John E Merrill

US Patent:

6393560, May 21, 2002

Filed:

May 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/309178

Inventors:

John W. Merrill - Gilbert AZ
Alok Prakash - Beaverton OR
Mark J. Sullivan - Tempe AZ

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 9995

US Classification:

713 2

Abstract:

An operating system may be more efficiently initiated and restarted by making a virtual image of the configuration settings for a base system configuration. These settings may be stored and may be used to quickly initiate the system in its base configuration, for example, using an executive. The base configuration may be automatically modified in response to system hardware or software configuration changes. These changes may be stored with the base configuration information. When a crash occurs, the virtual image may be used to quickly restore the system without the necessity for rebooting the operating system.

US Patent:

7082391, Jul 25, 2006

Filed:

Jul 14, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/115359

Inventors:

John W. Merrill - Gilbert AZ, US

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G10L 15/00

US Classification:

704231

Abstract:

A system for responding to spoken commands enables a computer system to avoid some synchronization problems. In certain embodiments, object oriented programming may be utilized to create an object which seamlessly coordinates between an application program and a speech engine. An object may respond to a given command which is applied tactilely or through spoken commands in a fashion which allows the application to act in the same way whatever the form of the input. In this way, an application may efficiently utilize spoken commands. For example, the spoken commands may be recognized as applying to one of two currently active tasks or windows. Through coordination with the application itself, the speech engine can be advised of a sub-vocabulary within its overall vocabulary which should be consulted in connection with certain ongoing commands. This improves the accuracy of the speech recognition process, since the spoken words need only be compared to a smaller sub-vocabulary for speech recognition purposes.

US Patent:

61734179, Jan 9, 2001

Filed:

Apr 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/070419

Inventors:

John W. Merrill - Gilbert AZ

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 924
G06F 1107

US Classification:

714 15

Abstract:

An operating system may be more efficiently initiated and restarted by making a virtual image of the configuration settings for a base system configuration. These settings may be stored and may be used to quickly initiate the system in its base configuration, for example, using an executive. The base configuration may be automatically modified in response to system hardware or software configuration changes. These changes may be stored with the base configuration information. When a crash occurs, the virtual image may be used to quickly restore the system without the necessity for rebooting the operating system.