Patents by Inventor Sundar Balasubramanian

Sundar Balasubramanian 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: 11055739
    Abstract: A system and an associated method for responding to a user's voice inquiry are disclosed. The system accepts the voice inquiry and obtains personal data regarding the user. The system then identifies potential subjects of interest in the voice inquiry from media content currently provided to the user through a device which has captured the voice inquiry, media content present in or capturing the user's surroundings, or media content previously provided to the user as responses to previous voice inquiries by the user. Next, the system determines at least one subject of interest based on at least one of the personal data and the user's previous voice inquiries. The system then presents a response related to the determined subject of interest to the user's voice inquiry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry, Eric Jun Fu, Daniel Hendrick, Deepankar Katyal, David J. Kay
  • Publication number: 20200334712
    Abstract: A system and an associated method for responding to a user's voice inquiry are disclosed. The system accepts the voice inquiry and obtains personal data regarding the user. The system then identifies potential subjects of interest in the voice inquiry from media content currently provided to the user through a device which has captured the voice inquiry, media content present in or capturing the user's surroundings, or media content previously provided to the user as responses to previous voice inquiries by the user. Next, the system determines at least one subject of interest based on at least one of the personal data and the user's previous voice inquiries. The system then presents a response related to the determined subject of interest to the user's voice inquiry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry, Eric Jun Fu, Daniel Hendrick, Deepankar Katyal, David J. Kay
  • Patent number: 10643235
    Abstract: A system and an associated method for responding to a user's voice inquiry are disclosed. The system accepts the voice inquiry and obtains personal data regarding the user. The system then identifies potential subjects of interest in the voice inquiry from media content currently provided to the user through a device which has captured the voice inquiry, media content present in or capturing the user's surroundings, or media content previously provided to the user as responses to previous voice inquiries by the user. Next, the system determines at least one subject of interest based on at least one of the personal data and the user's previous voice inquiries. The system then presents a response related to the determined subject of interest to the user's voice inquiry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry, Eric Jun Fu, Daniel Hendrick, Deepankar Katyal, David J. Kay
  • Patent number: 9824171
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a register file circuit design process includes instructing an automated integrated circuit design program to generate a register file circuit design, including providing a cell circuit design and instructing the automated integrated circuit design program to generate a selection design, a pre-decode design, and a data gating design. The cell circuit design describes a plurality of selection circuits that have a particular arrangement. The selection design describes a plurality of replica circuits that include respective pluralities of selection circuits having the particular arrangement. The pre-decode design describes a pre-decode circuit configured to identify a plurality of entries identified by a portion of a write instruction. The data gating design describes data gating circuits configured, in response to the pre-decode circuit not identifying respective entries, to disable data inputs to respective write selection circuits connected to the respective entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Harsha Krishnamurthy, Mridul Agarwal, Shyam Sundar Balasubramanian, Christopher S. Thomas, Rajat Goel, Rohit Kumar, Muthukumaravelu Velayoudame
  • Patent number: 9799049
    Abstract: The present technology relates to enhancing a message with supplemental content. The system may enhance a message based on topics identified in past correspondence messages or topics anticipated based on an intended recipient of a correspondence message being drafted. The system can operate in combination or conjunction with a language prediction system, an optimizing language model, and a text input method. The systems and methods provide users with supplemental content at a time and in a specific situation, which allows for effective targeting of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry
  • Publication number: 20170213247
    Abstract: A system and method are described for engaging an audience in a conversational advertisement. A conversational advertising system converses with an audience using spoken words. The conversational advertising system uses a speech recognition application to convert an audience's spoken input into text and a text-to-speech application to transform text of a response to speech that is to be played to the audience. The conversational adverting system follows an advertisement script to guide the audience in a conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry, Aaron Sheedy
  • Patent number: 9639854
    Abstract: A system with an associated method for preloading advertisements by a server to a user's device is disclosed. In response to inquiries made by members of a user group, the system presents advertisements to the members and keeps a record of these presentations. Next, the system identifies those advertisements which have been frequently presented to the members, and preloads the identified advertisements on the device of a user who belongs to the user group. Subsequently, upon receiving a specific inquiry from the user's device, the system determines a response to the specific inquiry. When the determined response contains one of the preloaded advertisements, the system sends an instruction to the user's device to present the preloaded advertisement to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry, Eric Jun Fu, Daniel Hendrick, Deepankar Katyal, David J. Kay
  • Patent number: 9639855
    Abstract: A system and with an associated method for preloading advertisements from a server to a user's device is disclosed. In response to inquiries made by members of a user group, user devices of the members present advertisements to the members and the server keeps a record of these presentations. Next, the server identifies those advertisements which have been frequently presented to the members, and preloads the identified advertisements to the device of a user who belongs to the user group. Subsequently, upon receiving a specific inquiry by the user's device, the server determines a response to the specific inquiry. When the determined response contains one of the preloaded advertisements, the server sends an instruction to the user's device to present the preloaded advertisement to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry, Eric Jun Fu, Daniel Hendrick, Deepankar Katyal, David J. Kay
  • Patent number: 9626695
    Abstract: An automated communication system with an associated method for presenting customized voices is disclosed. The system which performs a predetermined task accepts information regarding an intended user indicating the intended user's identity, preferences, etc. Next, the system customizes one or more voices for the intended user based on the accepted information. The system then presents to the intended user one or more audible communications converted from text associated with a predetermined task performed by the system using the one or more customized voices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry, Eric Jun Fu, Daniel Hendrick, Deepankar Katyal, David J. Kay
