Patents by Inventor Christopher H. Genly

Christopher H. Genly 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).

  • Providing programming information in response to spoken requests
    Patent number: 8805691
    Abstract: A system allows a user to obtain information about television programming and to make selections of programming using conversational speech. The system includes a speech recognizer that recognizes spoken requests for television programming information. A speech synthesizer generates spoken responses to the spoken requests for television programming information. A user may use a voice user interface as well as a graphical user interface to interact with the system to facilitate the selection of programming choices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher H. Genly
  • Providing Programming Information in Response to Spoken Requests
    Publication number: 20130124205
    Abstract: A system allows a user to obtain information about television programming and to make selections of programming using conversational speech. The system includes a speech recognizer that recognizes spoken requests for television programming information. A speech synthesizer generates spoken responses to the spoken requests for television programming information. A user may use a voice user interface as well as a graphical user interface to interact with the system to facilitate the selection of programming choices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: Christopher H. Genly
  • Providing programming information in response to spoken requests
    Patent number: 8374875
    Abstract: A system allows a user to obtain information about television programming and to make selections of programming using conversational speech. The system includes a speech recognizer that recognizes spoken requests for television programming information. A speech synthesizer generates spoken responses to the spoken requests for television programming information. A user may use a voice user interface as well as a graphical user interface to interact with the system to facilitate the selection of programming choices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher H. Genly
  • Providing information in response to spoken requests
    Patent number: 7006973
    Abstract: A system allows a user to obtain information and to make selections using conversational speech. The system includes a speech recognizer that recognizes spoken requests for television programming information. A speech synthesizer may generate spoken responses to the spoken requests for information. A user may use a voice user interface as well as a graphical user interface to interact with the system to facilitate selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher H. Genly
  • Using speech to select a position in a program
    Patent number: 6741791
    Abstract: A system allows a user to use spoken commands to select a position in an audio/visual program. The program may be identified by a file associated with a stored portion of a program that includes a field that identifies positions in the program. When the user requests a position, the user's speech is recognized to produce information that may be compared to the information in the field to locate the position selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ben S. Wymore, Christopher H. Genly, David G. Hicks
  • Recording information in response to spoken requests
    Patent number: 6456978
    Abstract: A system allows a user to use conversational commands to control the recording of video programming. In some embodiments of the present invention, these natural language commands may be also utilized to manage a video library or to manage a schedule for video recordings. The video recording device may be an analog or digital system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ben S. Wymore, Christopher H. Genly, David G. Hicks