Patents by Inventor Daniel Leon Stern

Daniel Leon Stern 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: 7860713
    Abstract: Systems and methods for annotating speech data. The present invention reduces the time required to annotate speech data by selecting utterances for annotation that will be of greatest benefit. A selection module uses speech models, including speech recognition models and spoken language understanding models, to identify utterances that should be annotated based on criteria such as confidence scores generated by the models. These utterances are placed in an annotation list along with a type of annotation to be performed for the utterances and an order in which the annotation should proceed. The utterances in the annotation list can be annotated for speech recognition purposes, spoken language understanding purposes, labeling purposes, etc. The selection module can also select utterances for annotation based on previously annotated speech data and deficiencies in the various models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Tirso M. Alonso, Ilana Bromberg, Dilek Z. Hakkani-Tur, Barbara B. Hollister, Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Lawrence Lyon Rose, Daniel Leon Stern, Gokhan Tur, James M. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20080270130
    Abstract: Systems and methods for annotating speech data. The present invention reduces the time required to annotate speech data by selecting utterances for annotation that will be of greatest benefit. A selection module uses speech models, including speech recognition models and spoken language understanding models, to identify utterances that should be annotated based on criteria such as confidence scores generated by the models. These utterances are placed in an annotation list along with a type of annotation to be performed for the utterances and an order in which the annotation should proceed. The utterances in the annotation list can be annotated for speech recognition purposes, spoken language understanding purposes, labeling purposes, etc. The selection module can also select utterances for annotation based on previously annotated speech data and deficiencies in the various models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Tirso M. Alonso, Ilana Bromberg, Dilek Z. Hakkani-Tur, Barbara B. Hollister, Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Lawrence Lyon Rose, Daniel Leon Stern, Gokhan Tur, James M. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7412383
    Abstract: Systems and methods for annotating speech data. The present invention reduces the time required to annotate speech data by selecting utterances for annotation that will be of greatest benefit. A selection module uses speech models, including speech recognition models and spoken language understanding models, to identify utterances that should be annotated based on criteria such as confidence scores generated by the models. These utterances are placed in an annotation list along with a type of annotation to be performed for the utterances and an order in which the annotation should proceed. The utterances in the annotation list can be annotated for speech recognition purposes, spoken language understanding purposes, labeling purposes, etc. The selection module can also select utterances for annotation based on previously annotated speech data and deficiencies in the various models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Corp
    Inventors: Tirso M. Alonso, Ilana Bromberg, Dilek Z. Hakkani-Tur, Barbara B. Hollister, Mazin G. Rahim, Giuseppe Riccardi, Lawrence Lyon Rose, Daniel Leon Stern, Gokhan Tur, James M. Wilson