Patents by Inventor Dominic Fischer

Dominic Fischer 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).

  • Aiding visual search in a list of learnable speech commands
    Patent number: 7526735
    Abstract: A method, a system, and an apparatus for aiding a visual search in a list of learnable speech commands. The present invention is capable of making less commonly-used commands more salient and more commonly-used commands less salient. The present invention takes measurements of user interactions with a speech recognition interface and uses the measurements to aid in determining whether a user has learned or memorized more commonly-used commands. These more commonly-used commands are made less salient such that the unlearned commands are easier to find, thereby reducing the visual search time needed by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dominic Fischer, Michael Jacob, James R. Lewis
  • Aiding visual search in a list of learnable speech commands
    Publication number: 20050131691
    Abstract: A method, a system, and an apparatus for aiding a visual search in a list of learnable speech commands. The present invention is capable of making less commonly-used commands more salient and more commonly-used commands less salient. The present invention takes measurements of user interactions with a speech recognition interface and uses the measurements to aid in determining whether a user has learned or memorized more commonly-used commands. These more commonly-used commands are made less salient such that the unlearned commands are easier to find, thereby reducing the visual search time needed by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dominic Fischer, Michael Jacob, James Lewis