Patents by Inventor Lisa Joy Stifelman
Lisa Joy Stifelman 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).
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Patent number: 10671602Abstract: Providing a random factoid in response to a user trigger is provided. Aspects are directed to a device, method, and computer-readable medium to provide random factoids responsive to a triggering event. Various inputs such as user taps, gestures, voice commands, environment commands, etc., are monitored to recognize a triggering event associated with the random factoid system. Upon determining that the input is a triggering event, a random factoid is randomly selected and provided to the user. The factoid can be a fun fact or a helpful learning tip. In some examples, the random factoid system provides a contextual random factoid based one or more contextual factors, such as geographic location of the device, the user's interaction history, the user's demographic data, etc., thus providing an improved user experience.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Joseph Spencer King, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Eric Neal Loewenthal, Tulasi Menon
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Publication number: 20180329950Abstract: Providing a random factoid in response to a user trigger is provided. Aspects are directed to a device, method, and computer-readable medium to provide random factoids responsive to a triggering event. Various inputs such as user taps, gestures, voice commands, environment commands, etc., are monitored to recognize a triggering event associated with the random factoid system. Upon determining that the input is a triggering event, a random factoid is randomly selected and provided to the user. The factoid can be a fun fact or a helpful learning tip. In some examples, the random factoid system provides a contextual random factoid based one or more contextual factors, such as geographic location of the device, the user's interaction history, the user's demographic data, etc., thus providing an improved user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joseph Spencer King, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Eric Neal Loewenthal, Tulasi Menon
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Patent number: 9690542Abstract: A method for providing digital personal assistant responses may include receiving, by a digital personal assistant associated with a plurality of reactive agents, a user input initiating a dialog with the digital personal assistant within the computing device. In response to receiving the input, an operation mode of the computing device may be detected from a plurality of available operation modes. One of the plurality of reactive agents can be selected based on the received input. A plurality of response strings associated with the selected reactive agent can be accessed. At least one of the plurality of response strings is selected based at least on the operation mode and at least one hardware characteristic of the computing device. The selected at least one of the plurality of response strings is providing during the dialog, as a response to the user input.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mouni Reddy, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Aleksandar Uzelac, Daniel J. Hwang, Molly Rose Suver, Lisa Joy Stifelman
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Publication number: 20160179464Abstract: A method for providing digital personal assistant responses may include receiving, by a digital personal assistant associated with a plurality of reactive agents, a user input initiating a dialog with the digital personal assistant within the computing device. In response to receiving the input, an operation mode of the computing device may be detected from a plurality of available operation modes. One of the plurality of reactive agents can be selected based on the received input. A plurality of response strings associated with the selected reactive agent can be accessed. At least one of the plurality of response strings is selected based at least on the operation mode and at least one hardware characteristic of the computing device. The selected at least one of the plurality of response strings is providing during the dialog, as a response to the user input.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mouni Reddy, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Aleksandar Uzelac, Daniel J. Hwang, Molly Rose Suver, Lisa Joy Stifelman
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Publication number: 20160077793Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer storage media are provided for initiating a system-wide voice-to-text dictation service in response to a preconfigured gesture. Data input fields, independent of the application from which they are presented to a user, are configured to at least detect one or more input events. A gesture listener process, controlled by the system, is configured to detect a preconfigured gesture corresponding to a data input field. Detection of the preconfigured gesture generates an input event configured to invoke a voice-to-text session for the corresponding data input field. The preconfigured gesture can be configured such that any visible on-screen affordances (e.g., microphone button on a virtual keyboard) are omitted to maintain aesthetic purity and further provide system-wide access to the dictation service.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: ROBERT JOSEPH DISANO, ALEXANDRE DOUGLAS PEREIRA, LISA JOY STIFELMAN, JAN-KRISTIAN MARKIEWICZ, SHANE JEREMY LANDRY, CHRISTIAN KLEIN
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Publication number: 20080154601Abstract: A method and system for providing efficient menu services for an information processing system that uses a telephone or other form of audio user interface. In one embodiment, the menu services provide effective support for novice users by providing a full listing of available keywords and rotating house advertisements which inform novice users of potential features and information. For experienced users, cues are rendered so that at any time the user can say a desired keyword to invoke the corresponding application. The menu is flat to facilitate its usage. Full keyword listings are rendered after the user is given a brief cue to say a keyword. Service messages rotate words and word prosody. When listening to receive information from the user, after the user has been cued, soft background music or other audible signals are rendered to inform the user that a response may now be spoken to the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lisa Joy Stifelman, Hadi Partovi, Haleh Partovi, David Bryan Alpert, Matthew Talin Marx, Scott James Bailey, Kyle D. Sims, Darby McDonough Bailey, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Eugene Koh, Angus Macdonald Davis
