Patents by Inventor Wendy Bannister

Wendy Bannister 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: 10073828
    Abstract: Technology is described for refining a language model for a language recognition system based on aggregating and analyzing word tag metadata from multiple users of the language. The technology allows a user to mark a word or phrase in a selected language (e.g., as offensive or misspelled, or as a part of speech or other category), combines information collected from multiple users of the selected language, and updates the user's language model based on the combined information from multiple users of the selected language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Breske, Ethan Bradford, David Field, Wendy Bannister
  • Publication number: 20170076181
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for detecting numerical text strings within a text string and converting those numerical text strings into digit strings. The digit strings may be reflected in real-time, such as when the user is typing a text message. If more than one possible format of the digit string is determined, the system may then provide a selection of the various formats for selection. Once the proper format for the digit string is determined, that digit string may replace the numerical string previously detected in the text string. The text to digit conversion and associated formatting expedites user text entry such that the user is not required to switch keyboard views, (e.g., virtual keyboards). Additionally, converting to digit strings compresses message length, as well as provide other benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Wendy Bannister, Simon Corston
  • Patent number: 9508028
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for detecting numerical text strings within a text string and converting those numerical text strings into digit strings. The digit strings may be reflected in real-time, such as when the user is typing a text message. If more than one possible format of the digit string is determined, the system may then provide a selection of the various formats for selection. Once the proper format for the digit string is determined, that digit string may replace the numerical string previously detected in the text string. The text to digit conversion and associated formatting expedites user text entry such that the user is not required to switch keyboard views, (e.g., virtual keyboards). Additionally, converting to digit strings compresses message length, as well as provide other benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy Bannister, Simon Corston
  • Publication number: 20160253313
    Abstract: Technology is described for refining a language model for a language recognition system based on aggregating and analyzing word tag metadata from multiple users of the language. The technology allows a user to mark a word or phrase in a selected language (e.g., as offensive or misspelled, or as a part of speech or other category), combines information collected from multiple users of the selected language, and updates the user's language model based on the combined information from multiple users of the selected language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Breske, Ethan Bradford, David Field, Wendy Bannister
  • Publication number: 20160085726
    Abstract: System and methods are provided for detecting numerical text strings within a text string and converting those numerical text strings into digit strings. The digit strings may be reflected in real-time, such as when the user is typing a text message. If more than one possible format of the digit string is determined, the system may then provide a selection of the various formats for selection. Once the proper format for the digit string is determined, that digit string may replace the numerical string previously detected in the text string. The text to digit conversion and associated formatting expedites user text entry such that the user is not required to switch keyboard views, (e.g., virtual keyboards). Additionally, converting to digit strings compresses message length, as well as provide other benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Wendy Bannister, Simon Corston
  • Publication number: 20150169537
    Abstract: The present technology describes context based text input, which uses linguistic models based on conditional probabilities to provide meaningful word completion and modification suggestions, such as auto-capitalization, based on previously entered words. The technology may use previously entered left context words to modify a list of candidate words matching a current user input. The left context may include one or more previously input words followed by a space, hyphen, or another word. The technology may then modify the list of candidate words based on one or more conditional probabilities, where the conditional probabilities show a probability of a candidate list modification given a particular left context. The modifying may comprise reordering the list or modifying properties of words on the list such as capitalization. The technology may then display the modified list of candidate words to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Corston, Keith Trnka, Ethan R. Bradford, David J. Kay, Donni McCray, Gaurav Tandon, Erland Unruh, Wendy Bannister