Patents by Inventor Laércio Santos Corrêa da Silva

Laércio Santos Corrêa da Silva 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).

  • Phonetic comparison for virtual assistants
    Patent number: 11710480
    Abstract: In an approach for optimizing an intelligent virtual assistant by using phonetic comparison to find a response stored in a local database, a processor receives an audio input on a computing device. A processor transcribes the audio input to text. A processor compares the text to a set of user queries and commands in a local database of the computing device using a phonetic algorithm. A processor determines whether a user query or command of the set of user queries and commands meets a pre-defined threshold of similarity. Responsive to determining that the user query or command meets the pre-defined threshold of similarity, a processor identifies an intention of a set of intentions stored in the local database corresponding to the user query or command. A processor identifies a response of a set of responses in the local database corresponding to the intention. A processor outputs the response audibly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guilherme Goncalves Jordao, Agostinho De Arruda Villela, Felipe Gustavo Barbosa, Carlos Eduardo da Silva, Tulio Coppola Paronetti, Stiphanie Mara da Silva, Laércio Santos Corrêa da Silva
  • PHONETIC COMPARISON FOR VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS
    Publication number: 20210043200
    Abstract: In an approach for optimizing an intelligent virtual assistant by using phonetic comparison to find a response stored in a local database, a processor receives an audio input on a computing device. A processor transcribes the audio input to text. A processor compares the text to a set of user queries and commands in a local database of the computing device using a phonetic algorithm. A processor determines whether a user query or command of the set of user queries and commands meets a pre-defined threshold of similarity. Responsive to determining that the user query or command meets the pre-defined threshold of similarity, a processor identifies an intention of a set of intentions stored in the local database corresponding to the user query or command. A processor identifies a response of a set of responses in the local database corresponding to the intention. A processor outputs the response audibly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Guilherme Goncalves Jordao, AGOSTINHO DE ARRUDA VILLELA, FELIPE GUSTAVO BARBOSA, Carlos Eduardo da Silva, Tulio Coppola Paronetti, Stiphanie Mara da Silva, Laércio Santos Corrêa da Silva