Patents by Inventor Donna Karen Byron

Donna Karen Byron 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).

  • Publication number: 20140236569
    Abstract: A system, and computer program product for disambiguation of dependent referring expression in natural language processing are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A portion of a document in a set of document is selected, the portion including a set of dependent referring expression instances. The portion is filtered to identify an instance from a set of dependent referring expression instances by using a linguistic characteristic of the instance, the instance of dependent referring expression referring to a full expression occurring in the set of documents. The full expression is located in one member document in the set of documents by locating where the dependent referring expression is defined to be a stand-in for the full expression. The instance is resolved using the full expression such that information about the full expression is available at a location of the instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Bufe, Donna Karen Byron, Alexander Pikovsky, Edward E. Seabolt
  • Patent number: 7664638
    Abstract: In general, the present invention converts speech, preferably recorded on a portable recorder, to text, analyzes the text, and determines voice commands and times when the voice commands occurred. Task names are associated with voice commands and time segments. These time segments and tasks may be packaged as time increments and stored (e.g., in a file or database) for further processing. Preferably, phrase grammar rules are used when analyzing the text, as this helps to determine voice commands. Using phrase grammar rules also allows the text to contain a variety of topics, only some of which are pertinent to tracking time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Cooper, Donna Karen Byron
  • Publication number: 20080288251
    Abstract: In general, the present invention converts speech, preferably recorded on a portable recorder, to text, analyzes the text, and determines voice commands and times when the voice commands occurred. Task names are associated with voice commands and time segments. These time segments and tasks may be packaged as time increments and stored (e.g., in a file or database) for further processing. Preferably, phrase grammar rules are used when analyzing the text, as this helps to determine voice commands. Using phrase grammar rules also allows the text to contain a variety of topics, only some of which are pertinent to tracking time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James William Cooper, Donna Karen Byron
  • Patent number: 7171365
    Abstract: In general, the present invention converts speech, preferably recorded on a portable recorder, to text, analyzes the text, and determines voice commands and times when the voice commands occurred. Task names are associated with voice commands and time segments. These time segments and tasks may be packaged as time increments and stored (e.g., in a file or database) for further processing. Preferably, phrase grammar rules are used when analyzing the text, as this helps to determine voice commands. Using phrase grammar rules also allows the text to contain a variety of topics, only some of which are pertinent to tracking time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James William Cooper, Donna Karen Byron
  • Publication number: 20020116185
    Abstract: In general, the present invention converts speech, preferably recorded on a portable recorder, to text, analyzes the text, and determines voice commands and times when the voice commands occurred. Task names are associated with voice commands and time segments. These time segments and tasks may be packaged as time increments and stored (e.g., in a file or database) for further processing. Preferably, phrase grammar rules are used when analyzing the text, as this helps to determine voice commands. Using phrase grammar rules also allows the text to contain a variety of topics, only some of which are pertinent to tracking time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James William Cooper, Donna Karen Byron