  • Patent number: 9619812
    Abstract: A system and method are described for engaging an audience in a conversational advertisement. A conversational advertising system converses with an audience using spoken words. The conversational advertising system uses a speech recognition application to convert an audience's spoken input into text and a text-to-speech application to transform text of a response to speech that is to be played to the audience. The conversational adverting system follows an advertisement script to guide the audience in a conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry, Aaron Sheedy
  • Publication number: 20170039299
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a register file circuit design process includes instructing an automated integrated circuit design program to generate a register file circuit design, including providing a cell circuit design and instructing the automated integrated circuit design program to generate a selection design, a pre-decode design, and a data gating design. The cell circuit design describes a plurality of selection circuits that have a particular arrangement. The selection design describes a plurality of replica circuits that include respective pluralities of selection circuits having the particular arrangement. The pre-decode design describes a pre-decode circuit configured to identify a plurality of entries identified by a portion of a write instruction. The data gating design describes data gating circuits configured, in response to the pre-decode circuit not identifying respective entries, to disable data inputs to respective write selection circuits connected to the respective entries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Harsha Krishnamurthy, Mridul Agarwal, Shyam Sundar Balasubramanian, Christopher S. Thomas, Rajat Goel, Rohit Kumar, Muthukumaravelu Velayoudame
  • Patent number: 9377507
    Abstract: A processor device with debug capabilities has a central processing unit, debug circuitry including a trace module and an external interface, wherein the trace module generates a trace stream including information about executed instructions, wherein the trace stream is output through the external interface, and wherein the trace module is further operable to detect a trigger signal and upon detection to insert a trace packet into the generated trace stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kevin Kilzer, Justin Milks, Sundar Balasubramanian, Thomas Edward Perme, Kushala Javagal
  • Publication number: 20160173428
    Abstract: The present technology relates to enhancing a message with supplemental content. The system may enhance a message based on topics identified in past correspondence messages or topics anticipated based on an intended recipient of a correspondence message being drafted. The system can operate in combination or conjunction with a language prediction system, an optimizing language model, and a text input method. The systems and methods provide users with supplemental content at a time and in a specific situation, which allows for effective targeting of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry
  • Publication number: 20160170971
    Abstract: Technology for optimizing a language model based on a topic identified in correspondence messages. The system may continuously or periodically optimize a language model based on topics identified in past correspondence messages or topics anticipated based on an intended recipient of a correspondence message being drafted. The system can operate in combination or conjunction with a language prediction system, such as a next word prediction application used by a virtual keyboard, thus providing improved language prediction for conversations related to identified topics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Michael McSherry, Sundar Balasubramanian
  • Publication number: 20160171538
    Abstract: The present technology relates to enhancing a message with supplemental content. The system may enhance a message based on topics identified in past correspondence messages or topics anticipated based on an intended recipient of a correspondence message being drafted. The system can operate in combination or conjunction with a language prediction system, an optimizing language model, and a text input method. The systems and methods provide users with supplemental content at a time and in a specific situation, which allows for effective targeting of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry
  • Patent number: 9336003
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a processor includes a multi-level dispatch circuit configured to supply operations for execution by multiple parallel execution pipelines. The multi-level dispatch circuit may include multiple dispatch buffers, each of which is coupled to multiple reservation stations. Each reservation station may be coupled to a respective execution pipeline and may be configured to schedule instruction operations (ops) for execution in the respective execution pipeline. The sets of reservation stations coupled to each dispatch buffer may be non-overlapping. Thus, if a given op is to be executed in a given execution pipeline, the op may be sent to the dispatch buffer which is coupled to the reservation station that provides ops to the given execution pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Mylius, Gerard R. Williams, III, Shyam Sundar Balasubramanian, Conrado Blasco-Allue
  • Patent number: 9336122
    Abstract: A processor device with debug capabilities has a central processing unit, an interrupt controller, a status unit operable to be set into a first mode indicating an interrupt has occurred or in a second mode indicating normal execution of code, and a debug unit coupled with said status unit and comprising a configurable breakpoint, wherein a condition can be set that a breakpoint is only activated if the device is operating in an interrupt service routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kevin Kilzer, Justin Milks, Sundar Balasubramanian, Thomas Edward Perme, Kushala Javagal
  • Patent number: 9298570
    Abstract: A processor device with debug capabilities has a central processing unit, debug circuitry including a trace module, a system clock module for providing internal clock signals, and a reset detection unit which during a debug mode prevents the system clock module from receiving a reset signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Justin Milks, Thomas Edward Perme, Sundar Balasubramanian, Kushala Javagal
  • Publication number: 20160000130
    Abstract: Co-products from juice extraction, in particular for use in beverage and food products to enhance nutrition and sensory attributes of the products, are provided. The co-product has a number average particle size of between 1 and 2000 microns, a total polyphenol content of at least 2500 parts per million, a moisture content of between 70% and 85% by weight, and a combined peel and seed content between 0.01% and 20% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Bryan William Hitchcock, MongJan Hsieh, Rachel Lisa Jordan, Jeffrey David Mathews, Teodoro Rivera, Jin-E Shin, William B. Small, II
  • Publication number: 20150379981
    Abstract: An automated communication system with an associated method for presenting customized voices is disclosed. The system which performs a predetermined task accepts information regarding an intended user indicating the intended user's identity, preferences, etc. Next, the system customizes one or more voices for the intended user based on the accepted information. The system then presents to the intended user one or more audible communications converted from text associated with a predetermined task performed by the system using the one or more customized voices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Sundar Balasubramanian, Michael McSherry, Eric Jun Fu, Daniel Hendrick, Deepankar Katyal, David J. Kay