Patents by Inventor Livia Polanyl

Livia Polanyl 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).

  • Systems and methods for resolving ambiguity
    Publication number: 20050182619
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for resolving ambiguity in natural language speech. Speech is recognized using automatic speech recognition. A theory of discourse analysis is determined and at least one set of candidate discourse functions is determined based on the theory of discourse analysis. Prosodic features in the speech and a correlation between the prosodic features and the discourse functions is determined. The sets of candidate discourse functions are ranked based on the prosodic features in the speech information and a correlation to the prosodic features expected for the determined discourse functions. Ambiguity is resolved between sets of candidate discourse functions based on the rank information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Misty Azara, Livia Polanyl, Giovanni Thione, Martin Van Den Berg