Patents by Inventor Seth E. Bravin

Seth E. Bravin 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: 9755996
    Abstract: A method, executed by one or more processors, includes receiving a message that is addressed to a user, determining, via one or more sensors, whether the user is occupied with an attention critical situation, and conducting a user-directed response process responsive to determining that the user is not occupied with an attention critical situation. In some embodiments, the user-directed response process includes conducting a text substitution process on the message, presenting an abbreviated version of the message and a list of response options to the user, determining a response option that is selected by the user, and sending a response to the message that corresponds to the response option that is selected by the user. In some embodiments, the list of response options includes a plurality of message-dependent formulated responses, a null response, and a spoken response. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Seth E. Bravin, William B. Huber, Dimitri Kanevsky, Alfred J. Noll, Adam Skwersky
  • Patent number: 9680784
    Abstract: A method, executed by one or more processors, includes receiving a message that is addressed to a user, determining, via one or more sensors, whether the user is occupied with an attention critical situation, and conducting a user-directed response process responsive to determining that the user is not occupied with an attention critical situation. In some embodiments, the user-directed response process includes conducting a text substitution process on the message, presenting an abbreviated version of the message and a list of response options to the user, determining a response option that is selected by the user, and sending a response to the message that corresponds to the response option that is selected by the user. In some embodiments, the list of response options includes a plurality of message-dependent formulated responses, a null response, and a spoken response. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Seth E. Bravin, William B. Huber, Dimitri Kanevsky, Alfred J. Noll, Adam Skwersky
  • Publication number: 20170048178
    Abstract: A method, executed by one or more processors, includes receiving a message that is addressed to a user, determining, via one or more sensors, whether the user is occupied with an attention critical situation, and conducting a user-directed response process responsive to determining that the user is not occupied with an attention critical situation. In some embodiments, the user-directed response process includes conducting a text substitution process on the message, presenting an abbreviated version of the message and a list of response options to the user, determining a response option that is selected by the user, and sending a response to the message that corresponds to the response option that is selected by the user. In some embodiments, the list of response options includes a plurality of message-dependent formulated responses, a null response, and a spoken response. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Seth E. Bravin, William B. Huber, Dimitri Kanevsky, Alfred J. Noll, Adam Skwersky
  • Publication number: 20170048179
    Abstract: A method, executed by one or more processors, includes receiving a message that is addressed to a user, determining, via one or more sensors, whether the user is occupied with an attention critical situation, and conducting a user-directed response process responsive to determining that the user is not occupied with an attention critical situation. In some embodiments, the user-directed response process includes conducting a text substitution process on the message, presenting an abbreviated version of the message and a list of response options to the user, determining a response option that is selected by the user, and sending a response to the message that corresponds to the response option that is selected by the user. In some embodiments, the list of response options includes a plurality of message-dependent formulated responses, a null response, and a spoken response. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Seth E. Bravin, William B. Huber, Dimitri Kanevsky, Alfred J. Noll, Adam Skwersky
  • Publication number: 20140122058
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for subtractive transcript improvement. The mechanism identifies a set of corrections made to a previous transcript, where the set of corrections comprise, for each correction in the set of corrections, an erred phrase and a correction made to the erred phrase. For each erred phrase in a set of erred phrases in a current transcript, the mechanism determines whether the erred phrase in the current transcript matches an erred phrase in the set of corrections made to the previous transcript. Responsive to the erred phrase in the current transcript matching an erred phrase in the set of corrections made to the previous transcript, the mechanism corrects the erred phrase in the current transcript with the correction made to the erred phrase in the previous transcript.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Seth E. Bravin, Brian J. Cragun, Ali Sobhi
  • Publication number: 20140122069
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for utilizing content analytics to automate corrections and improve speech recognition accuracy. A set of current corrected content elements is identified within a transcribed corrected media. Each current corrected content element in the set of current corrected content elements is weighted with an assigned weight based on one or more predetermined weighting conditions and a context of the transcribed corrected media. A confidence level is associated with each corrected content element based on the assigned weight. The set of current corrected content elements and the confidence level associated with each current corrected content element in a set of corrected elements is stored in a storage device for use in a subsequent transcription correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Seth E. Bravin, Brian J. Cragun, Robert A. Foyle, Ali Sobhi