Patents by Inventor Tom Freeman

Tom Freeman 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: 11818606
    Abstract: A multi-wide area network (WAN) incorporating both satellite-based communication networks and cellular networks (e.g., an LTE network) is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Fotheringham, Tom Freeman, Benjamin Posthuma
  • Patent number: 11600908
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms to provide satellite communication functionality with an antenna assembly. In an embodiment, a communication device includes an antenna panel (comprising one or more holographic antenna elements), a housing and hardware interfaces which facilitate operation of the communication device has a module of the antenna display. A cross-sectional profile of the housing may conform to a polygon other than any rectangle. A configuration of the housing and hardware interfaces may facilitate the formation of an antenna assembly arrangement other than that of any rectilinear array. In another embodiment, communication devices of the antenna assembly each conform to a triangle or a hexagon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Fotheringham, Adam Nonis, Tom Freeman, Mersad Cavcic, David Levesque
  • Publication number: 20220020062
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Tom FREEMAN, Mike KENNEWICK
  • Patent number: 11222626
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
  • Patent number: 11080758
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, Mike Kennewick
  • Publication number: 20200388274
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
  • Patent number: 10755699
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
  • Publication number: 20200245210
    Abstract: A multi-wide area network (WAN) incorporating both satellite-based communication networks and cellular networks (e.g., an LTE network) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: David Fotheringham, Tom Freeman, Benjamin Posthuma
  • Patent number: 10515628
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
  • Publication number: 20190385596
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
  • Patent number: 10510341
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
  • Publication number: 20190272822
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
  • Publication number: 20190272821
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
  • Publication number: 20190272823
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry BALDWIN, Tom FREEMAN, Michael TJALVE, Blane EBERSOLD, Chris WEIDER
  • Patent number: 10297249
    Abstract: A cooperative conversational voice user interface is provided. The cooperative conversational voice user interface may build upon short-term and long-term shared knowledge to generate one or more explicit and/or implicit hypotheses about an intent of a user utterance. The hypotheses may be ranked based on varying degrees of certainty, and an adaptive response may be generated for the user. Responses may be worded based on the degrees of certainty and to frame an appropriate domain for a subsequent utterance. In one implementation, misrecognitions may be tolerated, and conversational course may be corrected based on subsequent utterances and/or responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Baldwin, Tom Freeman, Michael Tjalve, Blane Ebersold, Chris Weider
  • Publication number: 20190087866
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Tom FREEMAN, Mike KENNEWICK
  • Patent number: 10134060
    Abstract: The system and method described herein may use various natural language models to deliver targeted advertisements and/or provide natural language processing based on advertisements. In one implementation, an advertisement associated with a product or service may be provided for presentation to a user. A natural language utterance of the user may be received. The natural language utterance may be interpreted based on the advertisement and, responsive to the existence of a pronoun in the natural language utterance, a determination of whether the pronoun refers to one or more of the product or service or a provider of the product or service may be effectuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: VB Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, Mike Kennewick
  • Patent number: 9734825
    Abstract: Systems and methods for receiving user generated natural language utterances such as queries and/or commands and executing the queries and/or commands. A parser may be used to determine a domain for a user generated natural language utterance based on the content and context of the natural language utterance. One or more of a plurality of domain agents associated with particular domains are configured to receive and respond to queries and/or commands based on the natural language utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Kennewick, David Locke, Michael R. Kennewick, Sr., Michael R. Kennewick, Jr., Richard Kennewick, Tom Freeman
  • Publication number: 20170187100
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms to provide satellite communication functionality with an antenna assembly. In an embodiment, a communication device includes an antenna panel (comprising one or more holographic antenna elements), a housing and hardware interfaces which facilitate operation of the communication device has a module of the antenna display. A cross-sectional profile of the housing may conform to a polygon other than any rectangle. A configuration of the housing and hardware interfaces may facilitate the formation of an antenna assembly arrangement other than that of any rectilinear array. In another embodiment, communication devices of the antenna assembly each conform to a triangle or a hexagon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: David Fotheringham, Adam Nonis, Tom Freeman, Mersad Cavcic, David Levesque
  • Publication number: 20170187101
    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms to provide a motor vehicle with connectivity for satellite communications. In an embodiment, a communication device is disposed between an exterior surface of the motor vehicle and an interior surface of the motor vehicle. An antenna panel, disposed in a housing of the communication device, may be configured to participate in satellite communication via a first side of the communication device. A configuration of the antenna panel, the housing or one or more hardware interfaces of the communication device may facilitate low profile solution for such communication with the satellite. In another embodiment, the one or more hardware interfaces are each disposed on a respective side of the housing other than the first side, the one or more hardware interfaces to couple the communication device to a power supply of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Tom Freeman, David Fotheringham, Mersad Cavcic, Adam Nonis, Tom Hower