Patents by Inventor Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer

Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer 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: 11727929
    Abstract: Voice command matching during testing of voice-assisted application prototypes for languages with non-phonetic alphabets is described. A visual page of an application prototype is displayed during a testing phase of the application prototype. A speech-to-text service converts a non-phonetic voice command spoken in a language with a non-phonetic alphabet, captured by at least one microphone during the testing phase of the application prototype, into a non-phonetic text string in the non-phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A phonetic language translator translates the non-phonetic text string of the voice command into a phonetic text string in a phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A comparison module compares the phonetic text string of the voice command to phonetic text strings in the phonetic alphabet of stored voice commands associated with the application prototype to identify a matching voice command. A performance module performs an action associated with the matching voice command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Scott Thomas Werner, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20210256975
    Abstract: Voice command matching during testing of voice-assisted application prototypes for languages with non-phonetic alphabets is described. A visual page of an application prototype is displayed during a testing phase of the application prototype. A speech-to-text service converts a non-phonetic voice command spoken in a language with a non-phonetic alphabet, captured by at least one microphone during the testing phase of the application prototype, into a non-phonetic text string in the non-phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A phonetic language translator translates the non-phonetic text string of the voice command into a phonetic text string in a phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A comparison module compares the phonetic text string of the voice command to phonetic text strings in the phonetic alphabet of stored voice commands associated with the application prototype to identify a matching voice command. A performance module performs an action associated with the matching voice command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Scott Thomas Werner, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer
  • Patent number: 11017771
    Abstract: Voice command matching during testing of voice-assisted application prototypes for languages with non-phonetic alphabets is described. A visual page of an application prototype is displayed during a testing phase of the application prototype. A speech-to-text service converts a non-phonetic voice command spoken in a language with a non-phonetic alphabet, captured by at least one microphone during the testing phase of the application prototype, into a non-phonetic text string in the non-phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A phonetic language translator translates the non-phonetic text string of the voice command into a phonetic text string in a phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A comparison module compares the phonetic text string of the voice command to phonetic text strings in the phonetic alphabet of stored voice commands associated with the application prototype to identify a matching voice command. A performance module performs an action associated with the matching voice command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Scott Thomas Werner, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer
  • Patent number: 10964322
    Abstract: A voice interaction tool for voice-assisted application prototypes is described. A visual page of an application prototype is displayed in a design interface. The design interface is controlled to provide an interaction interface to receive a trigger and an associated action for the visual page of the application prototype. The trigger may correspond to one of a voice command, a user gesture, or a time delay, and the action may correspond to one of a speech response, a page transition to an additional visual page of the application prototype, or playback of a media file. User input is received to provide the trigger and the action, and associated interaction data is generated to include the trigger, the action, and the visual page of the application prototype. The associated interaction data is stored to enable testing of the trigger and the action during a testing phase of the application prototype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Scott Thomas Werner, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer
  • Patent number: 10908883
    Abstract: A voice interaction development tool is described. Initially, user input associating voice interaction data with a visual object is received via a user interface. The voice interaction data, for example, may include voice commands and corresponding output content. Subsequently, a request is received from a voice assistant platform, due to initiation via a voice command to the voice assistant platform. In real-time (e.g., as the user speaks the voice command) a visual object corresponding to the spoken voice command is graphically indicated, e.g., a flow diagram element corresponding to the voice command is emphasized. In real-time as output content corresponding to the voice command is output by a voice assistant device, the user interface provides a graphical indication of the visual object associated with the output content. In this way, the described system provides graphical feedback for testing voice interactions being developed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Scott Thomas Werner, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer
  • Patent number: 10847156
    Abstract: Assembled voice interaction techniques are leveraged in a digital medium environment. During a voice interaction with a voice assistant platform, user portions and voice assistant portions of a voice interaction with a voice assistant platform are received and stored in a sequential order. The user portions of the voice interaction, for example, may correspond to audio data or text data indicative of speech included as part of a request to the voice assistant platform. In contrast, the voice assistant portions of the voice interaction may correspond to output content returned by the voice assistant platform for output as part of a response to the request. An assembled voice interaction file is assembled by interleaving the stored user portions of the voice interaction with the stored voice assistant portions of the voice interaction based on the sequential order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Scott Thomas Werner, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20200234697
    Abstract: A voice interaction tool for voice-assisted application prototypes is described. A visual page of an application prototype is displayed in a design interface. The design interface is controlled to provide an interaction interface to receive a trigger and an associated action for the visual page of the application prototype. The trigger may correspond to one of a voice command, a user gesture, or a time delay, and the action may correspond to one of a speech response, a page transition to an additional visual page of the application prototype, or playback of a media file. User input is received to provide the trigger and the action, and associated interaction data is generated to include the trigger, the action, and the visual page of the application prototype. The associated interaction data is stored to enable testing of the trigger and the action during a testing phase of the application prototype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Scott Thomas Werner, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20200234699
    Abstract: Voice command matching during testing of voice-assisted application prototypes for languages with non-phonetic alphabets is described. A visual page of an application prototype is displayed during a testing phase of the application prototype. A speech-to-text service converts a non-phonetic voice command spoken in a language with a non-phonetic alphabet, captured by at least one microphone during the testing phase of the application prototype, into a non-phonetic text string in the non-phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A phonetic language translator translates the non-phonetic text string of the voice command into a phonetic text string in a phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A comparison module compares the phonetic text string of the voice command to phonetic text strings in the phonetic alphabet of stored voice commands associated with the application prototype to identify a matching voice command. A performance module performs an action associated with the matching voice command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Scott Thomas Werner, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20200168217
    Abstract: Assembled voice interaction techniques are leveraged in a digital medium environment. During a voice interaction with a voice assistant platform, user portions and voice assistant portions of a voice interaction with a voice assistant platform are received and stored in a sequential order. The user portions of the voice interaction, for example, may correspond to audio data or text data indicative of speech included as part of a request to the voice assistant platform. In contrast, the voice assistant portions of the voice interaction may correspond to output content returned by the voice assistant platform for output as part of a response to the request. An assembled voice interaction file is assembled by interleaving the stored user portions of the voice interaction with the stored voice assistant portions of the voice interaction based on the sequential order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Scott Thomas Werner, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer
  • Publication number: 20200150934
    Abstract: A voice interaction development tool is described. Initially, user input associating voice interaction data with a visual object is received via a user interface. The voice interaction data, for example, may include voice commands and corresponding output content. Subsequently, a request is received from a voice assistant platform, due to initiation via a voice command to the voice assistant platform. In real-time (e.g., as the user speaks the voice command) a visual object corresponding to the spoken voice command is graphically indicated, e.g., a flow diagram element corresponding to the voice command is emphasized. In real-time as output content corresponding to the voice command is output by a voice assistant device, the user interface provides a graphical indication of the visual object associated with the output content. In this way, the described system provides graphical feedback for testing voice interactions being developed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark C. Webster, Susse Soenderby Jensen, Scott Thomas Werner, Daniel Cameron Cundiff, Blake Allen Clayton Sawyer