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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363223 | Policy analysis framework for conversational biometrics The present invention describes a framework for the analytical and visual analysis and tuning of complex speaker verification systems guided by a policy finite state machine. The Receiver Operating Curve associated with the acoustic speaker recognition task is trans... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363224 | Method for entering text In a method of entering text into a device a first character input is provided that is indicative of a first character of a text entry. Next, a vocalization of the text entry is captured. A probable word candidate is then identified for a first word of the vocalizat... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363229 | Systems and methods for managing multiple grammars in a speech recognition system Systems and methods are described for a speech system that manages multiple grammars from one or more speech-enabled applications. The speech system includes a speech server that supports different grammars and different types of grammars by exposing several methods... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363520 | Techniques for providing power to a set of powerable devices An improved power supply subsystem, which is automatically updatable, includes a first power supply having a first power circuit, a first controller adapted to control operation of the first power circuit, a first interface adapted to connect the first controller to... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357333 | Mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document A mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document. This authenticity information may be stored in a publicly-accessible database. When a document patterned with electronic ink is to be verified, the verifier examines the electronic... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359550 | Incremental singular value decomposition of incomplete data A method models data values acquired by measuring a natural phenomena. Samples are acquired of the natural phenomena, each sample is arranged as a vector c of the data values. Some of the data values may be missing. The vectors c are decomposed into five matrices, r... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359859 | Computer-based training system and method for enhancing language listening comprehension The specification discloses a computer-based system and method for enhancing language listening comprehension. The system and method perform analyses according to the answers entered by the learner. The analysis result determines whether to increase or lower the voi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359861 | Inter-language translation device A computer system with an appropriate set of instructions to allow the computer system to serve as a translation device for use in a structured interview between an interviewer using a first language and an interviewee in a second language in order to minimize or el... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359775 | Method and apparatus for information transfer in vehicle service systems A vehicle service system having a vehicle service computer which is configured for communication with at least one on-board vehicle computer of a vehicle undergoing a vehicle service procedure via a vehicle fault tolerant communication bus, to retrieve or access inf... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359860 | Call flow object model in a speech recognition system Systems and methods are provided for embodiments of a speech recognition system call flow object model. The systems and methods organize and execute, for example, multiple question directed dialogs, overview dialogs, or natural language directed dialogs. In certain ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359889 | Method and apparatus for automatically creating database for use in automated media recognition system A method for automatically creating a database of parameters (e.g., fingerprints/landmarks) used in a media sample recognition system. The user places a media sample in his media player, e.g., a CD or DVD player in his personal computer. A software process installed... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360151 | System and method for creating custom specific text and emotive content message response templates for textual communications Aspects of the invention present a system and methods to analyze textual communications, which include cognitive as well as emotive content. Generally accepted communication models and principles are used to create communication unique response templates which respo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358965 | Tapping to create writing The present invention provides a method and system for tapping to create document structure, such as writing. A tapping gesture received from the user is interpreted by a writing application to indicate that the user is about to write in a certain location on the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356473 | Management and assistance system for the deaf A computer-aided communication and assistance system that uses a signal processing and other algorithms in a processor in wireless communication with a microphone system to aid a deaf person. An instrumented communication module receives information from one or more... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356638 | Using out-of-band signaling to provide communication between storage controllers in a computer storage system A system provides communication between components of a computer data storage system using out-of-band (OOB) signaling. The system includes a plurality of data storage devices having a local controller for directing data flow to each of the plurality of data storage... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356530 | Systems and methods of retrieving relevant information The present invention provides systems and methods of retrieving the pages according to the quality of the individual pages. The rank of a page for a keyword is a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic ranks. Intrinsic rank is the measure of the relevancy of a page ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355195 | Method and apparatus for associating patient and exposure related data with a radiation image Patient identification data and/or exposure related data or a code uniquely identifying at least one of these data is transferred shortly before or during exposure to a radio-frequency tag or the like coupled to a radiation detector. Transfer may be executed through... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356605 | System and method for controlling delivery of streaming media A system and method for controlling delivery of streaming media include the capability to receive streaming media at an endpoint device at a first delivery rate and at the endpoint device, determine whether to adjust the first delivery rate and generate a command to... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356748 | Partial spectral loss concealment in transform codecs The invention concerns a frequency-domain error concealment technique for information that is represented, on a frame-by-frame basis, by coding coefficients. The basic idea is to conceal an erroneous coding coefficient by exploiting coding coefficient correlation in... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356470 | Text-to-speech and image generation of multimedia attachments to e-mail A multi-mail system and method is disclosed in which a sender may convey and a recipient can realize emotional aspects associated with substantive content of a multi-mail message by receiving a message that is more than textual in nature. Voice recognition technolog... