Patents by Inventor Mike Kennewick

Mike Kennewick 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).

  • Patent number: 12236456
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, Mike Kennewick
  • Publication number: 20220020062
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Tom FREEMAN, Mike KENNEWICK
  • Patent number: 11080758
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, Mike Kennewick
  • Publication number: 20190087866
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Tom FREEMAN, Mike KENNEWICK
  • Patent number: 10134060
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, Mike Kennewick
  • Patent number: 9502025
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may provide a natural language content dedication service in a voice services environment. In particular, providing the natural language content dedication service may generally include detecting multi-modal device interactions that include requests to dedicate content, identifying the content requested for dedication from natural language utterances included in the multi-modal device interactions, processing transactions for the content requested for dedication, processing natural language to customize the content for recipients of the dedications, and delivering the customized content to the recipients of the dedications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mike Kennewick, Lynn Elise Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20160335676
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: TOM FREEMAN, MIKE KENNEWICK
  • Patent number: 9495957
    Abstract: A mobile system is provided that includes speech-based and non-speech-based interfaces for telematics applications. The mobile system identifies and uses context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for users that submit requests and/or commands in multiple domains. The invention creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command. The invention may organize domain specific behavior and information into agents, that are distributable or updateable over a wide area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Weider, Richard Kennewick, Mike Kennewick, Philippe Di Cristo, Robert A. Kennewick, Samuel Menaker, Lynn Elise Armstrong
  • Patent number: 9406078
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, Mike Kennewick
  • Patent number: 9269097
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, Mike Kennewick
  • Publication number: 20150364133
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tom FREEMAN, Mike KENNEWICK
  • Publication number: 20150170641
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may provide a natural language content dedication service in a voice services environment. In particular, providing the natural language content dedication service may generally include detecting multi-modal device interactions that include requests to dedicate content, identifying the content requested for dedication from natural language utterances included in the multi-modal device interactions, processing transactions for the content requested for dedication, processing natural language to customize the content for recipients of the dedications, and delivering the customized content to the recipients of the dedications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Mike KENNEWICK, Lynn Elise ARMSTRONG
  • Publication number: 20150066627
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: TOM FREEMAN, MIKE KENNEWICK
  • Patent number: 8849652
    Abstract: A mobile system is provided that includes speech-based and non-speech-based interfaces for telematics applications. The mobile system identifies and uses context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for users that submit requests and/or commands in multiple domains. The invention creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command. The invention may organize domain specific behavior and information into agents, that are distributable or updateable over a wide area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Chris Weider, Richard Kennewick, Mike Kennewick, Philippe Di Cristo, Robert A. Kennewick, Samuel Menaker, Lynn Elise Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20140012577
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and track advertisement interactions in voice recognition contexts. In particular, in response to an input device receiving an utterance, a conversational language processor may select and deliver one or more advertisements targeted to a user that spoke the utterance based on cognitive models associated with the user, various users having similar characteristics to the user, an environment in which the user spoke the utterance, or other criteria. Further, subsequent interaction with the targeted advertisements may be tracked to build and refine the cognitive models and thereby enhance the information used to deliver targeted advertisements in response to subsequent utterances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, Mike Kennewick
  • Publication number: 20130253929
    Abstract: A mobile system is provided that includes speech-based and non-speech-based interfaces for telematics applications. The mobile system identifies and uses context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for users that submit requests and/or commands in multiple domains. The invention creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command. The invention may organize domain specific behavior and information into agents, that are distributable or updateable over a wide area network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: VoiceBox Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Weider, Richard Kennewick, Mike Kennewick, Robert A. Kennewick, Philippe Di Cristo, Samuel Menaker, Lynn Elise Armstrong
  • Patent number: 8527274
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and track advertisement interactions in voice recognition contexts. In particular, in response to an input device receiving an utterance, a conversational language processor may select and deliver one or more advertisements targeted to a user that spoke the utterance based on cognitive models associated with the user, various users having similar characteristics to the user, an environment in which the user spoke the utterance, or other criteria. Further, subsequent interaction with the targeted advertisements may be tracked to build and refine the cognitive models and thereby enhance the information used to deliver targeted advertisements in response to subsequent utterances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, Mike Kennewick
  • Patent number: 8447607
    Abstract: A mobile system is provided that includes speech-based and non-speech-based interfaces for telematics applications. The mobile system identifies and uses context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for users that submit requests and/or commands in multiple domains. The invention creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command. The invention may organize domain specific behavior and information into agents, that are distributable or updateable over a wide area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Weider, Richard Kennewick, Mike Kennewick, Philippe Di Cristo, Robert A. Kennewick, Samuel Menaker, Lynn Elise Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20120278073
    Abstract: A mobile system is provided that includes speech-based and non-speech-based interfaces for telematics applications. The mobile system identifies and uses context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for users that submit requests and/or commands in multiple domains. The invention creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command. The invention may organize domain specific behavior and information into agents, that are distributable or updateable over a wide area network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: VoiceBox Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: CHRIS WEIDER, Richard Kennewick, Mike Kennewick, Philippe Di Cristo, Robert A. Kennewick, Samuel Menaker, Lynn Elise Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20120150636
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and track advertisement interactions in voice recognition contexts. In particular, in response to an input device receiving an utterance, a conversational language processor may select and deliver one or more advertisements targeted to a user that spoke the utterance based on cognitive models associated with the user, various users having similar characteristics to the user, an environment in which the user spoke the utterance, or other criteria. Further, subsequent interaction with the targeted advertisements may be tracked to build and refine the cognitive models and thereby enhance the information used to deliver targeted advertisements in response to subsequent utterances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: VoiceBox Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom FREEMAN, Mike KENNEWICK