Patents by Inventor Yik-Cheung Tam

Yik-Cheung Tam 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 apparatus for processing spoken search queries
    Patent number: 8666963
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method of performing a search for content on the Internet, in which a user may speak a search query and speech recognition may be performed on the spoken query to generate a text search query to be provided to a plurality of search engines. This enables a user to speak the search query rather than having to type it, and also allows the user to provide the search query only once, rather than having to provide it separately to multiple different search engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, William F. Ganong, III, Paul J. Vozila, Nathan M. Bodenstab, Yik-Cheung Tam
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SPOKEN SEARCH QUERIES
    Publication number: 20120259636
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method of performing a search for content on the Internet, in which a user may speak a search query and speech recognition may be performed on the spoken query to generate a text search query to be provided to a plurality of search engines. This enables a user to speak the search query rather than having to type it, and also allows the user to provide the search query only once, rather than having to provide it separately to multiple different search engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, William F. Ganong, III, Paul J. Vozila, Nathan M. Bodenstab, Yik-Cheung Tam
  • Method and apparatus for processing spoken search queries
    Patent number: 8239366
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method of performing a search for content on the Internet, in which a user may speak a search query and speech recognition may be performed on the spoken query to generate a text search query to be provided to a plurality of search engines. This enables a user to speak the search query rather than having to type it, and also allows the user to provide the search query only once, rather than having to provide it separately to multiple different search engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, William F. Ganong, III, Paul J. Vozila, Nathan M. Bodenstab, Yik-Cheung Tam
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SPOKEN SEARCH QUERIES
    Publication number: 20120059810
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method of performing a search for content on the Internet, in which a user may speak a search query and speech recognition may be performed on the spoken query to generate a text search query to be provided to a plurality of search engines. This enables a user to speak the search query rather than having to type it, and also allows the user to provide the search query only once, rather than having to provide it separately to multiple different search engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, William F. Ganong, III, Paul J. Vozila, Nathan M. Bodenstab, Yik-Cheung Tam
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN INTERNET SEARCH
    Publication number: 20120059658
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to searching for content on the Internet. A user may supply a search query to a device, and the device may issue the search query to a plurality of search engines, including at least one general purpose search engine and at least one site-specific search engine. In this way, the user need not separately issue search queries to each of the plurality of search engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, Gary B. Clayton, Victor S. Chen, Steven Hatch, William F. Ganong, III, Gunnar Evermann, Marc W. Regan, Stephen W. Laverty, Paul J. Vozila, Nathan M. Bodenstab, Yik-Cheung Tam
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A SEARCH ENGINE TO WHICH TO PROVIDE A SEARCH QUERY
    Publication number: 20120059814
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method of performing a search for content on the Internet, in which a user may issue a search query, and the search engine or engines to which that query is provided may be determined dynamically based on any of a variety of factors. For example, in some embodiments, the search engine or engines to which the query is provided may be determined based on the content of the search query, this historical access patterns of the user that issued the query, or the historical access patterns of other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Sejnoha, William F. Ganong, III, Paul J. Vozila, Nathan M. Bodenstab, Yik-Cheung Tam
  • Language model adaptation using semantic supervision
    Patent number: 7478038
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for adapting a language model. The method and apparatus provide supervised class-based adaptation of the language model utilizing in-domain semantic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ciprian Chelba, Milind Mahajan, Alejandro Acero, Yik-Cheung Tam
  • Language model adaptation using semantic supervision
    Publication number: 20050228641
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for adapting a language model. The method and apparatus provide supervised class-based adaptation of the language model utilizing in-domain semantic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ciprian Chelba, Milind Mahajan, Alejandro Acero, Yik-Cheung Tam