Patents by Inventor Swetha MACHANAVAJHALA
Swetha MACHANAVAJHALA 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: 20230343330Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein provide intelligent display of auditory world experiences. Specialized Al models are configured to display integrated visualizations for different aspects of the auditory signals that may be communicated during an event, such as a meeting, chat session, etc. For instance, a system can use a sentiment recognition model to identify specific characteristics of a speech input, such as volume or tone, provided by a participant. The system can also use a speech recognition model to identify keywords that can be used to distinguish portions of a transcript that are displayed. The system can also utilize an audio recognition model that is configured to analyze non-speech audio sounds for the purposes of identifying non-speech events. The system can then integrate the user interface attributes, distinguished portions of the transcript, and visual indicators describing the non-speech events.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Venkata Naga Vijaya Swetha MACHANAVAJHALA, Ryan Graham WILLIAMS, Sanghee OH, Ikuyo TSUNODA, William D. LEWIS, Jian WU, Daniel Charles TOMPKINS
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Patent number: 11699360Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that aid users with hearing and/or speech impediments to have a conversation with a remote phone number without human assistance. In one aspect, an application residing on a user's device, such as a smartphone, tablet computer, laptop, etc., may be used to initiate a phone call to a recipient. Upon initiating the phone call locally, a service residing on the server may receive a request to initiate a connection to the recipient. Once the recipient answers, the user may converse with the recipient by providing text input to their local app. The text input may be transmitted to the service. The service may use a text to speech converter to translate the received text to speech that can be delivered to the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anirudh Koul, Meher Kasam, Michael Johnston, Swetha Machanavajhala, Elizabeth Halper
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Publication number: 20210082315Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that aid users with hearing and/or speech impediments to have a conversation with a remote phone number without human assistance. In one aspect, an application residing on a user's device, such as a smartphone, tablet computer, laptop, etc., may be used to initiate a phone call to a recipient. Upon initiating the phone call locally, a service residing on the server may receive a request to initiate a connection to the recipient. Once the recipient answers, the user may converse with the recipient by providing text input to their local app. The text input may be transmitted to the service. The service may use a text to speech converter to translate the received text to speech that can be delivered to the recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anirudh KOUL, Meher KASAM, Michael JOHNSTON, Swetha MACHANAVAJHALA, Elizabeth HALPER
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Patent number: 10854110Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that aid users with hearing and/or speech impediments to have a conversation with a remote phone number without human assistance. In one aspect, an application residing on a user's device, such as a smartphone, tablet computer, laptop, etc., may be used to initiate a phone call to a recipient. Upon initiating the phone call locally, a service residing on the server may receive a request to initiate a connection to the recipient. Once the recipient answers, the user may converse with the recipient by providing text input to their local app. The text input may be transmitted to the service. The service may use a text to speech converter to translate the received text to speech that can be delivered to the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anirudh Koul, Meher Kasam, Michael Johnston, Swetha Machanavajhala, Elizabeth Halper
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Patent number: 10313845Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe proactive speech detection on behalf of a user and alerting the user when a specific word, name, etc. is detected. Speech detection is actively executed through a computing device, where the speech detection analyzes spoken utterances in association with a dynamic grammar file stored locally on the computing device. An alert is generated that indicates when a spoken word of the utterances matches a word stored in the dynamic grammar file. The alert may be displayed, for example, through the computing device. The alert provides indication that the spoken word is identified in the spoken utterances. In further examples, a buffered window of the spoken utterances is captured which is associated with a detection of the specific word. A live transcription of the content in the buffered window is generated and provided to a computing device of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anirudh Koul, Venkata Naga Vijaya Swetha Machanavajhala, Stéphane Morichère-Matte, David Dai Wei Zhang, Anass Al-Wohoush, Jan Ervin Mickel Takata Clarin, Sheng-Ting Lin, Sitthinon Jinaphant, Shery Sharonjit Sumal
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Publication number: 20180352390Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe proactive speech detection on behalf of a user and alerting the user when a specific word, name, etc. is detected. Speech detection is actively executed through a computing device, where the speech detection analyzes spoken utterances in association with a dynamic grammar file stored locally on the computing device. An alert is generated that indicates when a spoken word of the utterances matches a word stored in the dynamic grammar file. The alert may be displayed, for example, through the computing device. The alert provides indication that the spoken word is identified in the spoken utterances. In further examples, a buffered window of the spoken utterances is captured which is associated with a detection of the specific word. A live transcription of the content in the buffered window is generated and provided to a computing device of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Anirudh Koul, Venkata Naga Vijaya Swetha Machanavajhala, Stéphane Morichère-Matte, David Dai Wei Zhang, Anass Al-Wohoush, Jan Ervin Mickel Takata Clarin, Sheng-Ting Lin, Sitthinon Jinaphant, Shery Sharonjit Sumal
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Publication number: 20180253992Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that aid users with hearing and/or speech impediments to have a conversation with a remote phone number without human assistance. In one aspect, an application residing on a user's device, such as a smartphone, tablet computer, laptop, etc., may be used to initiate a phone call to a recipient. Upon initiating the phone call locally, a service residing on the server may receive a request to initiate a connection to the recipient. Once the recipient answers, the user may converse with the recipient by providing text input to their local app. The text input may be transmitted to the service. The service may use a text to speech converter to translate the received text to speech that can be delivered to the recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anirudh KOUL, Meher KASAM, Michael JOHNSTON, Swetha MACHANAVAJHALA, Elizabeth HALPER