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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132104 | Multi-modal entry for electronic clinical documentation Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for populating an electronic clinical document capable of receiving multiple types of data are provided. In one embodiment, dictation audio input is embedded directly into one or more sections of an electronic clinical d... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8091028 | Method and apparatus for annotating a line-based document To facilitate the use of audio files for annotation purposes, an audio file format, which includes audio data for playback purposes, is augmented with a parallel data channel of line identifiers, or with a map associating time codes for the audio data with line numb... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8010885 | Differential dynamic content delivery with a presenter-alterable session copy of a user profile Differential dynamic content delivery with a presenter alterable session copy of a user profile. Typical embodiments include providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; p... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006186 | System and method for media production An editing system is proposed for automatically, or semi-automatically, editing input data to generate output production. The input material is annotated by, or analyzed to derive, a set of media descriptors which describe the input material and which are derived fr... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7921364 | Controlling a computer user interface with sound Controlling a computer user interface with sound including defining ranges of audio frequencies; associating each range with a user interface command; receiving as input from a user a sound representing an instruction to execute a user interface command, the sound c... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7882437 | Creating a voice response grammar from a presentation grammar Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a voice response grammar in a voice response server including identifying presentation documents for a presentation, each presentation document having a presentation grammar. Typical embodiments include stori... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7739600 | Creating a voice response grammar from a presentation grammar Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a voice response grammar in a voice response server including identifying presentation documents for a presentation, each presentation document having a presentation grammar. Typical embodiments include stori... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7712031 | System and process for developing a voice application A system for use in developing a voice application, including a dialog element selector for defining execution paths of the application by selecting dialog elements and adding the dialog elements to a tree structure, each path through the tree structure representing... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707501 | Visual marker for speech enabled links A method for notifying a user that a link is enabled for activation through voice input. The method can display a visual marker for a hyperlink to indicate that the hyperlink is activatable thorough voice input. The visual marker is not displayed for the hyperlink w... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7685522 | Self-describing forms Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for generating a form and extracting user data from a form, the form including one or more data fields. Zoning information and structural information about the data fields ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7685523 | System and method of voice recognition near a wireline node of network supporting cable television and/or video delivery A method and system of speech recognition presented by a back channel from multiple user sites within a network supporting cable television and/or video delivery is disclosed. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7681129 | Audio clutter reduction and content identification for web-based screen-readers A method and apparatus for reading a web page according to a set of user-configurable settings. In one embodiment, a set of user-configurable settings configured for reading the web page is determined. An initial reading position on the web page is determined as spe... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7571380 | Differential dynamic content delivery with a presenter-alterable session copy of a user profile Differential dynamic content delivery with a presenter alterable session copy of a user profile. Typical embodiments include providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; p... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7487451 | Creating a voice response grammar from a presentation grammar Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a voice response grammar in a voice response server including identifying presentation documents for a presentation, each presentation document having a presentation grammar. Typical embodiments include stori... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7440896 | Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Methods and systems for facilitating the selection of alternates for hand written word. Rules select words user based on operating modes and cursor positions and sequential orderings. User interfaces can also be used to select words and to provide alternates for the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7421655 | Presenting information indicating input modalities M_IDs corresponding to “not available” and “recommended 1” in respective setup items are read, and images corresponding to “recommended 1” and “not available” are read (S803). An image indicating “not available” and that indicating “reco... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412391 | User interface design apparatus and method A user interface design apparatus which reduces the load associated with input operation by an author is provided. When a speech recognition grammar including a semantic structure generating rule is acquired, at least one semantic structure is extracted from the sem... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7383188 | Object loading system and method The invention is a method for objects selection at a location comprising the steps of using a mobile computer having a bar code reader, a display, an audio output device, an audio input device, a tactile input device, text to speech software, a voice recognition sof... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7369997 | Controlling speech recognition functionality in a computing device A system and method for use in computing systems that employ speech recognition capabilities is provided. Where recognized speech can be dictation and commands, one or more buttons may be used to change modes of said computing systems to accept spoken words as dicta... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7352358 | Method and system for applying gearing effects to acoustical tracking A method and system for enabling dynamic user interactivity between user actions and actions to be performed by a computer program is provided. The system includes a computing system and an acoustic detection analyzer that is coupled to or executed by the computing ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340718 | Unified rendering Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, for abstracting rendering logic and automatically generating platform-specific renderers from the abstracted rendering logic for multiple platforms. A platform-independent description of rendering... