Patents Assigned to Nuance Communications
  • Patent number: 11568736
    Abstract: A remote control device includes a digital audio storage device, a talk button, and an optical distance measurer. The digital audio storage device is configured to continually record an audio input for a specific amount of time. The talk button is coupled to the digital audio storage device and is configured to initiate a transmission of the audio input to a set-top box device. The optical distance measurer is coupled to the talk button and is configured to automatically measure a distance to a user in response to the talk button being pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisao Chang, Iker Arizmendi
  • Patent number: 11561775
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a library of functional modules; enabling a user to select a plurality of functional modules from the library of functional modules; and enabling the user to visually arrange the plurality of functional modules to form a conversational application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ardman, Andrew Matkin, Nirvana Tikku, John B. Fisler, Matthias Haack, Christopher A. Starbird, Bryan A. Reif, Alfred Sterphone, III, Nikos Polis, Michael S. Gourlay, Robert A. Follett
  • Patent number: 11550552
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for enabling usage of a conversational application by a plurality of users; gathering usage data concerning usage of the conversational application by the plurality of users; defining a visual representation of the conversational application; and overlaying the usage data onto the visual representation of the conversational application to generate visual traffic flow data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ardman, Andrew Matkin, Nirvana Tikku, Abhishek Rohatgi, Marco Antonio Padron Chavez, Flaviu Gelu Negrean, Gabrielle R. Martone
  • Patent number: 11545136
    Abstract: A method for removing private data from an acoustic model includes capturing speech from a large population of users, creating a text-to-speech voice from at least a portion of the large population of users, discarding speech data from a database of speech, creating text-to-speech waveforms from the text-to-speech voice and the new database of speech with the discarded speech data and generating an automatic speech recognition model using the text-to-speech waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Laurent Pollet, Carl Benjamin Quillen, Philip Charles Woodland, William F. Ganong, III, Steven Hoskins
  • Patent number: 11537697
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the inventive concepts, a system and method provide ongoing authentication through processing of data that includes biometric data. Such systems and methods can use, as examples, face recognition and/or voice biometric data, or other biometric data, to identify the user in real-time and thereafter during an ongoing session. In various embodiments, the system can continuously or repeatedly authenticate one or more users using biometric data to control access to information and/or functions in real (or near real) time. The system can be configured to optimize and/or minimize resource consumption associated with the ongoing authentication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Falardeau, Thomas Stanton
  • Publication number: 20220406295
    Abstract: An end-to-end automatic speech recognition (ASR) system includes: a first encoder configured for close-talk input captured by a close-talk input mechanism; a second encoder configured for far-talk input captured by a far-talk input mechanism; and an encoder selection layer configured to select at least one of the first and second encoders for use in producing ASR output. The selection is made based on at least one of short-time Fourier transform (STFT), Mel-frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) and filter bank derived from at least one of the close-talk input and the far-talk input. If signals from both the close-talk input mechanism and the far-talk input mechanism are present for a speech segment, the encoder selection layer dynamically selects between the close-talk encoder and the far-talk encoder to select the encoder that better recognizes the speech segment. An encoder-decoder model is used to produce the ASR output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Felix WENINGER, Marco GAUDESI, Ralf LEIBOLD, Puming ZHAN
  • Patent number: 11531807
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for encoding, by a computing device, a transcript and text macros into vector representations. A word by word report may be predicted based upon, at least in part, the encoding. An attention mechanism may be queried based upon, at least in part, a decoder state. An attention distribution may be produced over an encoder output. An interpolation of the encoder output may be produced based upon, at least in part, the attention distribution. The interpolation of the encoder output may be input into a decoder for report modeling that includes text macro location and content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Vozila, Joel Praveen Pinto, Frank Diehl
  • Patent number: 11515020
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for: receiving an initial portion of an encounter record; processing the initial portion of the encounter record to generate initial content for a medical report; receiving one or more additional portions of the encounter record; and processing the one or more additional portions of the encounter record to modify the medical report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Vozila, Joel Praveen Pinto, Kumar Abhinav, Haibo Li, Marilisa Amoia, Frank Diehl
  • Patent number: 11494166
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for enabling a user to select a plurality of functional modules from a library of functional modules; and enabling the user to arrange the plurality of functional modules to form an omnichannel conversational application that includes a first channel and at least a second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David Ardman, Andrew Matkin, Nirvana Tikku, John B. Fisler, Matthias Haack, Christopher A. Starbird, Bryan A. Reif, Alfred Sterphone, III, Nikos Polis, Michael S. Gourlay, Robert A. Follett
  • Patent number: 11494735
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for obtaining encounter information of a patient encounter; processing the encounter information to generate an encounter transcript; and processing the encounter transcript to locate one or more procedural events within the encounter transcript.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christina Drexel, Ljubomir Milanovic
  • Patent number: 11495208
