Patents by Inventor Pichappan Pethachi

Pichappan Pethachi 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 system having hypothesis type variable thresholds
    Patent number: 8725512
    Abstract: A method (and system) for spoken dialog confirmation classifies a plurality of spoken dialog hypotheses, and assigns a threshold to each class of spoken dialog hypotheses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Claiborn, Vaibhava Goel, Ramesh Gopinath, Pichappan Pethachi
  • Methods and systems for providing a messaging service
    Patent number: 8645547
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a messaging service may comprise receiving first user credentials and second user credentials corresponding to first user and second user respectively. In addition, systems and methods for providing a messaging service may include generating first capabilities and second capabilities, the first capabilities being based on roles corresponding to the first user and the second capabilities being based on roles corresponding to the second user. Moreover, systems and methods for providing a messaging service may include allowing a messaging session between the first user and the second user based on the first capabilities and the second capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Akash Jain, Amit Singh, Mohammad Azzam, Fariborz Ebrahimi, Pichappan Pethachi
  • Methods and systems for providing capability management and user administration
    Patent number: 7870270
    Abstract: Providing capabilities management and user administration may include assigning a first profile including at least one role to a first user, the first profile having a first privilege comprising a first function and having a corresponding first target role set comprising at least one role. In addition, providing capabilities management and user administration may include assigning a second profile comprising at least one role to a second user. Furthermore, providing capabilities management and user administration may include providing the first user the ability to perform the first privilege on the second user if each role in the second profile has a corresponding matching role in the first target role set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Amit Singh, Roopa Kotha, Pichappan Pethachi, Fariborz Ebrahimi, Miguel Quiroga
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM HAVING HYPOTHESIS TYPE VARIABLE THRESHOLDS
    Publication number: 20080228486
    Abstract: A method (and system) for spoken dialog confirmation classifies a plurality of spoken dialog hypotheses, and assigns a threshold to each class of spoken dialog hypotheses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Claiborn, Vaibhava Goel, Ramesh Gopinath, Pichappan Pethachi