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7307615 | Method and apparatus for voice-controlled graphical user interface pointing device A pointing device is provided for use in computing devices comprising a printed circuit board, a tracking device adapted to generate a tracking signal in response to a user vocal input and relay the tracking signal to the printed circuit board, and a selection devic... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305694 | Method and apparatus for remotely controlling a receiver according to content and user selection System and method for automatically controlling a media receiver by instructing the media receiver to use a particular receiver connection and to play a selected media unit using one of a plurality of play modes according to characteristics of the media unit. Media ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305343 | Method and system for embedding voice notes A method of embedding voice data in a computing system includes detecting a record event and detecting if a software application currently running on the computing system is voice-aware. The method also includes embedding the voice data within associated data in the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302644 | Real time production system and method An integrated, fully automated video production system that provides a video director with total control over all of the video production devices used in producing a show. Such devices include, but are not limited to, cameras, robotic pan/tilt heads, video tape play... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7272794 | Methods, systems and media players for rendering different media types Methods and systems are described that assist media players in rendering different media types. In some embodiments, a unified rendering area is provided and managed such that multiple different media types are rendered by the media player in the same user interface... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7222301 | Method and apparatus enabling voice-based management of state and interaction of a remote knowledge worker in a contact center environment A network system for enabling voice interaction between communications-center applications and human agents remote from the center has a primary server connected to the network the server controlling at least one routing point used by the center, a secondary server ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219123 | Portable browser device with adaptive personalization capability A mobile information network browser device with audio feedback and adaptive personalization capability that is capable of transmitting a request for information via a wireless communication interface from one or more servers in an information network. The browser d... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7203646 | Distributed internet based speech recognition system with natural language support A speech-enabled internet based computing system includes a configurable speech recognition engine used for interacting with content on a web accessible page. The speech recognition engine is distributed across a client and server architecture, and is adaptive so th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203907 | Multi-modal synchronization A first-modality gateway and a second-modality gateway are synchronized, with both gateways interfacing between a user and a server system. The synchronizing allows the user to use either of the first-modality gateway or the second-modality gateway at a given point ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197494 | Method and architecture for consolidated database search for input recognition systems A method and system are provided for recognizing user input. User input is applied to at least one model to identify at least one decoded value found in a grammar. The decoded value and at least one database value stored in the grammar are then returned. The databas... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7149694 | Method and system for building/updating grammars in voice access systems Method and System to update grammar information in a voice access system that provides access to a data system. A user interface (UI) is provided to enable an administrator to select UI object pertaining to a user interface provided by the data system to provide gra... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142250 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing audio and video streams Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for synchronizing an audio stream with a video stream. This method involves searching in the audio stream for audio data having values that match a distinct set of audio data values and synchronizing the audio strea... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134080 | Method and system for a user-following interface Techniques are disclosed for projecting an image onto a surface suitable for interaction with a user while avoiding user occlusion, and while correcting for distortion due to oblique projection. The displayed image moves to a suitable surface at a suitable size and ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129963 | Device for audiovisual presentation of sound and images A device for audiovisual presentation of sound and images, particularly for advertising purposes, with a memory unit (14) and a monitor (10) to display image information from the memory unit (14). An actuator unit (11) is provided to move... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113169 | Apparatus and method for a multiple-user interface to interactive information displays This invention relates to the untethered multiple user interaction of large information displays using laser pointers coordinated with voice commands. A projection system projects application windows onto a large information display. One or more users may command th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107541 | Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program A message object corresponding to an input voice signal moves upward as time passes, like a bubble, after the voice signal is input. Accordingly, the user can recognize the input data easily and intuitively. The user selects a desired recognized message object and d... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106298 | Arrangement for arbitration of display information from multiple applications for a network enabled display device A network-enabled user interface device, for example a VoIP telephony device, includes a display, a user input interface, an interface controller, and an application controller. The display is logically defined to include multiple distinct display areas. The interfa... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099829 | Method of dynamically displaying speech recognition system information The present invention provides a method of dynamically displaying speech recognition system information. The method can include providing a single floating window for displaying frames of speech recognition system state information to a user. The frames can be varie... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096163 | Voice activated commands in a building construction drawing system A building construction drawing system incorporates a voice activated command recognition and actuation module to enable a building construction system designer, such as a fire sprinkler system designer, to be able to draw building construction systems, or component... | 08/22/2006 |
