Patents by Inventor John E. Keane

John E. Keane 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 and method for isolating uncertainty between speech recognition and natural language processing
    Patent number: 8560311
    Abstract: A speech recognition system includes a natural language processing component and an automated speech recognition component distinct from each other such that uncertainty in speech recognition is isolated from uncertainty in natural language understanding, wherein the natural language processing component and an automated speech recognition component communicate corresponding weighted meta-information representative of the uncertainty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventors: Robert W. Williams, John E. Keane
  • System and Method for the Normalization of Text
    Publication number: 20120262461
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of normalizing abbreviated text to substantially unabbreviated text, performed on at least one computer system comprising at least one processor, includes generating, based at least partially on data in at least one data resource comprising abbreviated text associated with unabbreviated text, a plurality of transformation functions in at least one order; transforming at least one string with at least one of the transformation functions, wherein the at least one string at least partially comprises abbreviated text; and determining if at least a portion of the at least one string has been at least partially transformed to substantially unabbreviated text. A system and a computer program product for implementing the aforementioned method includes appropriately communicatively connected hardware components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Conversive, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel H. Fisher, John E. Keane
  • "System and Method for the Adaptive Use of Uncertainty Information in Speech Recognition to Assist in the Recognition of Natural Language Phrases"
    Publication number: 20110213616
    Abstract: A speech recognition system includes a natural language processing component and an automated speech recognition component distinct from each other such that uncertainty in speech recognition is isolated from uncertainty in natural language understanding, wherein the natural language processing component and an automated speech recognition component communicate corresponding weighted meta-information representative of the uncertainty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Robert E. Williams, John E. Keane