Patents by Inventor Marc A. Fabiani

Marc A. Fabiani 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 apparatus for generating multilingual transcription groups
    Patent number: 6549883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating transcriptions suitable for use in a speech-processing device. The invention provides processing the vocabulary item to derive a characteristic from the vocabulary item allowing to divide a pool of available languages in a first sub-group and a second sub-group. The vocabulary item manifests a higher probability of belonging to any one of the languages in the first sub-group than belonging to any language in the second sub-group. The invention further provides processing the vocabulary item to generate a group of transcriptions, the group of transcriptions being characterized by the absence of at least one transcription belonging to a language in the second sub-group of languages established for the vocabulary item. The group of transcriptions is then released for use by a speech-processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Marc A. Fabiani, Michael G. Sabourin
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MULTILINGUAL TRANSCRIPTION GROUPS
    Publication number: 20020173945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating transcriptions suitable for use in a speech-processing device. The invention provides processing the vocabulary item to derive a characteristic from the vocabulary item allowing to divide a pool of available languages in a first sub-group and a second sub-group. The vocabulary item manifests a higher probability of belonging to any one of the languages in the first sub-group than belonging to any language in the second sub-group. The invention further provides processing the vocabulary item to generate a group of transcriptions, the group of transcriptions being characterized by the absence of at least one transcription belonging to a language in the second sub-group of languages established for the vocabulary item. The group of transcriptions is then released for use by a speech-processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: MARC A FABIANI, MICHAEL G SABOURIN