Patents by Inventor Robert Kennewick
Robert 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).
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Patent number: 10553216Abstract: A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language utterances in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language utterances, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Robert A. Kennewick, Chris Weider
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Publication number: 20190027146Abstract: A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language utterances in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language utterances, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Robert A. KENNEWICK, Chris WEIDER
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Patent number: 10089984Abstract: A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language inputs in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language inputs, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: VB Assets, LLCInventors: Robert A. Kennewick, Chris Weider
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Publication number: 20170294189Abstract: A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language inputs in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language inputs, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Robert A. KENNEWICK, Chris WEIDER
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Patent number: 9734825Abstract: Systems and methods for receiving user generated natural language utterances such as queries and/or commands and executing the queries and/or commands. A parser may be used to determine a domain for a user generated natural language utterance based on the content and context of the natural language utterance. One or more of a plurality of domain agents associated with particular domains are configured to receive and respond to queries and/or commands based on the natural language utterance.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Kennewick, David Locke, Michael R. Kennewick, Sr., Michael R. Kennewick, Jr., Richard Kennewick, Tom Freeman
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Patent number: 9711143Abstract: A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language inputs in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language inputs, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Robert A. Kennewick, Chris Weider
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Patent number: 9626959Abstract: A system and method are provided for receiving speech and/or non-speech communications of natural language questions and/or commands and executing the questions and/or commands. The invention provides a conversational human-machine interface that includes a conversational speech analyzer, a general cognitive model, an environmental model, and a personalized cognitive model to determine context, domain knowledge, and invoke prior information to interpret a spoken utterance or a received non-spoken message. The system and method creates, stores, and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context of the speech or non-speech communication and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Di Cristo, Chris Weider, Robert A. Kennewick
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Publication number: 20170069039Abstract: A system and method of characterizing crowd users that participate in crowd-sourced jobs based on responses to the jobs, and scheduling their participation based on user-indicated schedules of user availability or system-predicted schedules of user availability. A system may determine a level of quality of a response to a crowd job. The system may use the determined quality of response to determine a reward. The system may schedule a crowd user's participation in a future crowd job. The user may be identified based on the quality of previous responses provided by the user. The system may schedule the user's participation based on explicit input from the user indicating availability and/or based on a system-predicted availability of the user. When the future crowd job is or will be deployed, the system may provide the user with instructions to participate and/or otherwise provide the user with the crowd job.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Robert A. KENNEWICK, Spencer John ROTHWELL, John GILBERT
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Patent number: 9495957Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Chris Weider, Richard Kennewick, Mike Kennewick, Philippe Di Cristo, Robert A. Kennewick, Samuel Menaker, Lynn Elise Armstrong
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Publication number: 20160217785Abstract: A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language inputs in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language inputs, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Robert A. KENNEWICK, Chris WEIDER
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Patent number: 9305548Abstract: A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language inputs in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language inputs, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Robert A. Kennewick, Chris Weider
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Publication number: 20160049152Abstract: A system and method for hybrid processing in a natural language voice services environment that includes a plurality of multi-modal devices may be provided. In particular, the hybrid processing may generally include the plurality of multi-modal devices cooperatively interpreting and processing one or more natural language utterances included in one or more multi-modal requests. For example, a virtual router may receive various messages that include encoded audio corresponding to a natural language utterance contained in a multi-modal interaction provided to one or more of the devices. The virtual router may then analyze the encoded audio to select a cleanest sample of the natural language utterance and communicate with one or more other devices in the environment to determine an intent of the multi-modal interaction. The virtual router may then coordinate resolving the multi-modal interaction based on the intent of the multi-modal interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Robert A. KENNEWICK, Lynn Elise ARMSTRONG
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Patent number: 9263039Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving speech and non-speech communications of natural language questions and/or commands, transcribing the speech and non-speech communications to textual messages, and executing the questions and/or commands. The invention applies context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for one or more users presenting questions or commands across multiple domains. The systems and methods creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context of the speech and non-speech communications and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Di Cristo, Min Ke, Robert A. Kennewick, Lynn Elise Armstrong
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Patent number: 9171541Abstract: A system and method for hybrid processing in a natural language voice services environment that includes a plurality of multi-modal devices may be provided. In particular, the hybrid processing may generally include the plurality of multi-modal devices cooperatively interpreting and processing one or more natural language utterances included in one or more multi-modal requests. For example, a virtual router may receive various messages that include encoded audio corresponding to a natural language utterance contained in a multi-modal interaction provided to one or more of the devices. The virtual router may then analyze the encoded audio to select a cleanest sample of the natural language utterance and communicate with one or more other devices in the environment to determine an intent of the multi-modal interaction. The virtual router may then coordinate resolving the multi-modal interaction based on the intent of the multi-modal interaction.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Robert A. Kennewick, Lynn Elise Armstrong
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Publication number: 20150142447Abstract: A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language inputs in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language inputs, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Robert A. Kennewick, Chris Weider
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Patent number: 9031845Abstract: Mobile systems and methods that overcomes the deficiencies of prior art speech-based interfaces for telematics applications through the use of a complete speech-based information query, retrieval, presentation and local or remote command environment. This environment makes significant use of context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for one or more users making queries or commands in multiple domains. Through this integrated approach, a complete speech-based natural language query and response environment can be created. 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Kennewick, David Locke, Michael R. Kennewick, Sr., Michael R. Kennewick, Jr., Richard Kennewick, Tom Freeman, Stephen F. Elston
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Publication number: 20150019217Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving speech and non-speech communications of natural language questions and/or commands, transcribing the speech and non-speech communications to textual messages, and executing the questions and/or commands. The invention applies context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for one or more users presenting questions or commands across multiple domains. The systems and methods creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context of the speech and non-speech communications and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Philippe DI CRISTO, Min KE, Robert A. KENNEWICK, Lynn Elise ARMSTRONG
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Publication number: 20140365222Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: CHRIS WEIDER, RICHARD KENNWICK, MIKE KENNWICK, PHILIPPE DI CRISTO, ROBERT A. KENNEWICK, SAMUEL MENAKER, LYNN ELISE ARMSTRONG
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Patent number: 8849670Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving speech and non-speech communications of natural language questions and/or commands, transcribing the speech and non-speech communications to textual messages, and executing the questions and/or commands. The invention applies context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for one or more users presenting questions or commands across multiple domains. The systems and methods creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context of the speech and non-speech communications and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Philippe Di Cristo, Min Ke, Robert A. Kennewick, Lynn Elise Armstrong
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Patent number: 8849652Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies CorporationInventors: Chris Weider, Richard Kennewick, Mike Kennewick, Philippe Di Cristo, Robert A. Kennewick, Samuel Menaker, Lynn Elise Armstrong