Patents by Inventor Stephanos Tryphonas

Stephanos Tryphonas 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).

  • Satisfying specified intent(s) based on multimodal request(s)
    Patent number: 9542949
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of satisfying specified intent(s) based on multimodal request(s). A multimodal request is a request that includes at least one request of a first type and at least one request of a second type that is different from the first type. Example types of request include but are not limited to a speech request, a text command, a tactile command, and a visual command. A determination is made that one or more entities in visual content are selected in accordance with an explicit scoping command from a user. In response, speech understanding functionality is automatically activated, and audio signals are automatically monitored for speech requests from the user to be processed using the speech understanding functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lisa J. Stifelman, Anne K. Sullivan, Adam D. Elman, Larry Paul Heck, Stephanos Tryphonas, Kamran Rajabi Zargahi, Ken H. Thai
  • SATISFYING SPECIFIED INTENT(S) BASED ON MULTIMODAL REQUEST(S)
    Publication number: 20140330570
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of satisfying specified intent(s) based on multimodal request(s). A multimodal request is a request that includes at least one request of a first type and at least one request of a second type that is different from the first type. Example types of request include but are not limited to a speech request, a text command, a tactile command, and a visual command. A determination is made that one or more entities in visual content are selected in accordance with an explicit scoping command from a user. In response, speech understanding functionality is automatically activated, and audio signals are automatically monitored for speech requests from the user to be processed using the speech understanding functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Lisa J. Stifelman, Anne K. Sullivan, Adam D. Elman, Larry Paul Heck, Stephanos Tryphonas, Kamran Rajabi Zargahi, Ken H. Thai
  • Satisfying specified intent(s) based on multimodal request(s)
    Patent number: 8788269
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of satisfying specified intent(s) based on multimodal request(s). A multimodal request is a request that includes at least one request of a first type and at least one request of a second type that is different from the first type. Example types of request include but are not limited to a speech request, a text command, a tactile command, and a visual command. A determination is made that one or more entities in visual content are selected in accordance with an explicit scoping command from a user. In response, speech understanding functionality is automatically activated, and audio signals are automatically monitored for speech requests from the user to be processed using the speech understanding functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa J. Stifelman, Anne K. Sullivan, Adam D. Elman, Larry Paul Heck, Stephanos Tryphonas, Kamran Rajabi Zargahi, Ken H. Thai
  • SATISFYING SPECIFIED INTENT(S) BASED ON MULTIMODAL REQUEST(S)
    Publication number: 20130159001
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of satisfying specified intent(s) based on multimodal request(s). A multimodal request is a request that includes at least one request of a first type and at least one request of a second type that is different from the first type. Example types of request include but are not limited to a speech request, a text command, a tactile command, and a visual command. A determination is made that one or more entities in visual content are selected in accordance with an explicit scoping command from a user. In response, speech understanding functionality is automatically activated, and audio signals are automatically monitored for speech requests from the user to be processed using the speech understanding functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lisa J. Stifelman, Anne K. Sullivan, Adam D. Elman, Larry Paul Heck, Stephanos Tryphonas, Kamran Rajabi Zargahi, Ken H. Thai