Patents by Inventor Lee C. Hunt

Lee C. Hunt 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 defining semantic categories and actions
    Patent number: 7716163
    Abstract: An XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema to define a list of terms to be recognized as semantic categories is disclosed. Using an instance of the XML schema, a user may easily define terms to be recognized as semantic categories without having to compile a complete recognizer plug-in. The XML schema may be written using any editing tool or XML schema editing tool to create an instance of the schema. An instance of the semantic category list schema is also referred to as a semantic category list file. Typically, the user completes all of the properties of the XML schema and specifies the list of terms to recognize directly in the XML schema. In addition to specifying terms directly in the XML schema, the user may use a binary representation of the list of terms because of size constraints. The user may also define actions in the semantic category list file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Reynar, Lee C. Hunt, Michael Ammerlaan
  • Method and system for defining semantic categories and actions
    Publication number: 20020029304
    Abstract: An XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema to define a list of terms to be recognized as semantic categories is disclosed. Using an instance of the XML schema, a user may easily define terms to be recognized as semantic categories without having to compile a complete recognizer plug-in. The XML schema may be written using any editing tool or XML schema editing tool to create an instance of the schema. An instance of the semantic category list schema is also referred to as a semantic category list file. Typically, the user completes all of the properties of the XML schema and specifies the list of terms to recognize directly in the XML schema. In addition to specifying terms directly in the XML schema, the user may use a binary representation of the list of terms because of size constraints. The user may also define actions in the semantic category list file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Reynar, Lee C. Hunt, Michael Ammerlann