Abstract: A query may be applied against search engines that respectively return a set of search results relating to various items discovered in the searched data sets. However, presenting numerous and varied search results may be difficult on mobile devices with small displays and limited computational resources. Instead, search results may be associated with search domains representing various information types (e.g., contacts, public figures, places, projects, movies, music, and books) and presented by grouping search results with associated query domains, e.g., in a tabbed user interface. The query may be received through an input device associated with a particular input domain, and may be transitioned to the query domain of a particular search engine (e.g., by recognizing phonemes of a voice query using an acoustic model; matching phonemes with query terms according to a pronunciation model; and generating a recognition result according to a vocabulary of an n-gram language model.

Abstract: In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, a request to predict a next word in a dialog being uttered by a speaker; accessing, by the computer system, a neural network comprising i) an input layer, ii) one or more hidden layers, and iii) an output layer; identifying the local context for the dialog of the speaker; selecting, by the computer system and using a semantic model, at least one vector that represents the semantic context for the dialog; applying input to the input layer of the neural network, the input comprising i) the local context of the dialog and ii) the values for the at least one vector; generating probability values for at least a portion of the candidate words; and providing, by the computer system and based on the probability values, information that identifies one or more of the candidate words.

Abstract: A customer support system diverts a customer to an integrated support service to serve the customer better in situations where the use of a single mode of interaction is insufficient. Embodiments of the invention find use where an email or SMS is sent to a customer's smart devices with a link to visual content which helps customer better understand the information.

Abstract: A system predicts the intent of a user and proactively offers to perform a query that satisfies that intent. Upon the user's acceptance of the offer, the system begins a search for related information. The system examines such factors as search terms typed or spoken by said user, historical attributes of said user, historical journey attributes of said user, current journey attributes of said user, user location, user movement, current time, user profile, user calendar, user information stored on, or associated with, a device within the user's possession. The system then makes a prediction of any of the user's intent, query category, and issue category. Based upon the results of the system's prediction, a query that is relevant to the user's intent and/or issue categories is presented and, upon the user's command, the results of the search are returned to the user.

Abstract: Catalytic process for the partial conversion of a gaseous mixture containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen into a mixture of hydrocarbons, including bringing the said gaseous mixture into contact with a solid catalyst, the solid catalyst having a porous support with a composite material including SiC and a titanium carbide and/or a titanium oxide, and an active phase. The support is prepared in the form of grains, beads, or extrudates, or in the form of cylinders or sheets of cellular foam.

Abstract: A system predicts the intent of a user and proactively offers to perform a query that satisfies that intent. Upon the user's acceptance of the offer, the system begins a search for related information. The system examines such factors as search terms typed or spoken by said user, historical attributes of said user, historical journey attributes of said user, current journey attributes of said user, user location, user movement, current time, user profile, user calendar, user information stored on, or associated with, a device within the user's possession. The system then makes a prediction of any of the user's intent, query category, and issue category. Based upon the results of the system's prediction, a query that is relevant to the user's intent and/or issue categories is presented and, upon the user's command, the results of the search are returned to the user.

Abstract: Catalysts supports and catalysts capable of being used in heterogeneous catalysis. The catalyst support belongs to the porous supports based on silicon carbide (SiC), in particular, based on ?-SiC, modified by a surface deposit of TiO2.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for creating, updating, and deleting business rules with ease by use of a rule manager. Business rules are represented as tables that map a set of inputs to a set of outputs. Inputs are represented as enumerations with predefined allowable values. All possible unique combinations of values for a given set of inputs are automatically generated, and a business user can then set the outputs for each desired input value combination.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for creating, updating, and deleting business rules with ease by use of a rule manager. Business rules are represented as tables that map a set of inputs to a set of outputs. Inputs are represented as enumerations with predefined allowable values. All possible unique combinations of values for a given set of inputs are automatically generated, and a business user can then set the outputs for each desired input value combination.

