Patents by Inventor Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart

Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart 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: 9576571
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for recognizing user personality in accordance with a speech recognition system. For example, a technique for recognizing a personality trait associated with a user interacting with a speech recognition system includes the following steps/operations. One or more decoded spoken utterances of the user are obtained. The one or more decoded spoken utterances are generated by the speech recognition system. The one or more decoded spoken utterances are analyzed to determine one or more linguistic attributes (morphological and syntactic filters) that are associated with the one or more decoded spoken utterances. The personality trait associated with the user is then determined based on the analyzing step/operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart, Liwei Dai
  • Patent number: 9454960
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the deficiencies in the prior art by providing an improved dialog for disambiguating a user utterance containing more than one intent. The invention comprises methods, computer-readable media, and systems for engaging in a dialog. The method embodiment of the invention relates to a method of disambiguating a user utterance containing at least two user intents. The method comprises establishing a confidence threshold for spoken language understanding to encourage that multiple intents are returned, determining whether a received utterance comprises a first intent and a second intent and, if the received utterance contains the first intent and the second intent, disambiguating the first intent and the second intent by presenting a disambiguation sub-dialog wherein the user is offered a choice of which intent to process first, wherein the user is first presented with the intent of the first or second intents having the lowest confidence score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventor: Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart
  • Publication number: 20150221304
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the deficiencies in the prior art by providing an improved dialog for disambiguating a user utterance containing more than one intent. The invention comprises methods, computer-readable media, and systems for engaging in a dialog. The method embodiment of the invention relates to a method of disambiguating a user utterance containing at least two user intents. The method comprises establishing a confidence threshold for spoken language understanding to encourage that multiple intents are returned, determining whether a received utterance comprises a first intent and a second intent and, if the received utterance contains the first intent and the second intent, disambiguating the first intent and the second intent by presenting a disambiguation sub-dialog wherein the user is offered a choice of which intent to process first, wherein the user is first presented with the intent of the first or second intents having the lowest confidence score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventor: Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart
  • Patent number: 9009046
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the deficiencies in the prior art by providing an improved dialog for disambiguating a user utterance containing more than one intent. The invention comprises methods, computer-readable media, and systems for engaging in a dialog. The method embodiment of the invention relates to a method of disambiguating a user utterance containing at least two user intents. The method comprises establishing a confidence threshold for spoken language understanding to encourage that multiple intents are returned, determining whether a received utterance comprises a first intent and a second intent and, if the received utterance contains the first intent and the second intent, disambiguating the first intent and the second intent by presenting a disambiguation sub-dialog wherein the user is offered a choice of which intent to process first, wherein the user is first presented with the intent of the first or second intents having the lowest confidence score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventor: Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart
  • Publication number: 20140244260
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for recognizing user personality in accordance with a speech recognition system. For example, a technique for recognizing a personality trait associated with a user interacting with a speech recognition system includes the following steps/operations. One or more decoded spoken utterances of the user are obtained. The one or more decoded spoken utterances are generated by the speech recognition system. The one or more decoded spoken utterances are analyzed to determine one or more linguistic attributes (morphological and syntactic filters) that are associated with the one or more decoded spoken utterances. The personality trait associated with the user is then determined based on the analyzing step/operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart, Liwei Dai
  • Patent number: 8719035
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for recognizing user personality in accordance with a speech recognition system. For example, a technique for recognizing a personality trait associated with a user interacting with a speech recognition system includes the following steps/operations. One or more decoded spoken utterances of the user are obtained. The one or more decoded spoken utterances are generated by the speech recognition system. The one or more decoded spoken utterances are analyzed to determine one or more linguistic attributes (morphological and syntactic filters) that are associated with the one or more decoded spoken utterances. The personality trait associated with the user is then determined based on the analyzing step/operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart, Liwei Dai
  • Patent number: 8370127
    Abstract: A method of processing limited natural language data to automatically develop an optimal feature set, bypassing the standard Wizard of OZ (WOZ) approach. Natural language understanding models process existing data from other domains, such as the Internet, for domain-specific adaptation through the use of an optimal feature set. When the optimal feature set is passed on to any engine, the optimal feature set produces robust models that can be used for natural language call routing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ea-Ee Jan, Xiang Li, David Lubensky, Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart
  • Patent number: 8150692
    Abstract: Techniques for recognizing a personality trait associated with a user. Input from the user is analyzed to determine a number of words, including a number of compound words. The personality trait associated with the user is determined based, at least in part, on the number of compound words exceeding a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart, Liwei Dai
  • Publication number: 20080243777
    Abstract: Systems ana methods are provided for organizing and presenting large search results lists using lexical semantic componential-gradient processing techniques to dynamically organize search results into a gradable list of context rich semantic components, which is presented to a user under a gradient as a constrained set of choices to thereby facilitate user navigation of the search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart, Liwel Dai
  • Publication number: 20080208583
    Abstract: A method of processing limited natural language data to automatically develop an optimal feature set, bypassing the standard Wizard of OZ (WOZ) approach is provided. The method provides for building natural language understanding models or for processing existing data from other domains, such as the Internet, for domain-specific adaptation through the use of an optimal feature set. Consequently, when the optimal feature set is passed on to any engine, the optimal feature set produces robust models that can be used for natural language call routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Ea-Ee JAN, Xiang Li, David Lubensky, Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart
  • Publication number: 20080010280
    Abstract: A method of processing limited natural language data to automatically develop an optimal feature set, bypassing the standard Wizard of OZ (WOZ) approach is provided. The method provides for building natural language understanding models or for processing existing data from other domains, such as the Internet, for domain-specific adaptation through the use of an optimal feature set. Consequently, when the optimal feature set is passed on to any engine, the optimal feature set produces robust models that can be used for natural language call routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ea-Ee Jan, Xiang Li, David Lubensky, Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart
  • Publication number: 20070271098
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for recognizing user personality in accordance with a speech recognition system. For example, a technique for recognizing a personality trait associated with a user interacting with a speech recognition system includes the following steps/operations. One or more decoded spoken utterances of the user are obtained. The one or more decoded spoken utterances are generated by the speech recognition system. The one or more decoded spoken utterances are analyzed to determine one or more linguistic attributes (morphological and syntactic filters) that are associated with the one or more decoded spoken utterances. The personality trait associated with the user is then determined based on the analyzing step/operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart, Liwei Dai