Patents by Inventor Jean Ku

Jean Ku 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).

  • System-initiated speech interaction
    Patent number: 8600763
    Abstract: Whenever an event occurs on a computing system which will accept a response from a user of the system, the system automatically determines whether or not to enable speech interaction with the system for the event response. Whenever speech interaction is enabled with the system for the event response, the system provides a notification to the user which informs the user of the event and their options for responding thereto, where these options include responding verbally. Whenever the user responds within a prescribed period of time via a voice command (VC), the system attempts to recognize the VC. Whenever the VC is successfully recognized, the system responds appropriately to the VC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Paul Johns, Jen Anderson, Connie Missimer, Seung Yang, Jean Ku
  • System-Initiated Speech Interaction
    Publication number: 20110301958
    Abstract: Whenever an event occurs on a computing system which will accept a response from a user of the system, the system automatically determines whether or not to enable speech interaction with the system for the event response. Whenever speech interaction is enabled with the system for the event response, the system provides a notification to the user which informs the user of the event and their options for responding thereto, where these options include responding verbally. Whenever the user responds within a prescribed period of time via a voice command (VC), the system attempts to recognize the VC. Whenever the VC is successfully recognized, the system responds appropriately to the VC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Paul Johns, Jen Anderson, Connie Missimer, Seung Yang, Jean Ku