Patents by Inventor Madeleine Bates

Madeleine Bates 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 providing user assistance in retrieving data from a relational database
    Patent number: 6023697
    Abstract: A voice activated system for retrieving information from relation files in a database incorporating a "help" mechanism that leads the user to relevant information. The apparatus and method provides the user with a message that the spoken queries are understood or not. If understood the system outputs the desired information. If not understood the system asks for key words from the user. The system will respond with phrases using such key words that were built into the system vocabulary. The user may input the phrases into the recognition part of the apparatus or may voice new queries based on the phrase/sentences. The system responds with the desired information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: GTE Internetworking Incorporated
    Inventors: Madeleine Bates, Robert J. Bobrow, Sean C. Colbath, Thuy T. Pham