Patents by Inventor Michael Tjalve
Michael Tjalve 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: 11222626Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
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Publication number: 20200388274Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
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Patent number: 10755699Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
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Patent number: 10515628Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
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Publication number: 20190385596Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
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Patent number: 10510341Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
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Publication number: 20190272822Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
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Publication number: 20190272823Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
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Publication number: 20190272821Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
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Patent number: 10347248Abstract: A conversational, natural language voice user interface may provide an integrated voice navigation services environment. The voice user interface may enable a user to make natural language requests relating to various navigation services, and further, may interact with the user in a cooperative, conversational dialogue to resolve the requests. Through dynamic awareness of context, available sources of information, domain knowledge, user behavior and preferences, and external systems and devices, among other things, the voice user interface may provide an integrated environment in which the user can speak conversationally, using natural language, to issue queries, commands, or other requests relating to the navigation services provided in the environment.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Voicebox Technologies CorporationInventors: Michael R. Kennewick, Catherine Cheung, Larry Baldwin, Ari Salomon, Michael Tjalve, Sheetal Guttigoli, Lynn Armstrong, Philippe Di Cristo, Bernie Zimmerman, Sam Menaker
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Patent number: 10297249Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
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Publication number: 20170270925Abstract: A conversational, natural language voice user interface may provide an integrated voice navigation services environment. The voice user interface may enable a user to make natural language requests relating to various navigation services, and further, may interact with the user in a cooperative, conversational dialogue to resolve the requests. Through dynamic awareness of context, available sources of information, domain knowledge, user behavior and preferences, and external systems and devices, among other things, the voice user interface may provide an integrated environment in which the user can speak conversationally, using natural language, to issue queries, commands, or other requests relating to the navigation services provided in the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Michael R. KENNEWICK, Catherine CHEUNG, Larry BALDWIN, Ari SALOMON, Michael TJALVE, Sheetal GUTTIGOLI, Lynn ARMSTRONG, Philippe DI CRISTO, Bernie ZIMMERMAN, Sam MENAKER
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Patent number: 9620113Abstract: A conversational, natural language voice user interface may provide an integrated voice navigation services environment. The voice user interface may enable a user to make natural language requests relating to various navigation services, and further, may interact with the user in a cooperative, conversational dialogue to resolve the requests. Through dynamic awareness of context, available sources of information, domain knowledge, user behavior and preferences, and external systems and devices, among other things, the voice user interface may provide an integrated environment in which the user can speak conversationally, using natural language, to issue queries, commands, or other requests relating to the navigation services provided in the environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Michael R. Kennewick, Catherine Cheung, Larry Baldwin, Ari Salomon, Michael Tjalve, Sheetal Guttigoli, Lynn Armstrong, Philippe Di Cristo, Bernie Zimmerman, Sam Menaker
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Patent number: 9472184Abstract: Embodiments that relate to identifying potential cross-language speech recognition problems are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a speech recognition problem detection program receives a target word in a non-native language from a target application. A phonetic transcription of the target word comprising a plurality of target phonetic units is acquired. The program determines that at least one of the target phonetic units is not found in a plurality of native phonetic units associated with a native language. In response, a warning of the potential cross-language speech recognition problem may be outputted for display on a display device. The warning may comprise the target word.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Michael Tjalve, Pavan Karnam, Dennis Mooney
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Patent number: 9384731Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to identifying phonetically similar speech grammar terms during computer program development. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method including providing a speech grammar development tool configured to receive input of a text representation of each of a plurality of proposed speech grammar terms, convert each text representation to a phonetic representation of the speech grammar term, compare the phonetic representation of the speech grammar term to the phonetic representations of other speech grammar terms using a weighted similarity matrix, and provide an output regarding risk of confusion between two proposed speech grammar terms based upon a comparison of the phonetic representations of the two proposed speech grammar terms. The method further includes receiving data regarding incorrect speech grammar term identification, and modifying one or more weights in the weighted similarity matrix based upon the data.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Michael Tjalve, Pavan Karnam, Dennis Mooney
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Publication number: 20150228276Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
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Publication number: 20150127339Abstract: Embodiments that relate to identifying potential cross-language speech recognition problems are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a speech recognition problem detection program receives a target word in a non-native language from a target application. A phonetic transcription of the target word comprising a plurality of target phonetic units is acquired. The program determines that at least one of the target phonetic units is not found in a plurality of native phonetic units associated with a native language. In response, a warning of the potential cross-language speech recognition problem may be outputted for display on a display device. The warning may comprise the target word.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Tjalve, Pavan Karnam, Dennis Mooney
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Publication number: 20150127347Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to identifying phonetically similar speech grammar terms during computer program development. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method including providing a speech grammar development tool configured to receive input of a text representation of each of a plurality of proposed speech grammar terms, convert each text representation to a phonetic representation of the speech grammar term, compare the phonetic representation of the speech grammar term to the phonetic representations of other speech grammar terms using a weighted similarity matrix, and provide an output regarding risk of confusion between two proposed speech grammar terms based upon a comparison of the phonetic representations of the two proposed speech grammar terms. The method further includes receiving data regarding incorrect speech grammar term identification, and modifying one or more weights in the weighted similarity matrix based upon the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Tjalve, Pavan Karnam, Dennis Mooney
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Patent number: 9015049Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
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Publication number: 20150095159Abstract: In certain implementations, a system-initiated dialog with a user may be provided based on prior user interactions. In an implementation, context information determined based on one or more prior interactions of the user with the system may be obtained. A dialog-initiation opportunity may be detected based on the context information. A natural language dialog with the user may be initiated based on the dialog-initiation opportunity. In an implementation, the one or more prior interactions of the user may comprise one or more prior conversations between the user and the system. At least one of the one or more prior conversations may, for example, comprise a natural language utterance of the user and a natural language response of the system to the natural language utterance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael R. KENNEWICK, Catherine CHEUNG, Larry BALDWIN, Ari SALOMON, Michael TJALVE, Sheetal GUTTIGOLI, Lynn ARMSTRONG, Philippe DI CRISTO, Bernie ZIMMERMAN, Sam MENAKER