Patents by Inventor Carmit Brikman

Carmit Brikman 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for employing a user's location in providing information to the user
    Patent number: 8635201
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device and location data indicating a location of the device, the location data having a level of specificity; in response to the query being received, identifying at least one first search engine to which to submit a representation of the query; determining whether the level of specificity of the received location data is sufficient for the at least one first search engine; if the level of specificity of the location data is sufficient, instructing the device to issue the representation of the query to the at least one first search engine; and if the level of specificity of the location data is not sufficient, instructing the device to send, to the at least one computer, location data at a greater level of specificity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Michael Leong, Carmit Brikman, Ryan S. LaSante, John R. Watson
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EMPLOYING A USER'S LOCATION IN PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE USER
    Publication number: 20130018865
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device and location data indicating a location of the device, the location data having a level of specificity; in response to the query being received, identifying at least one first search engine to which to submit a representation of the query; determining whether the level of specificity of the received location data is sufficient for the at least one first search engine; if the level of specificity of the location data is sufficient, instructing the device to issue the representation of the query to the at least one first search engine; and if the level of specificity of the location data is not sufficient, instructing the device to send, to to the at least one computer, location data at a greater level of specificity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Michael Leong, Carmit Brikman, Ryan S. LaSante, John R. Watson
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION OF VARIOUS TYPES TO A USER
    Publication number: 20130018864
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query comprising content; in response to the query being received, determining that the content may have at least a first semantic meaning or a second semantic meaning that is different than the first semantic meaning; and identifying a plurality of search engines to which to submit a representation of the query, the plurality of search engines comprising a first search engine identified based on the first semantic meaning and a second search engine identified based on the second semantic meaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Matthieu Hebert, Nicolae Duta, Nir Halperin, Carmit Brikman, Michael Leong