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Patent number: 7321856Abstract: Declarative markup languages for speech applications such as VoiceXML are becoming more prevalent programming modalities for describing speech applications. Present declarative markup languages for speech applications model the running speech application as a state machine with the program specifying the transitions amongst the states. These languages can be extended to support a marker-semantic to more easily solve several problems that are otherwise not easily solved. In one embodiment, a partially overlapping target window is implemented using a mark semantic. Other uses include measurement of user listening time, detection and avoidance of errors, and better resumption of playback after a false barge in.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2005Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Brandon W. Porter, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Michael Bodell, Matthew Talin Marx, Bill Sutton
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Patent number: 7308408Abstract: A method and system for providing efficient menu services for an information processing system that uses a telephone or other form of audio user interface. In one embodiment, the menu services provide effective support for novice users by providing a full listing of available keywords and rotating house advertisements which inform novice users of potential features and information. For experienced users, cues are rendered so that at any time the user can say a desired keyword to invoke the corresponding application. The menu is flat to facilitate its usage. Full keyword listings are rendered after the user is given a brief cue to say a keyword. Service messages rotate words and word prosody. When listening to receive information from the user, after the user has been cued, soft background music or other audible signals are rendered to inform the user that a response may now be spoken to the service.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lisa Joy Stifelman, Hadi Partovi, Haleh Partovi, David Bryan Alpert, Matthew Talin Marx, Scott James Bailey, Kyle D. Sims, Darby McDonough Bailey, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Eugene Koh, Angus Macdonald Davis
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Patent number: 7143039Abstract: A method and system for providing efficient menu services for an information processing system that uses a telephone or other form of audio user interface. In one embodiment, the menu services provide effective support for novice users by providing a full listing of available keywords and rotating house advertisements which inform novice users of potential features and information. For experienced users, cues are rendered so that at any time the user can say a desired keyword to invoke the corresponding application. The menu is flat to facilitate its usage. Full keyword listings are rendered after the user is given a brief cue to say a keyword. Service messages rotate words and word prosody. When listening to receive information from the user, after the user has been cued, soft background music or other audible signals are rendered to inform the user that a response may now be spoken to the service.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2000Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Tellme Networks, Inc.Inventors: Lisa Joy Stifelman, Hadi Partovi, Haleh Partovi, David Bryan Alpert, Matthew Talin Marx, Scott James Bailey, Kyle D. Sims, Darby McDonough Bailey, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Eugene Koh, Angus Macdonald Davis
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Patent number: 6941268Abstract: Declarative markup languages for speech applications such as VoiceXML are becoming more prevalent programming modalities for describing speech applications. Present declarative markup languages for speech applications model the running speech application as a state machine with the program specifying the transitions amongst the states. These languages can be extended to support a marker-semantic to more easily solve several problems that are otherwise not easily solved. In one embodiment, a partially overlapping target window is implemented using a mark semantic. Other uses include measurement of user listening time, detection and avoidance of errors, and better resumption of playback after a false barge in.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: TellMe Networks, Inc.Inventors: Brandon W. Porter, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Michael Bodell, Matthew Talin Marx, Bill Sutton
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Publication number: 20040078201Abstract: Declarative markup languages for speech applications such as VoiceXML are becoming more prevalent programming modalities for describing speech applications. Present declarative markup languages for speech applications model the running speech application as a state machine with the program specifying the transitions amongst the states. These languages can be extended to support a marker-semantic to more easily solve several problems that are otherwise not easily solved. In one embodiment, a partially overlapping target window is implemented using a mark semantic. Other uses include measurement of user listening time, detection and avoidance of errors, and better resumption of playback after a false barge in.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Brandon W. Porter, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Michael Bodell, Matthew Talin Marx, Philip Sutton
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Patent number: D764489Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lisa Joy Stifelman, Shane Jeremy Landry
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Patent number: D803870Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Shane Jeremy Landry, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Sara Nopwan Siritaratiwat, Emily Grace Sappington, Annie Lenore Smith, Jeffrey Spencer Davison, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Joseph Spencer King
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Patent number: D805548Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joseph Spencer King, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Emily Grace Sappington, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Shane Jeremy Landry, Mouni Reddy, Annie Lenore Smith, Jeffrey Spencer Davison, Sara Nopwan Siritaratiwat