Patents by Inventor Chris Santos

Chris Santos 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: 8880406
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable medium, and method for automatically determining a topic of a conversation and responding to the topic determination are provided. In the method, an active topic is defined as a first topic in response to execution of an application. The first topic includes first text defining a plurality of phrases, a probability of occurrence associated with each of the plurality of phrases, and a response associated with each of the plurality of phrases. Speech text recognized from a recorded audio signal is received. Recognition of the speech text is based at least partially on the probability of occurrence associated with each of the plurality of phrases of the first topic. A phrase of the plurality of phrases associated with the received speech text is identified. The response associated with the identified phrase is performed by the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Epic Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Chris Santos-Lang, Sumit Rana, Binit Mohanty, Rajeev Gangwar
  • Publication number: 20120253801
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable medium, and method for automatically determining a topic of a conversation and responding to the topic determination are provided. In the method, an active topic is defined as a first topic in response to execution of an application. The first topic includes first text defining a plurality of phrases, a probability of occurrence associated with each of the plurality of phrases, and a response associated with each of the plurality of phrases. Speech text recognized from a recorded audio signal is received. Recognition of the speech text is based at least partially on the probability of occurrence associated with each of the plurality of phrases of the first topic. A phrase of the plurality of phrases associated with the received speech text is identified. The response associated with the identified phrase is performed by the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Chris Santos-Lang, Sumit Rana, Binit Mohanty, Rajeev Gangwar
  • Patent number: D941970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Niels J. Eilmus, Erika Kovesdi, Chris Santos, Jason R. Miller