Patents by Inventor Vincent J. Goffin

Vincent J. Goffin 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).

  • System and method for isolating and processing common dialog cues
    Patent number: 8532995
    Abstract: A method, system and machine-readable medium are provided. Speech input is received at a speech recognition component and recognized output is produced. A common dialog cue from the received speech input or input from a second source is recognized. An action is performed corresponding to the recognized common dialog cue. The performed action includes sending a communication from the speech recognition component to the speech generation component while bypassing a dialog component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Vincent J. Goffin, Sarangarajan Parthasarathy
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND PROCESSING COMMON DIALOG CUES
    Publication number: 20120232892
    Abstract: A method, system and machine-readable medium are provided. Speech input is received at a speech recognition component and recognized output is produced. A common dialog cue from the received speech input or input from a second source is recognized. An action is performed corresponding to the recognized common dialog cue. The performed action includes sending a communication from the speech recognition component to the speech generation component while bypassing a dialog component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Vincent J. Goffin, Sarangarajan Parthasarathy
  • System and method for isolating and processing common dialog cues
    Patent number: 8185400
    Abstract: A method, system and machine-readable medium are provided. Speech input is received at a speech recognition component and recognized output is produced. A common dialog cue from the received speech input or input from a second source is recognized. An action is performed corresponding to the recognized common dialog cue. The performed action includes sending a communication from the speech recognition component to the speech generation component while bypassing a dialog component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Vincent J. Goffin, Sarangarajan Parthasarathy