Patents by Inventor Joseph H. Polifroni

Joseph H. Polifroni 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).

  • Method and system for providing a voice interface
    Patent number: 9978365
    Abstract: A classifier voice interface of a user terminal may receive a query, may parse the query to identify an attribute, and may process the query to select a first domain-specific voice interface of a plurality of domain-specific voice interfaces based on the attribute, wherein each of the domain-specific voice interfaces comprises specialized information to process queries of different types. The classifier voice interface may further instruct the first domain-specific voice interface to process the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Mark R. Adler, Imre Kiss, Joseph H. Polifroni, Tao Wu
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A VOICE INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20100114944
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a voice interface are disclosed. A classifier voice interface of a user terminal may receive a query, may parse the query to identify an attribute, and may process the query to select a first domain-specific voice interface of a plurality of domain-specific voice interface based on the attribute, wherein each of the domain-specific voice interface comprises specialized information to process queries of different types. The classifier voice interface may further instruct the first domain-specific voice interface to process the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark R. Adler, Imre Kiss, Joseph H. Polifroni, Tao Wu