Patents by Inventor Aaron Scott Fisher

Aaron Scott Fisher 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: 10515638
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitate user authentication via voice biometrics in a network system featuring interactive voice response system access is provided. The voice biometric authentication mechanisms alleviate identity theft occurring via specific interactive voice response transactions. A voice biometrics authentication system interfaces with an interactive network platform and may be hosted by a third party provider of voice biometric technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Whitmore, Aaron Scott Fisher, Steven John Schanbacher, Andrew Lawrence Groothuis, Jacob Ginsburg, Gerald Thomas Annin, Pamela J. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 10298764
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing caller experiences is disclosed. One example method may include determining a call event type occurring during a call and assigning a weight to the call event type via a processing device. The method may also include calculating a caller experience metric value representing a caller's current call status responsive to determining the at least one call event type, the caller experience metric being a function of the current event type weight and a discounting variable that discounts a value of past events. The method may also provide comparing the caller experience metric to a predefined threshold value and determining whether to perform at least one of transferring the call to a live agent and switching from a current caller modality to a different caller modality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventors: Silke Witt-ehsani, Aaron Scott Fisher
  • Patent number: 9866516
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing communications with end users are disclosed. One example method may include detecting a message or post on a website over the Internet that matches a monitoring company's keywords or rules and processing the message by parsing the message and performing a natural language interpretation of the message and processing the parsed message to determine the user's topic of interest. In response, the method may further provide generating a response to the message based on the user's requested objective and sending the response to the user acknowledging the user's topic of interest. Live agents may be notified to check the status of a message and continually override automated message responses to ensure the integrity of the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Bruce Pollock, Silke Witt-ehsani
  • Patent number: 9860381
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing caller experiences is disclosed. One example method may include determining a call event type occurring during a call and assigning a weight to the call event type via a processing device. The method may also include calculating a caller experience metric value representing a caller's current call status responsive to determining the at least one call event type, the caller experience metric being a function of the current event type weight and a discounting variable that discounts a value of past events. The method may also provide comparing the caller experience metric to a predefined threshold value and determining whether to perform at least one of transferring the call to a live agent and switching from a current caller modality to a different caller modality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Silke Witt-ehsani, Aaron Scott Fisher
  • Patent number: 9847996
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitate user authentication via voice biometrics in a network system featuring interactive voice response system access is provided. The voice biometric authentication mechanisms alleviate identity theft occurring via specific interactive voice response transactions. A voice biometrics authentication system interfaces with an interactive network platform and may be hosted by a third party provider of voice biometric technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Whitmore, Aaron Scott Fisher, Steven John Schanbacher, Andrew Lawrence Groothuis, Jacob Ginsburg, Gerald Thomas Annin, Pamela J. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 9553842
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing communications with end users are disclosed. One example method may include detecting a message or post on a website over the Internet that matches a monitoring company's keywords or rules and processing the message by parsing the message and performing a natural language interpretation of the message and processing the parsed message to determine the user's topic of interest. In response, the method may further provide generating a response to the message based on the user's requested objective and sending the response to the user acknowledging the user's topic of interest. Live agents may be notified to check the status of a message and continually override automated message responses to ensure the integrity of the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Bruce Pollock, Silke Witt-ehsani
  • Patent number: 9253139
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing communications with end users are disclosed. One example method may include detecting a message or post on a website over the Internet that matches a monitoring company's keywords or rules and processing the message by parsing the message and performing a natural language interpretation of the message and processing the parsed message to determine the user's topic of interest. In response, the method may further provide generating a response to the message based on the user's requested objective and sending the response to the user acknowledging the user's topic of interest. Live agents may be notified to check the status of a message and continually override automated message responses to ensure the integrity of the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Bruce Pollock, Silke Witt-ehsani
  • Patent number: 9244901
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium, and a system for tagging Natural language application. In the method, utterances are analyzed using one or more rules, and a tag is assigned to the analyzed utterances based on the one or more rules. The analysis of the utterances may include determining a frequency of the utterances, and grouping the utterances by their determined frequency and their assigned tag. The frequency may represent a number of occurrences in natural language where the utterances share semantic meanings, for example. Further, the one or more rules may be prioritized, and each of the utterances may be analyzed using the prioritized rules. In this manner, meaning may be assigned to utterances such that groups of utterances may be tagged simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: WEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyomi Murata, Steven John Schanbacher, Aaron Scott Fisher
  • Patent number: 9232057
