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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6418412 | Quantization using frequency and mean compensated frequency input data for robust speech recognition A speech recognition system utilizes multiple quantizers to process frequency parameters and mean compensated frequency parameters derived from an input signal. The quantizers may be matrix and vector quantizer pairs, and such quantizer pairs may also fun... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6366650 | Method and apparatus for telephonically accessing and navigating the internet A method for accessing and browsing the internet through the use of a telephone and the associated DTMF signals is disclosed. The preferred embodiment provides a system that converts the information content of a web page from text to speech (voice signals... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6347297 | Matrix quantization with vector quantization error compensation and neural network postprocessing for robust speech recognition A speech recognition system utilizes both matrix and vector quantizers as front ends to a second stage speech classifier such as hidden Markov models (HMMs) and utilizes neural network postprocessing to, for example, improve speech recognition performance... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6321325 | Dual in-line buffers for an instruction fetch unit The present invention provides dual in-line buffers for an instruction fetch unit. In one embodiment, an apparatus for a microprocessor includes an instruction cache unit that stores power of two size instruction cache lines, and dual in-line buffers of a... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6314509 | Efficient method for fetching instructions having a non-power of two size The present invention provides an efficient method for fetching instructions having a non-power of two size. In one embodiment, a method for fetching instructions having a non-power of two size includes fetching a first instruction cache line having a pow... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6304865 | Audio diagnostic system and method using frequency spectrum and neural network A method for testing an audio device with a trained neural network includes a loopback connector connecting the output port of the audio device to the input port of the audio device. A test signal is transmitted through the audio port and received at the ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6298423 | High performance load/store functional unit and data cache A load/store functional unit and a corresponding data cache of a superscalar microprocessor is disclosed. The load/store functional unit includes a plurality of reservation station entries which are accessed in parallel and which are coupled to the data c... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6269459 | Error reporting mechanism for an AGP chipset driver using a registry The invention relates to a method for reporting errors during the operation of an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) device driver operating on an AGP chipset. The method includes providing an operating system with a persistent data file, determining whether... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6216051 | Manufacturing backup system A manufacturing system is disclosed which includes first and second control devices as well as a communication terminal which controls communication with the control devices. The communications terminal includes an interceptor module which receives inform... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6112203 | Method for ranking documents in a hyperlinked environment using connectivity and selective content analysis In a computerized method, a set of documents is ranked according to their content and their connectivity by using topic distillation. The documents include links that connect the documents to each other, either directly, or indirectly. A graph is construc... | 08/29/2000 |
