Patents by Inventor Shimol Shah

Shimol Shah 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 apparatus for supporting scalable multi-modal dialog application sessions
    Patent number: 9288156
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein enable scaling up and making advanced natural language (NLU) applications more robust. According to one embodiment, state(s) associated with a dialog session may be recorded to a non-transitory medium. The dialog session may be suspended after a given period of inactivity and later automatically awakened based on unique client, session, or device identifier, or any combination thereof. Memory and resources associated with the suspended session may be reclaimed, the memory and resources being otherwise held by the session during the period of inactivity, enabling higher density (e.g., a larger number of sessions supported). Embodiments disclosed herein obviate a need for sticky dialog sessions, enabling higher density, and may further failover protection and fault tolerance for the dialog sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. D. Smith, Solomon Z. Lerner, Caroline Drouin, Shimol Shah
  • Method and Apparatus For Supporting Scalable Multi-Modal Dialog Application Sessions
    Publication number: 20150244642
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein enable scaling up and making advanced natural language (NLU) applications more robust. According to one embodiment, state(s) associated with a dialog session may be recorded to a non-transitory medium. The dialog session may be suspended after a given period of inactivity and later automatically awakened based on unique client, session, or device identifier, or any combination thereof. Memory and resources associated with the suspended session may be reclaimed, the memory and resources being otherwise held by the session during the period of inactivity, enabling higher density (e.g., a larger number of sessions supported). Embodiments disclosed herein obviate a need for sticky dialog sessions, enabling higher density, and may further failover protection and fault tolerance for the dialog sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth W.D. Smith, Solomon Z. Lerner, Caroline Drouin, Shimol Shah
  • Method and apparatus for supporting scalable multi-modal dialog application sessions
    Patent number: 9026659
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein enable scaling up and making advanced natural language (NLU) applications more robust. According to one embodiment, state(s) associated with a dialog session may be recorded to a fixed medium. The dialog session may be suspended after a given period of inactivity and later automatically awakened based on unique client, session, or device identifier, or any combination thereof. Memory and resources associated with the suspended session may be reclaimed, the memory and resources being otherwise held by the session during the period of inactivity, enabling higher density (e.g., a larger number of sessions supported). Embodiments disclosed herein obviate a need for sticky dialog sessions, enabling higher density, and may further failover protection and fault tolerance for the dialog sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. D. Smith, Solomon Z. Lerner, Caroline Drouin, Shimol Shah
  • Method and Apparatus For Supporting Scalable Multi-Modal Dialog Application Sessions
    Publication number: 20140223011
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein enable scaling up and making advanced natural language (NLU) applications more robust. According to one embodiment, state(s) associated with a dialog session may be recorded to a fixed medium. The dialog session may be suspended after a given period of inactivity and later automatically awakened based on unique client, session, or device identifier, or any combination thereof. Memory and resources associated with the suspended session may be reclaimed, the memory and resources being otherwise held by the session during the period of inactivity, enabling higher density (e.g., a larger number of sessions supported). Embodiments disclosed herein obviate a need for sticky dialog sessions, enabling higher density, and may further failover protection and fault tolerance for the dialog sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth W.D. Smith, Solomon Z. Lerner, Caroline Drouin, Shimol Shah