Patents by Inventor Cassandra Lee

Cassandra Lee 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).

  • Contextual utterance resolution in multimodal systems
    Patent number: 12531057
    Abstract: A system and method of responding to a vocal utterance may include capturing and converting the utterance to word(s) using a language processing method, such as natural language processing. The context of the utterance and of the system, which may include multimodal inputs, may be used to determine the meaning and intent of the words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: CERENCE OPERATING COMPANY
    Inventors: Slawek Jarosz, Patrick Langer, Christian Ardelean, Mohammad Mehdi Moniri, Cassandra Lee
  • Dynamic voice assistant system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 12469499
    Abstract: A voice assistant system for a vehicle includes a microphone configured to detect an audio signal from a user of the vehicle; a speaker configured to output a dialogue in response to the audio signal; and a processor programmed to responsive to detecting a conversation in which the user is involved, decrease a lengthiness setting of the voice assistant system to reduce the length of the dialogue, and increase an independency setting of the voice assistant system to prevent a confirmation question from the voice assistant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: CERENCE OPERATING COMPANY
    Inventor: Cassandra Lee
  • DYNAMIC VOICE ASSISTANT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230419971
    Abstract: A voice assistant system for a vehicle includes a microphone configured to detect an audio signal from a user of the vehicle; a speaker configured to output a dialogue in response to the audio signal; and a processor programmed to responsive to detecting a conversation in which the user is involved, decrease a lengthiness setting of the voice assistant system to reduce the length of the dialogue, and increase an independency setting of the voice assistant system to prevent a confirmation question from the voice assistant system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: CERENCE OPERATING COMPANY
    Inventor: Cassandra LEE
  • CONTEXTUAL UTTERANCE RESOLUTION IN MULTIMODAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230102157
    Abstract: A system and method of responding to a vocal utterance may include capturing and converting the utterance to word(s) using a language processing method, such as natural language processing. The context of the utterance and of the system, which may include multimodal inputs, may be used to determine the meaning and intent of the words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Slawek Jarosz, Patrick Langer, Christian Ardelean, Mohammad Mehdi Moniri, Cassandra Lee
  • Contextual utterance resolution in multimodal systems
    Patent number: 11455982
    Abstract: A system and method of responding to a vocal utterance may include capturing and converting the utterance to word(s) using a language processing method, such as natural language processing. The context of the utterance and of the system, which may include multimodal inputs, may be used to determine the meaning and intent of the words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Cerence Operating Company
    Inventors: Slawek Jarosz, Cassandra Lee, Patrick Langer, Christian Ardelean, Mohammad Mehdi Moniri
  • CONTEXTUAL UTTERANCE RESOLUTION IN MULTIMODAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200219491
    Abstract: A system and method of responding to a vocal utterance may include capturing and converting the utterance to word(s) using a language processing method, such as natural language processing. The context of the utterance and of the system, which may include multimodal inputs, may be used to determine the meaning and intent of the words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Slawek Jarosz, Cassandra Lee, Patrick Langer, Christian Ardelean, Mohammad Mehdi Moniri