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing caller experiences is disclosed. One example method may include determining a call event type occurring during a call and assigning a weight to the call event type via a processing device. The method may also include calculating a caller experience metric value representing a caller's current call status responsive to determining the at least one call event type, the caller experience metric being a function of the current event type weight and a discounting variable that discounts a value of past events. The method may also provide comparing the caller experience metric to a predefined threshold value and determining whether to perform at least one of transferring the call to a live agent and switching from a current caller modality to a different caller modality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Silke Witt-ehsani, Aaron Scott Fisher
  • Patent number: 9195641
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing communications with a mobile station are disclosed. One example method may include receiving a message from the mobile station and processing the message by parsing the message and performing a natural language interpretation of the message and processing the parsed message to determine the user's requested objective. In response, the method may further provide generating a response to the message based on the user's requested objective and sending the response to the mobile station acknowledging the user's requested objective. Live agents may be notified to check the status of a message and continually override automated message responses to ensure the integrity of the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Bruce Pollock, Silke Witt-ehsani
  • Patent number: 9160849
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitate user authentication via voice biometrics in a network system featuring interactive voice response system access is provided. The voice biometric authentication mechanisms alleviate identity theft occurring via specific interactive voice response transactions. A voice biometrics authentication system interfaces with an interactive network platform and may be hosted by a third party provider of voice biometric technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Whitmore, Aaron Scott Fisher, Steven John Schanbacher, Andrew Lawrence Groothuis, Jacob Ginsburg, Gerald Thomas Annin, Pamela J. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 9093073
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and a system for tagging automatic speech recognition that comprises, collecting an utterance, analyzing the utterance, and assigning a tag to the analyzed utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Prashanta Pradhan
  • Patent number: 9047872
    Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium and a system for automatic speech recognition tuning management that comprises, collecting an utterance, analyzing the utterance, correlating the collected utterance to the utterance analysis, and fetching at least one of, the collected utterance, the utterance analysis, and the correlation of the collected utterance to the utterance analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Prashanta Pradhan
  • Patent number: 9015047
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and a system for reporting automatic speech recognition that comprises, collecting an utterance, analyzing the utterance, receiving a translation of the utterance, and determining a difference between the analyzed utterance and the translated utterance. An embodiment the disclosure includes updating the utterance analysis based upon the determined difference, correlating the analyzed utterance to the translated utterance and tracking determined difference by a translator. In another embodiment the disclose includes reporting, categorizing, sorting, and grouping the determined difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Prashanta Pradhan
  • Patent number: 8954317
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing communications with a mobile station are disclosed. One example method may include receiving a message from the mobile station and processing the message by parsing the message and performing a natural language interpretation of the message and processing the parsed message to determine the user's requested objective. In response, the method may further provide generating a response to the message based on the user's requested objective and sending the response to the mobile station acknowledging the user's requested objective. Live agents may be notified to check the status of a message and continually override automated message responses to ensure the integrity of the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Bruce Pollock, Silke Witt-ehsani
  • Patent number: 8918468
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing communications with end users are disclosed. One example method may include detecting a message or post on a website over the Internet that matches a monitoring company's keywords or rules and processing the message by parsing the message and performing a natural language interpretation of the message and processing the parsed message to determine the user's topic of interest. In response, the method may further provide generating a response to the message based on the user's requested objective and sending the response to the user acknowledging the user's topic of interest. Live agents may be notified to check the status of a message and continually override automated message responses to ensure the integrity of the responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Bruce Pollock, Silke Witt-ehsani
  • Patent number: 8787534
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of processing caller experiences is disclosed. One example method may include determining a call event type occurring during a call and assigning a weight to the call event type via a processing device. The method may also include calculating a caller experience metric value representing a caller's current call status responsive to determining the at least one call event type, the caller experience metric being a function of the current event type weight and a discounting variable that discounts a value of past events. The method may also provide comparing the caller experience metric to a predefined threshold value and determining whether to perform at least one of transferring the call to a live agent and switching from a current caller modality to a different caller modality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Silke Witt-ehsani, Aaron Scott Fisher
  • Patent number: 8694309
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and a system for automatic speech recognition tuning management that comprises, collecting an utterance, analyzing the utterance, correlating the collected utterance to the utterance analysis, and fetching at least one of, the collected utterance, the utterance analysis, and the correlation of the collected utterance to the utterance analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Scott Fisher, Prashanta Pradhan
  • Patent number: 8620666
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitate user authentication via voice biometrics in a network system featuring interactive voice response system access is provided. The voice biometric authentication mechanisms alleviate identity theft occurring via specific interactive voice response transactions. A voice biometrics authentication system interfaces with an interactive network platform and may be hosted by a third party provider of voice biometric technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Whitmore, Aaron Scott Fisher, Steven John Schanbacher, Andrew Lawrence Groothuis, Jacob Ginsburg, Gerald Thomas Annin, Pamela J Jacobs