Juan Manuel Huerta

US Patent:

7684990, Mar 23, 2010

Filed:

Apr 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/117948

Inventors:

Sasha Porto Caskey - New York NY, US
Juan Manuel Huerta - Bronx NY, US
Roberto Pieraccini - Peekskill NY, US

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc. - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G10L 21/00

US Classification:

7042701, 704255, 704257, 704270, 704275

Abstract:

A method for multiple value confirmation and correction in spoken dialog systems. A user is allowed to correct errors in values captured by the spoken dialog system, such that the interaction necessary for error correction between the system and the user is reduced. When the spoken dialog system collects a set of values from a user, the system provides a spoken confirmation of the set of values to the user. The spoken confirmation comprises the set of values and possibly pause associated with each value. Upon hearing an incorrect value, the user may react and barge-in the spoken confirmation and provide a corrected value. Responsive to detecting the user interruption during the pause or after the system speaking of a value, the system halts the spoken confirmation and collects the corrected value. The system then provides a new spoken confirmation to the user, wherein the new spoken confirmation includes the corrected value.

US Patent:

7720684, May 18, 2010

Filed:

Apr 29, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/117951

Inventors:

Juan Manuel Huerta - Bronx NY, US
Roberto Pieraccini - Peekskill NY, US

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc. - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G10L 15/00
G10L 21/00

US Classification:

704257, 704231, 704270, 7042701, 704275

Abstract:

A one-step correction mechanism for voice interaction is provided. Correction of a previous state is enabled simultaneously with recognition in a current or subsequent state. An application is decomposed into a set of tasks. Each task is associated with the collection of one piece of information. Each task may be in a different state. At any point during the interaction, while a task/state pair is active, the dialog manager may enable multiple other task/state pairs to be active in latent fashion. The application developer may then use those facilities or resources to the active task/state and the latent task/state pairs depending on contextual condition of the interaction state of the application.

US Patent:

7831424, Nov 9, 2010

Filed:

Apr 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/060903

Inventors:

Upendra V. Chaudhari - Briarcliff Manor NY, US
Juan M. Huerta - Bronx NY, US
Ganesh N. Ramaswamy - Mohegan Lake NY, US
Olivier Verscheure - Hopewell Junction NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G10L 17/00
G10L 21/00

US Classification:

704247, 704246, 704270

Abstract:

A method is presented which reduces data flow and thereby increases processing capacity while preserving a high level of accuracy in a distributed speech processing environment for speaker detection. The method and system of the present invention includes filtering out data based on a target speaker specific subset of labels using data filters. The method preserves accuracy and passes only a fraction of the data by optimizing target specific performance measures. Therefore, a high level of speaker recognition accuracy is maintained while utilizing existing processing capabilities.

US Patent:

7971065, Jun 28, 2011

Filed:

May 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/128701

Inventors:

Juan M. Huerta - Bronx NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 21/00

US Classification:

713182, 713183, 713184, 726 2, 726 26

Abstract:

A method for data concealment between two parties in a system, including: permitting the system to solicit one or more data from a user; permitting the system to generate a traversed path in a graph by using the one or more data provided by the user to generate the traversed path; performing a sequence of computations; associating square matrices to each connected node of the plurality of nodes of the traversed path in the graph; initiating each of the sequence of computations with a random vector; performing matrix multiplications at each step in the sequence of computations; obtaining a result vector; using the result vector of a matrix and a vector product of each connected node of the plurality of nodes of the traversed path as a vector in a subsequent node in the traversed path; comparing an outcome of the sequence of computations to a value associated with the traversed path of a correct password.

US Patent:

8065148, Nov 22, 2011

Filed:

Mar 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/732058

Inventors:

Juan Manuel Huerta - New York NY, US
Roberto Pieraccini - Peekskill NY, US

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc. - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G10L 15/00
G10L 21/00

US Classification:

704257, 704201, 704275, 704270, 7042701, 704231

Abstract:

A one-step correction mechanism for voice interaction is provided. Correction of a previous state is enabled simultaneously with recognition in a current or subsequent state. An application is decomposed into a set of tasks. Each task is associated with the collection of one piece of information. Each task may be in a different state. At any point during the interaction, while a task/state pair is active, the dialog manager may enable multiple other task/state pairs to be active in latent fashion. The application developer may then use those facilities or resources to the active task/state and the latent task/state pairs depending on contextual condition of the interaction state of the application.

US Patent:

8433572, Apr 30, 2013

Filed:

Apr 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/061291

Inventors:

Sasha Porto Caskey - New York NY, US
Juan Manuel Huerta - Bronx NY, US
Roberto Pieraccini - Peekskill NY, US

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc. - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G10L 15/04
G10L 15/00
G10L 13/08
G10L 13/00
G10L 11/00
G10L 21/00
G10L 15/20
G10L 15/26
G10L 15/06
G06F 17/27
G06F 17/21

US Classification:

704255, 704257, 704260, 704261, 704270, 7042701, 704275, 704233, 704235, 704243, 704 9, 704 10, 704251

Abstract:

A method for multiple value confirmation and correction in spoken dialog systems. A user is allowed to correct errors in values captured by the spoken dialog system, such that the interaction necessary for error correction between the system and the user is reduced. When the spoken dialog system collects a set of values from a user, the system provides a spoken confirmation of the set of values to the user. The spoken confirmation comprises the set of values and possibly pause associated with each value. Upon hearing an incorrect value, the user may react and barge-in the spoken confirmation and provide a corrected value. Responsive to detecting the user interruption during the pause or after the system speaking of a value, the system halts the spoken confirmation and collects the corrected value. The system then provides a new spoken confirmation to the user, wherein the new spoken confirmation includes the corrected value.

US Patent:

20050132323, Jun 16, 2005

Filed:

Dec 12, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/734295

Inventors:

Juan Huerta - Bronx NY, US
David Lubensky - Brookfield CT, US
Chaitanya Ekanadham - Mohegan Lake NY, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

717100000, 709203000

Abstract:

Systems, methods and tools are provided for generating applications that are automatically optimized for efficient deployment in a computing environment based on parameterized criteria. In particular, systems, methods and tools for generating network applications are provided, which automatically partition a functional description of a network application into a set of application modules (e.g., pages) according to parameterized criteria that optimizes the network application for efficient network performance by minimizing application latency.

US Patent:

20060010138, Jan 12, 2006

Filed:

Jul 9, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/886571

Inventors:

Juan Huerta - New York City NY, US
David Lubensky - Brookfield CT, US
Charles Wiecha - Hastings-on-Hudson NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707100000

Abstract:

A method for managing dialogue interaction includes generating a hierarchical tree representation of a set of hierarchical data entities, and identifying a leaf node in the hierarchical tree representation. A system for managing dialogue interaction includes a hierarchical data format having a plurality of hierarchical data entities, and a dialogue interaction manager that manages a dialogue with a user based upon the hierarchical data format.