Patents by Inventor Stephen W. Laverty
Stephen W. Laverty 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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Publication number: 20170011123Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device, the query comprising content; determining based at least in part on the content of the query that an application is to be launched on the device; and causing the device to launch the application using at least some information determined from the content of the query. Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a free-form query from a user; transferring a representation of the query to at least one computer; and receiving from the at least one computer at least one instruction to launch an application on the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Sean P. Brown, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante
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Patent number: 9489457Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device, the query comprising content; determining based at least in part on the content of the query that an application is to be launched on the device; and causing the device to launch the application using at least some information determined from the content of the query. Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a free-form query from a user; transferring a representation of the query to at least one computer; and receiving from the at least one computer at least one instruction to launch an application on the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Sean P. Brown, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante
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Patent number: 8990182Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty
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Patent number: 8812474Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for performing a search for content, in which a user may issue a search query, and the search engine or engines to which that query is provided may be determined dynamically based on any of a variety of factors. For example, in some embodiments, the search engine or engines to which the query is provided may be determined based on the content of the search query, and/or auxiliary information such as the user's location, demographics, query history and/or browsing history.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante, Sean P. Brown
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Patent number: 8762150Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for determining an estimated endpoint of human speech in a sound wave received by a mobile device having a speech encoder for encoding the sound wave to produce an encoded representation of the sound wave. The estimated endpoint may be determined by analyzing information available from the speech encoder, without analyzing the sound wave directly and without producing a decoded representation of the sound wave. The encoded representation of the sound wave may be transmitted to a remote server for speech recognition processing, along with an indication of the estimated endpoint.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Edgington, Stephen W. Laverty, Gunnar Evermann
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Patent number: 8745025Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty
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Publication number: 20130124495Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty
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Publication number: 20130018863Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for performing a search for content, in which a user may issue a search query, and the search engine or engines to which that query is provided may be determined dynamically based on any of a variety of factors. For example, in some embodiments, the search engine or engines to which the query is provided may be determined based on the content of the search query, and/or auxiliary information such as the user's location, demographics, query history and/or browsing history.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Valdimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante, Sean P. Brown
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Publication number: 20130018867Abstract: Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device, the query comprising content; determining based at least in part on the content of the query that an application is to be launched on the device; and causing the device to launch the application using at least some information determined from the content of the query. Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a free-form query from a user; transferring a representation of the query to at least one computer; and receiving from the at least one computer at least one instruction to launch an application on the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Marc W. Regan, Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Sean P. Brown, Stephen W. Laverty, Jeremy A. Slater, John R. Watson, Peter K. Lyons, Ryan S. LaSante
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Patent number: 8341142Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty
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Publication number: 20120072211Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for determining an estimated endpoint of human speech in a sound wave received by a mobile device having a speech encoder for encoding the sound wave to produce an encoded representation of the sound wave. The estimated endpoint may be determined by analyzing information available from the speech encoder, without analyzing the sound wave directly and without producing a decoded representation of the sound wave. The encoded representation of the sound wave may be transmitted to a remote server for speech recognition processing, along with an indication of the estimated endpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Edgington, Stephen W. Laverty, Gunnar Evermann
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Publication number: 20120059658Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to searching for content on the Internet. A user may supply a search query to a device, and the device may issue the search query to a plurality of search engines, including at least one general purpose search engine and at least one site-specific search engine. In this way, the user need not separately issue search queries to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gary B. Clayton, Victor S. Chen, Steven Hatch, William F. Ganong, III, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty, Paul J. Vozila, Nathan M. Bodenstab, Yik-Cheung Tam
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Publication number: 20120059813Abstract: Some embodiments relate to performing a search for content via the Internet, wherein user input specifying a search query is supplied to a mobile communications device, such as, for example, a smartphone. The mobile communications device separately issues the search query to a plurality of search engines and can receive the results from each search engine and display the results to the user. Thus, the user does not have to separately issue the query to each of the plurality of search engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty