Patents by Inventor Joseph Polifroni

Joseph 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).

  • Patent number: 8930187
    Abstract: An apparatus for utilizing textual data and acoustic data corresponding to speech data to detect sentiment may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including evaluating textual data and acoustic data corresponding to voice data associated with captured speech content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to analyze the textual data and the acoustic data to detect whether the textual data or the acoustic data includes one or more words indicating at least one sentiment of a user that spoke the speech content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to assign at least one predefined sentiment to at least one of the words in response to detecting that the word(s) indicates the sentiment of the user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Imre Attila Kiss, Joseph Polifroni, Francois Mairesse, Mark Adler
  • Patent number: 8918320
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a review based in part on detected sentiment may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including determining a location(s) of the apparatus and a time(s) that the location(s) was determined responsive to capturing voice data of speech content associated with spoken reviews of entities. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to analyze textual and acoustic data corresponding to the voice data to detect whether the textual or acoustic data includes words indicating a sentiment(s) of a user speaking the speech content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to generate a review of an entity corresponding to a spoken review(s) based on assigning a predefined sentiment to a word(s) responsive to detecting that the word indicates the sentiment of the user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Adler, Imre Attila Kiss, Francois Mairesse, Joseph Polifroni
  • Publication number: 20130173264
    Abstract: An apparatus for utilizing textual data and acoustic data corresponding to speech data to detect sentiment may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including evaluating textual data and acoustic data corresponding to voice data associated with captured speech content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to analyze the textual data and the acoustic data to detect whether the textual data or the acoustic data includes one or more words indicating at least one sentiment of a user that spoke the speech content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to assign at least one predefined sentiment to at least one of the words in response to detecting that the word(s) indicates the sentiment of the user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Imre Attila Kiss, Joseph Polifroni, Francois Mairesse, Mark Adler
  • Publication number: 20130173269
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a review based in part on detected sentiment may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including determining a location(s) of the apparatus and a time(s) that the location(s) was determined responsive to capturing voice data of speech content associated with spoken reviews of entities. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to analyze textual and acoustic data corresponding to the voice data to detect whether the textual or acoustic data includes words indicating a sentiment(s) of a user speaking the speech content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to generate a review of an entity corresponding to a spoken review(s) based on assigning a predefined sentiment to a word(s) responsive to detecting that the word indicates the sentiment of the user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Adler, Imre Attila Kiss, Francois Mairesse, Joseph Polifroni