Patents by Inventor Tracy Leigh Smart

Tracy Leigh Smart 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).

  • Method and system for voice recognition menu navigation
    Patent number: 7502742
    Abstract: A method and system for error prevention and recovery of voice activated navigation through a menu having plural nodes provides situation dependent utterance verification by relating confirmation to utterance determination confidence levels. In one embodiment, a high confidence level results in implicit confirmation, a medium confidence level results in explicit confirmation and a low confidence level results in a concise interrogative prompt of a single word that requests the user to repeat the utterance. In situations where voice recognition is difficult, dual modality with DTMF navigation is provided as an option for menu selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Anthony Knott, John Mills Martin, Robert Randal Bushey, Tracy Leigh Smart
  • Method and system for voice recognition menu navigation with error prevention and recovery
    Patent number: 7246062
    Abstract: A method and system for error prevention and recovery of voice activated navigation through a menu having plural nodes provides situation dependent utterance verification by relating confirmation to utterance determination confidence levels. In one embodiment, a high confidence level results in implicit confirmation, a medium confidence level results in explicit confirmation and a low confidence level results in a concise interrogative prompt of a single word that requests the user to repeat the utterance. In situations where voice recognition is difficult, dual modality with DTMF navigation is provided as an option for menu selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: SBC Technology Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Anthony Knott, John Mills Martin, Robert Randal Bushey, Tracy Leigh Smart
  • Method and system for voice recognition menu navigation with error prevention and recovery
    Publication number: 20030191648
    Abstract: A method and system for error prevention and recovery of voice activated navigation through a menu having plural nodes provides situation dependent utterance verification by relating confirmation to utterance determination confidence levels. In one embodiment, a high confidence level results in implicit confirmation, a medium confidence level results in explicit confirmation and a low confidence level results in a concise interrogative prompt of a single word that requests the user to repeat the utterance. In situations where voice recognition is difficult, dual modality with DTMF navigation is provided as an option for menu selections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Benjamin Anthony Knott, John Mills Martin, Robert Randal Bushey, Tracy Leigh Smart