Patents by Inventor Sam C. LEE

Sam C. LEE 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 for speech recognition using social networks
    Patent number: 9117448
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, there is disclosed an apparatus comprising an audio interface configured to receive an audio signal, a data interface is configured to communicate with at least one social graph, and logic is coupled to the audio interface and the data interface. The logic is configured to identify a calling party. The logic is further configured to acquire data representative of a called party from the audio signal. The logic is configured to initiate a search of the at least one social graph for the data representative of the called party to identify the called party responsive to acquiring the data representative of the called party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Fong Solomon Wu, Aaron Tong, Sam C. Lee
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION USING SOCIAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20110022388
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, there is disclosed an apparatus comprising an audio interface configured to receive an audio signal, a data interface is configured to communicate with at least one social graph, and logic is coupled to the audio interface and the data interface. The logic is configured to identify a calling party. The logic is further configured to acquire data representative of a called party from the audio signal. The logic is configured to initiate a search of the at least one social graph for the data representative of the called party to identify the called party responsive to acquiring the data representative of the called party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Sung Fong Solomon WU, Aaron TONG, Sam C. LEE