Patents by Inventor James Alfred Cuff

James Alfred Cuff 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).

  • Question answering for a voice user interface
    Patent number: 11355115
    Abstract: Techniques for receiving user input and soliciting responses from one or more users are described. A user may speak a question to a system. The system may determine that various question and answering content sources cannot provide an answer to the question. The system may then store data representing the question in a dedicated storage. The system may a topic, to which the question relates and provide the question to users having knowledge on the topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Folwell Barton, Raluca Teodora Stoian, James Alfred Cuff, Matthew Aaron Cember
  • QUESTION ANSWERING FOR A VOICE USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20200286481
    Abstract: Techniques for receiving user input and soliciting responses from one or more users are described. A user may speak a question to a system. The system may determine that various question and answering content sources cannot provide an answer to the question. The system may then store data representing the question in a dedicated storage. The system may a topic, to which the question relates and provide the question to users having knowledge on the topic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: William Folwell Barton, Raluca Teodora Stoian, James Alfred Cuff, Matthew Aaron Cember