334050
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for initiating a tailored voice application according to an embodiment. First, a voice application is installed at a server. A request to instantiate the voice application is received from a user. User-specific configuration parameters are also received. An instance of the voice application is instantiated in a modified form based on the user-specific configuration parameters. A system, method and computer program product provide a voice-based interface according to one embodiment. A voice application is provided for verbally outputting content to a user. An instance of the voice application is instantiated. Content is selected for output. The content is output verbally using the voice application. The instance of the voice application pauses the output and resumes the output. A method for providing a voice habitat is also provided according to one embodiment. An interface to a habitat is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: NVIDIA International, Inc.
    Inventors: Quinton Y. Zondervan, Zareen Umair, Umair A. Khan, Lakshmi Raman, Robin Marian
  • Voice applications and voice-based interface
    Publication number: 20020059073
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for initiating a tailored voice application according to an embodiment. First, a voice application is installed at a server. A request to instantiate the voice application is received from a user. User-specific configuration parameters are also received. An instance of the voice application is instantiated in a modified form based on the user-specific configuration parameters. A system, method and computer program product provide a voice-based interface according to one embodiment. A voice application is provided for verbally outputting content to a user. An instance of the voice application is instantiated. Content is selected for output. The content is output verbally using the voice application. The instance of the voice application pauses the output and resumes the output. A method for providing a voice habitat is also provided according to one embodiment. An interface to a habitat is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Quinton Y. Zondervan, Zareen Umair, Umair A. Khan, Lakshmi Raman, Robin Marian