Patents by Inventor Andrew Jonathan Watson

Andrew Jonathan Watson 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).

  • Task assistant
    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
  • TASK ASSISTANT
    Publication number: 20210073218
    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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: David Andrew Mauro, Henri Bouvier, Stephen Douglas Peters, Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson, Susan Dawnstarr Daniel, Aimee Piercy, Paweena Attayadmawittaya, Andrew Jonathan Watson
  • Task assistant
    Patent number: 10783139
    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: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    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
  • TASK ASSISTANT
    Publication number: 20140258323
    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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: 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