Patents by Inventor Thiruvilvama Lai V. Raman

Thiruvilvama Lai V. Raman 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).

  • Methods and systems for authoring of mixed-initiative multi-modal interactions and related browsing mechanisms
    Patent number: 8572209
    Abstract: Application authoring techniques, and information browsing mechanisms associated therewith, which employ programming in association with mixed-initiative multi-modal interactions and natural language understanding for use in dialog systems. Also, a conversational browsing architecture is provided for use with these and other authoring techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Healey, Rafah A. Hosn, Stephane Herman Maes, Thiruvilvama Lai V. Raman, Alpana Tiwari
  • Methods and systems for multi-modal browsing and implementation of a conversational markup language
    Patent number: 7685252
    Abstract: A new application programming language is provided which is based on user interaction with any device which a user is employing to access any type of information. The new language is referred to herein as a “Conversational Markup Language (CML). In a preferred embodiment, CML is a high level XML based language for representing “dialogs” or “conversations” the user will have with any given computing device. For example, interaction may comprise, but is not limited to, visual based (text and graphical) user interaction and speech based user interaction. Such a language allows application authors to program applications using interaction-based elements referred to herein as “conversational gestures.” The present invention also provides for various embodiments of a multimodal browser capable of supporting the features of CML in accordance with various modality specific representations, e.g., HTML based graphical user interface (GUI) browser, VoiceXML based speech browser, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephane Herman Maes, Thiruvilvama Lai V. Raman
  • Methods and systems for authoring of mixed-initiative multi-modal interactions and related browsing mechanisms
    Patent number: 7546382
    Abstract: Application authoring techniques, and information browsing mechanisms associated therewith, which employ programming in association with mixed-initiative multi-modal interactions and natural language understanding for use in dialog systems. Also, a conversational browsing architecture is provided for use with these and other authoring techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Healey, Rafah A. Hosn, Stephane Herman Maes, Thiruvilvama Lai V. Raman, Alpana Tiwari
  • Methods and systems for authoring of mixed-initiative multi-modal interactions and related browsing mechanisms
    Publication number: 20030225825
    Abstract: Application authoring techniques, and information browsing mechanisms associated therewith, which employ programming in association with mixed-initiative multi-modal interactions and natural language understanding for use in dialog systems. Also, a conversational browsing architecture is provided for use with these and other authoring techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Healey, Rafah A. Hosn, Stephane Herman Maes, Thiruvilvama Lai V. Raman, Alpana Tiwari