Patents Assigned to Vlingo Corporation
  • Patent number: 8996379
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a mobile environment speech processing facility. The present invention may provide for the entering of text into a software application resident on a mobile communication facility, where recorded speech may be presented by the user using the mobile communications facility's resident capture facility. Transmission of the recording may be provided through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility, and may be accompanied by information related to the software application. Results may be generated utilizing the speech recognition facility that may be independent of structured grammar, and may be based at least in part on the information relating to the software application and the recording. The results may then be transmitted to the mobile communications facility, where they may be loaded into the software application. In addition, the speech recognition facility may be adapted based on usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Vlingo Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P. Cerra, Roman V. Kishchenko, John N. Nguyen, Michael S. Phillips, Han Shu
  • Patent number: 8949130
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a user interacting with a mobile communication facility, where speech presented by the user is recorded using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility. The recorded speech may be recognized using an external speech recognition facility to produce an external output and a resident speech recognition facility to produce an internal output, where at least one of the external output and the internal output may be selected based on a criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Vlingo Corporation
    Inventor: Michael S. Phillips
  • Patent number: 8949266
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for multiple web-based content category searching for web content on a mobile communication facility comprising capturing speech presented by a user using a resident capture facility on the mobile communication facility; transmitting at least a portion of the captured speech as data through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility; generating speech-to-text results for the captured speech utilizing the speech recognition facility; and transmitting the text results and a plurality of formatting rules specifying how search text may be used to form a query for a search capability on the mobile communications facility, wherein each formatting rule is associated with a category of content to be searched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Vlingo Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Phillips, John N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8914402
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for multiple web-based content category searching for web content on a mobile communication facility comprising capturing speech presented by a user using a resident capture facility on the mobile communication facility; transmitting at least a portion of the captured speech as data through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility; generating speech-to-text results for the captured speech utilizing the speech recognition facility; and transmitting the text results and a plurality of formatting rules specifying how search text may be used to form a query for a search capability on the mobile communications facility, wherein each formatting rule is associated with a category of content to be searched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Vlingo Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Phillips, John N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8914292
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a user interacting with a mobile communication facility, where speech presented by the user is recorded using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility. The recorded speech may be recognized using an external speech recognition facility to produce an external output and a resident speech recognition facility to produce an internal output, where at least one of the external output and the internal output may be selected based on a criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Vlingo Corporation
    Inventor: Michael S. Phillips
  • Patent number: 8886545
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for interacting with a mobile communication facility comprising receiving a switch activation from a user to initiate a speech recognition recording session, wherein the speech recognition recording session comprises a voice command from the user followed by the speech to be recognized from the user; recording the speech recognition recording session using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility; recognizing at least a portion of the voice command as an indication that user speech for recognition will begin following the end of the at least a portion of the voice command; recognizing the recorded speech using a speech recognition facility to produce an external output; and using the selected output to perform a function on the mobile communication facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Vlingo Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Meisel, Michael S. Phillips, John N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8886540
    Abstract: A method and system for entering information into a software application resident on a mobile communication facility is provided. The method and system may include recording speech presented by a user using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility, transmitting the recording through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility, transmitting information relating to the software application to the speech recognition facility, generating results utilizing the speech recognition facility using an unstructured language model based at least in part on the information relating to the software application and the recording, transmitting the results to the mobile communications facility, loading the results into the software application and simultaneously displaying the results as a set of words and as a set of application results based on those words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Vlingo Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P. Cerra, John N. Nguyen, Michael S. Phillips, Han Shu, Alexandra Beth Mischke
  • Patent number: 8880405
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a mobile environment speech processing facility. The present invention may provide for the entering of text into a software application resident on a mobile communication facility, where recorded speech may be presented by the user using the mobile communications facility's resident capture facility. Transmission of the recording may be provided through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility, and may be accompanied by information related to the software application. Results may be generated utilizing the speech recognition facility that may be independent of structured grammar, and may be based at least in part on the information relating to the software application and the recording. The results may then be transmitted to the mobile communications facility, where they may be loaded into the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Vlingo Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P. Cerra, Roman V. Kishchenko, John N. Nguyen, Michael S. Phillips, Han Shu
  • Patent number: 8838457
    Abstract: A user may control a mobile communication facility through recognized speech provided to the mobile communication facility. Speech that is recorded by a user using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility. A speech recognition facility generates results of the recorded speech using an unstructured language model based at least in part on information relating to the recording. A function of the operating system of the mobile communication facility is controlled based on the results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Vlingo Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P. Cerra, John N. Nguyen, Michael S. Phillips, Han Shu