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356134 | Method of accessing a dial-up service A method of accessing a dial-up service involves the following steps: (a) dialing a service number (172); (b) speaking a number of digits to form a first utterance (174); (c) recognizing the digits using speaker independent speaker recognition (176 | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356130 | Method and system for selecting speech or DTMF interfaces or a mixture of both A wizard that from a fixed design can create various audio interfaces. The generated interfaces can be speech only, DTMF only, or various mixed speech and DTMF UIs. When specifying both speech and DTMF prompts, a number of combinations of these interfaces could be a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356001 | Method and system for diverting wireless network communications A private wireless network is able to provide wireless telecommunication services to subscriber mobile stations that also subscribe to a public wireless network. The private wireless network includes a private base transceiver station (BTS), a private mobile switchi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356474 | System and method for remotely enforcing operational protocols A system and method for remotely enforcing operational protocols is provided. In a remote environment, such as that found with a police environment, voice recognition technology is used to determine the situation and invoke actions according to an appropriate protoc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356469 | Method and system for trimming audio files A system for automatically trimming an audio files based upon textual content associated with the audio file is provided. The source of the textual content may be an electronic document or written language text. The textual content may include predefined hints, a te... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353250 | Reproducing apparatus and server system providing additional information therefor A reproduction apparatus and a server system to provide additional information, the reproduction apparatus includes an identifier generator to generate the identifier of the contents, a network connector, and a controller to transmit the identifier generated by the ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353177 | System and method of providing conversational visual prosody for talking heads A system and method of controlling the movement of a virtual agent while the agent is listening to a human user during a conversation is disclosed. The method comprises receiving speech data from the user, performing a prosodic analysis of the speech data and contro... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353172 | System and method for cantonese speech recognition using an optimized phone set The present invention comprises a system and method for implementing a Cantonese speech recognizer with an optimized phone set, and may include a recognizer configured to compare input speech data to phone strings from a vocabulary dictionary that is implemented acc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353453 | Method and system for categorizing data objects with designation tools A system and method for categorizing data objects with designation tools. A designation tool is provided for categorizing data in an electronic document. A user may select a designation tool corresponding to a data category with which to categorize data to be inputt... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353173 | System and method for Mandarin Chinese speech recognition using an optimized phone set The present invention comprises a system and method for implementing a Mandarin Chinese speech recognizer with an optimized phone set, and may include a recognizer configured to compare input speech data to phone strings from a vocabulary dictionary that is implemen... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349850 | Program, speech interaction apparatus, and method The present invention relates to a program that allows a conversation to be performed with a user in a natural and human-like manner. Each of response candidate generating modules 54a through 54c generates response candidate data based on... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349552 | Connected audio and other media objects Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into them or their containers. In the context of a user's playback experience, a decoding process extracts the identifier from a media object and possibly additional context inform... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349836 | Method and process to generate real time input/output in a voice XML run-time simulation environment A method and system for testing voice applications, such as VoiceXML applications, is provided. The system provides a run-time simulation environment for voice applications that simulates and automates user interaction. A user simulation script is provided in a cust... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349846 | Information processing apparatus, method, program, and storage medium for inputting a pronunciation symbol An information processing apparatus for inputting a pronunciation symbol corresponding to an English notation includes pronunciation symbol information holding means for holding pronunciation symbol information indicating a relationship between a predetermined alpha... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349851 | Speech recognition user interface A speech recognition system having a user interface that provides both visual and auditory feedback to a user is described. In one aspect, a response time in which to receive an audible utterance is initiated. A graphic representing the response time is displayed. A... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349852 | System and method of providing conversational visual prosody for talking heads A system and method of controlling the movement of a virtual agent while the agent is listening to a human user during a conversation is disclosed. The method comprises receiving speech data from the user, performing a prosodic analysis of the speech data and contro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349955 | Method of and system for transferring data over a wireless communications network A method of and system for transferring data over a wireless communications network are provided. A wireless device user desiring to browse a World-Wide-Web page or other data sends a request over the wireless network to a Web server. The Web server receives the req... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348984 | Image generating apparatus, database and storage medium An image generating apparatus is provided with an image generating part for generating a sequential character image by connecting a plurality of unit image groups which are respectively guaranteed to indicate one communication information, and a display part for dis... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349849 | Spacing for microphone elements A speech recognition device with a frequency range with an upper frequency limit fmax is provided. The speech recognition device has more than two microphones with distances between the microphones, wherein the greatest common factor of the distances betw... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346151 | Method and apparatus for validating agreement between textual and spoken representations of words A method and apparatus are disclosed for validating agreement between textual and spoken representations of words. A voice input verification process monitors a conversation between an agent and a caller to validate the textual entry of the caller's spoken responses... | 03/18/2008 |
