Scott Christopher Morgan

US Patent:

6522340, Feb 18, 2003

Filed:

Nov 20, 1996

Appl. No.:

08/753081

Inventors:

Scott Anthony Morgan - Austin TX
Craig Ardner Swearingen - Austin TX

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06T 1500

US Classification:

345620

Abstract:

The present invention is a system and method for creating a real-world object as a bitmap image are provided. Initially, the background pixels in the frame buffer are assigned the same color which is different from any color found in the object. A region is created corresponding to the area that the object will occupy. Next, an application window is created on the desktop having borders, title bar, scroll bar, and the like. The size of the window will correspond to the dimensions of the bitmap image. A clipping function is then implemented to remove all of the areas in the application window which do not correspond to the bitmap image.

US Patent:

6937984, Aug 30, 2005

Filed:

Dec 17, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/213846

Inventors:

Scott Anthony Morgan - Austin TX, US
David John Roberts - Stockton, GB
Craig Ardner Swearingen - Austin TX, US
Alan Richard Tannenbaum - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

G10L021/00

US Classification:

704270, 740275

Abstract:

The present invention provides a solution for users of voice recognition systems who still need visual feedback in order to confirm the accuracy of spoken commands but need to operate in a “hands-off” mode with respect to computer input. In an interactive computer controlled display system with speech command input recognition, the present invention provides a system for confirming the recognition of a command by first predetermining a plurality of speech commands for respectively designating each of a corresponding plurality of system actions and providing means for detecting such speech commands. There also are means responsive to a detected speech command for displaying said command for a predetermined time period, during which time the user may give a spoken command to stop the system action designated by said displayed command. In the event that said system action is not stopped during said predetermined time period, the system action designated by said displayed command will be executed. The user need not wait for the expiration of the time period if he notes that the displayed command is the right one; he has speech command means for executing the system action designated by said displayed command prior to the expiration of said time period.

US Patent:

7206747, Apr 17, 2007

Filed:

Dec 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/213858

Inventors:

Scott Anthony Morgan - Austin TX, US
David John Roberts - Stockton, GB
Craig Ardner Swearingen - Austin TX, US
Alan Richard Tannenbaum - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G01L 21/00
G01L 15/04

US Classification:

704275, 704251

Abstract:

A speech recognition system which does not switch modes of operation when interpreting speech queries, such as help queries, or receiving actual spoken commands. The system handles both concurrently and seamlessly in the same operation mode. The present invention is directed to an interactive computer controlled display system with speech recognition comprising an implementation for predetermining a plurality of speech commands each associated with a corresponding plurality of system actions in combination with an implementation for concurrently detecting speech commands and speech queries for locating commands. There is also provided an implementation responsive to a detected speech command for carrying out the system action corresponding to the command, and an implementation responsive to a detected speech query for attempting to locate commands applicable to said query. The system also includes an implementation for displaying the detected speech query together with an implementation for displaying located commands applicable to said query.

US Patent:

7383515, Jun 3, 2008

Filed:

Jul 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/205106

Inventors:

Didier D. Bardon - Austin TX, US
Richard Edmond Berry - Georgetown TX, US
Scott Anthony Morgan - Austin TX, US
Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple - Northants, GB

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715823, 715825, 715810, 715860, 715760, 715790

Abstract:

A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of interaction control mechanisms (controls) having a selected or a deselected state. An input to a first control may cause a change in state to at least one other of the plurality of controls. Responsive to a first input at the first control (e. g. , holding down a mouse button with the pointer on the first control), the invention displays a preview of the change in state of the plurality of controls that would occur if a second input is made at the first control (e. g. , releasing the mouse button with the pointer still on the first control). If the user does not want the previewed change in state to occur, the user has simply to avoid making the second input (e. g. , move the pointer off the first control before releasing the mouse button).

US Patent:

7991741, Aug 2, 2011

Filed:

Apr 4, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/062566

Inventors:

David John Clark - Warwick, GB
Peter Y. Hsu - Austin TX, US
Scott Anthony Morgan - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707638

Abstract:

A system and associated method for synchronizing a record with a web document. A synchronizer selects a web document that is stored in a published web document repository of a content management system. The oldest web document since the latest update is selected and checked for availability. The synchronizer locates a record that corresponds to the selected web document. The synchronizer then checks respective version of the web document and the record to determine whether the record correctly represents the web document. The synchronizer then verifies whether the selected web document is available to users to avoid synchronizing latent web document that is not available to users. The synchronizer updates the located record.

US Patent:

8112723, Feb 7, 2012

Filed:

May 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/116789

Inventors:

Didier D. Bardon - Austin TX, US
Richard E. Berry - Georgetown TX, US
Scott A. Morgan - Austin TX, US
Anthony C. Temple - Hellidon, GB

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715859, 715810, 715835, 715860, 715823, 715840

Abstract:

A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of interaction control mechanisms (controls) having a selected or a deselected state. An input to a first control may cause a change in state to at least one other of the plurality of controls. Responsive to a first input at the first control (e. g. , holding down a mouse button with the pointer on the first control), the invention displays a preview of the change in state of the plurality of controls that would occur if a second input is made at the first control (e. g. , releasing the mouse button with the pointer still on the first control). If the user does not want the previewed change in state to occur, the user has simply to avoid making the second input (e. g. , move the pointer off the first control before releasing the mouse button).

US Patent:

8275617, Sep 25, 2012

Filed:

Dec 17, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/213856

Inventors:

Scott Anthony Morgan - Austin TX, US
David John Roberts - Stockton, GB
Craig Ardner Swearingen - Austin TX, US
Alan Richard Tannenbaum - Austin TX, US
Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple - Northants, GB

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc. - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G10L 15/04
G10L 21/00

US Classification:

704251, 704275

Abstract:

In an interactive computer controlled display system with speech command input recognition and visual feedback, implementations are provided for predetermining a plurality of speech commands for respectively initiating each of a corresponding plurality of system actions in combination with implementations for providing for each of said plurality of commands, an associated set of speech terms, each term having relevance to its associated command. Also included are implementations for detecting speech command and speech terms. The system provides an implementation responsive to a detected speech command for displaying said command, and an implementation responsive to a detected speech term having relevance to one of said commands for displaying the relevant command. The system further comprehends an interactive implementation for selecting a displayed command to thereby initiate a system action; this selecting implementation is preferably through a speech command input. The system preferably displays the basic speech commands simultaneously along with the relevant commands.

US Patent:

20130041670, Feb 14, 2013

Filed:

Aug 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/585191

Inventors:

Scott Anthony Morgan - Austin TX, US
David John Roberts - Stockton-on-Tees, GB
Craig Ardner Swearingen - Austin TX, US
Alan Richard Tannenbaum - Austin TX, US
Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple - Hellidon, GB

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc. - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G10L 11/00

US Classification:

704275, 704E11001

Abstract:

In an interactive computer controlled display system with speech command input recognition and visual feedback including means for predetermining a plurality of speech commands for respectively initiating each of a corresponding plurality of system actions in combination with means for providing for each of the plurality of speech commands an associated set of speech terms, each term having relevance to its associated command Also included are means responsive to a detected speech term having relevance to one of the speech commands for displaying a relevant command. The system preferably may display basic speech commands simultaneously along with relevant commands. The means for providing the associated set of speech terms may comprise a stored relevance table of universal speech input commands and universal computer operation terms conventionally associated with system actions initiated by the input commands, and means for relating operation terms of the system with terms in the relevance table.