    Abstract: In some embodiments, recognition results produced by a speech processing system (which may include two or more recognition results, including a top recognition result and one or more alternative recognition results) based on an analysis of a speech input, are evaluated for indications of potential errors. In some embodiments, the indications of potential errors may include discrepancies between recognition results that are meaningful for a domain, such as medically-meaningful discrepancies. The evaluation of the recognition results may be carried out using any suitable criteria, including one or more criteria that differ from criteria used by an ASR system in determining the top recognition result and the alternative recognition results from the speech input. In some embodiments, a recognition result may additionally or alternatively be processed to determine whether the recognition result includes a word or phrase that is unlikely to appear in a domain to which speech input relates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Ganong, III, Raghu Vemula, Robert Fleming
  • Patent number: 11482241
    Abstract: A system for and method of characterizing a target application acoustic domain analyzes one or more speech data samples from the target application acoustic domain to determine one or more target acoustic characteristics, including a CODEC type and bit-rate associated with the speech data samples. The determined target acoustic characteristics may also include other aspects of the target speech data samples such as sampling frequency, active bandwidth, noise level, reverberation level, clipping level, and speaking rate. The determined target acoustic characteristics are stored in a memory as a target acoustic data profile. The data profile may be used to select and/or modify one or more out of domain speech samples based on the one or more target acoustic characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick Naylor, Uwe Helmut Jost
  • Patent number: 11482311
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for automating a monitoring process is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information of a patient encounter. The encounter information is processed to determine if the encounter information is indicative of a potential medical situation. An inquiry is initiated concerning the potential medical situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald E. Owen, Garret N. Erskine, Mehmet Mert Öz
  • Patent number: 11482308
    Abstract: A modular ACD system is configured to automate clinical documentation and includes a machine vision system configured to obtain machine vision encounter information concerning a patient encounter. An audio recording system is configured to obtain audio encounter information concerning the patient encounter. A compute system is configured to receive the machine vision encounter information and the audio encounter information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald E. Owen, Uwe Helmut Jost, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda, Dushyant Sharma
  • Publication number: 20220328046
    Abstract: An original text that is a representation of a narration of a patient encounter provided by a clinician may be received and re-formatted to produce a formatted text. One or more clinical facts may be extracted from the formatted text. A first fact of the clinical facts may be extracted from a first portion of the formatted text, and the first portion of the formatted text may be a formatted version of a first portion of the original text. A linkage may be maintained between the first fact and the first portion of the original text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Montyne, David Decraene, Joeri Van der Vloet, Johan Raedemaeker, Ignace Desimpel, Frederik Coppens, Tom Deray, James R. Flanagan, Mariana Casella dos Santos, Marnix Holvoet, Maria van Gurp, David Hellman, Girija Yegnanarayanan, Karen Anne Doyle
  • Patent number: 11461781
    Abstract: A method of using biometric verification comprises identifying a validation requirement during the execution of a non-voice channel interaction, and initiating a contact to the user, at a pre-registered device. The method further comprises executing a biometric verification of the user's identity and possession of the device, via a user interaction at the pre-registered device, and providing the validation when the user is successfully identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Douglas Sharp
  • Patent number: 11404148
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for compartmentalizing a virtual assistant is executed on a computing device and includes obtaining encounter information via a compartmentalized virtual assistant during a patient encounter, wherein the compartmentalized virtual assistant includes a core functionality module. One or more additional functionalities are added to the compartmentalized virtual assistant on an as-needed basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald E. Owen, Mehmet Mert Öz, Garret N. Erskine
  • Patent number: 11398216
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for generating a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a three-dimensional space incorporating an ACI system via a video recording subsystem of an ACI calibration platform; and generating one or more audio calibration signals for receipt by an audio recording system included within the ACI system via an audio generation subsystem of the ACI calibration platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATION, INC.
    Inventors: Dushyant Sharma, Patrick A. Naylor, Joel Praveen Pinto, Daniel Paulino Almendro Barreda
  • Patent number: 11388208
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for communicating between virtual agents associated with users of electronic devices connected via at least one network. A first user may instruct an associated first virtual agent to invoke a communication session with a second virtual agent associated with a second user. To invoke the communication session, the first virtual agent may send an outgoing communication to the second virtual agent and the outgoing communication may instruct the second virtual agent to perform at least one action on behalf of the first user. Virtual agents associated with different users may alternatively communicate with each other in the absence of user interaction to perform a collaborative action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stuart Phillips, John Nguyen, Thomas Jay Leonard, David Grannan
  • Patent number: 11372850
    Abstract: A method of providing a task assistant to provide an interface to an application is described. The method comprises receiving input from a user through multimodal input including a plurality of speech input, typing input, and touch input, interpreting the input, and providing a formatted query to the application, receiving data from the application in response to the query, and providing a response to the user through multimodal output including a plurality of: speech output, text output, non-speech audio output, haptic output, and visual non-text output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David Andrew Mauro, Henri Bouvier, Stephen Douglas Peters, Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson, Susan Dawnstarr Daniel, Aimee Piercy, Paweena Attayadmawittaya, Andrew Jonathan Watson