Abstract: A customer support system diverts a customer to an integrated support service to serve the customer better in situations where the use of a single mode of interaction is insufficient. Embodiments of the invention find use where an email or SMS is sent to a customer's smart devices with a link to visual content which helps customer better understand the information.

Abstract: Catalysts supports and catalysts capable of being used in heterogeneous catalysis. The catalyst support belongs to the porous supports based on silicon carbide (SiC), in particular, based on ?-SiC, modified by a surface deposit of TiO2.

Abstract: A system predicts the intent of a user and proactively offers to perform a query that satisfies that intent. Upon the user's acceptance of the offer, the system begins a search for related information. The system examines such factors as search terms typed or spoken by said user, historical attributes of said user, historical journey attributes of said user, current journey attributes of said user, user location, user movement, current time, user profile, user calendar, user information stored on, or associated with, a device within the user's possession. The system then makes a prediction of any of the user's intent, query category, and issue category. Based upon the results of the system's prediction, a query that is relevant to the user's intent and/or issue categories is presented and, upon the user's command, the results of the search are returned to the user.

Abstract: Catalytic process for the partial conversion of a gaseous mixture containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen into a mixture of hydrocarbons, including bringing the said gaseous mixture into contact with a solid catalyst, the solid catalyst having a porous support with a composite material including SiC and a titanium carbide and/or a titanium oxide, and an active phase. The support is prepared in the form of grains, beads, or extrudates, or in the form of cylinders or sheets of cellular foam.

Abstract: A customer support system diverts a customer to an integrated support service to serve the customer better in situations where the use of a single mode of interaction is insufficient. Embodiments of the invention find use where an email or SMS is sent to a customer's smart devices with a link to visual content which helps customer better understand the information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for creating, updating, and deleting business rules with ease by use of a rule manager. Business rules are represented as tables that map a set of inputs to a set of outputs. Inputs are represented as enumerations with predefined allowable values. All possible unique combinations of values for a given set of inputs are automatically generated, and a business user can then set the outputs for each desired input value combination.

Abstract: Audio data that encodes an utterance of a user is received. It is determined that the user has been classified as a novice user of a speech recognizer. A speech recognizer setting is selected that is used by the speech recognizer in generating a transcription of the utterance. The selected speech recognizer setting is different than a default speech recognizer setting that is used by the speech recognizer in generating transcriptions of utterances of users that are not classified as novice users. The selected speech recognizer setting results in increased speech recognition accuracy in comparison with the default setting. A transcription of the utterance is obtained that is generated by the speech recognizer using the selected setting.

Abstract: A customer support system exchanges customer data, such as the customer's identity, activity, etc. across multiple channels to enable better customer service. A further embodiment of the invention collects user interaction data from non-CCS channels, such as Facebook® posts, and predicts the intent of customer to provide services to the customer accordingly.

Abstract: Embodiments of a computer-implemented advertisement display system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a speech recognition component that processes a video clip and produces a corresponding collection of speech recognition data indicative of an audio portion of the video clip. The system also includes a collection of advertising material. An advertisement selection component selects an advertisement from the collection of advertising material based on the corresponding collection of speech recognition data. The system also includes a display. An advertisement presentation component displays an indication of the selected advertisement on the display during a simultaneous display of the video clip.

Abstract: Embodiments of a computer-implemented advertisement display system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a speech recognition component that processes a video clip and produces a corresponding collection of speech recognition data indicative of an audio portion of the video clip. The system also includes a collection of advertising material. An advertisement selection component selects an advertisement from the collection of advertising material based on the corresponding collection of speech recognition data. The system also includes a display. An advertisement presentation component displays an indication of the selected advertisement on the display during a simultaneous display of the video clip.

Abstract: A computing system configured to produce an optimized translation hypothesis of text input into the computing system. The computing system includes a plurality of translation machines. Each of the translation machines is configured to produce their own translation hypothesis from the same text. An optimization machine is connected to the plurality of translation machines. The optimization machine is configured to receive the translation hypotheses from the translation machines. The optimization machine is further configured to align, word-to-word, the hypotheses in the plurality of hypotheses by using a hidden Markov model.