Patents by Inventor Vittorio Manzone

Vittorio Manzone 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 aligning ASR model weights with NLU concepts
    Patent number: 11074908
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, at least one language model component of a plurality of language model components in at least one application associated with automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language understanding (NLU) usage. A contribution bias may be received for the at least one language model component. The ASR and NLU may be aligned between the plurality of language model components based upon, at least in part, the contribution bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Bodenstab, Matt Hohensee, Dermot Connolly, Kenneth Smith, Vittorio Manzone
  • Automated obscuring system and method
    Patent number: 10846429
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving content from a third-party. The content may be processed to predict the disclosure of sensitive information. The sensitive information may be obscured from a platform user, where the third-party may be a customer and the platform user may be a customer service representative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth William Douglas Smith, Uwe Helmut Jost, Jean-Guy Elie Dahan, Fabrizio Lussana, Vittorio Manzone, David Copp
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING ASR MODEL WEIGHTS WITH NLU CONCEPTS
    Publication number: 20200312311
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, at least one language model component of a plurality of language model components in at least one application associated with automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language understanding (NLU) usage. A contribution bias may be received for the at least one language model component. The ASR and NLU may be aligned between the plurality of language model components based upon, at least in part, the contribution bias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: NATHAN BODENSTAB, Matt Hohensee, Dermot Connolly, Kenneth Smith, Vittorio Manzone
  • AUTOMATED OBSCURING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190026494
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving content from a third-party; processing the content to predict the disclosure of sensitive information; and obscuring the sensitive information from a platform user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: KENNETH WILLIAM DOUGLAS SMITH, Uwe Helmut Jost, Jean-Guy Elie Dahan, Fabrizio Lussana, Vittorio Manzone, David Copp