Merlyn Mind, Inc.

Ravindranath Kokku

Shom Ponoth

Satya Nitta

Sharad C Sundararajan

Aditya Vempaty

Hélène Irene Alonso

Prasenjit Dey

Sean O'hara

Deepak Akkil

Tamer Abuelsaad

Satyanarayana Nitta

Mohammad Niknazar

Amol Nayate

Javier Villafana

Robert Smith

A method performed by a remote-control unit (RCU) of managing a content transfer to or from integrated output devices (IODs) in a physical room is disclosed. The content transfer involves moving application context of a computer application with which a user can interact, which includes a computer object being operated on and relevant metadata. The RCU is programmed to recognize simple user instructions for the content transfer and perform the content transfer from a source device to a target device in real time, regardless of data transfer protocols specific to computer applications. Specifically, the RCU is programmed to obtain source data from the source device, generate updated source data by combining the source data with one or more commands specifying how the source data is to be handled based on a session mode indicating a type of activity being performed in the physical room, and transmit the updated source data to the target device for further user interaction.

Content transfer among remote-control units and integrated output devices

A component management server computer ('server') and processing methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the server is programmed to continuously receive input data regarding what is happening in the physical room from one or more input devices. The server is programmed to then detect an utterance of a spoken word from the input data and generate one or more sound metrics based on the input data. Based on the sound metrics as applied to certain criteria, the server is programmed to activate a component, such as an input device, variable, software system, or output device, and cause one or more output devices to execute an action that alerts a user of the activated component. The server can also be programmed to turn on, off, up, or down any of the components based on the activated component.

Automatic adaptation of multi-modal system components

A method of customizing contextual controls of a remote-control unit (RCU) having a plurality of user interface elements is disclosed. A processor within the RCU receives context information from an integrated output device that includes an output mechanism, the context information being related to an active application being run on the integrated output device and an active object being presented by the active application. The processor determines a set of actions that can be performed on the active object within the active application. The processor dynamically maps actions to user interface elements of the RCU based on the context information. The processor receives a selection of a user interface element and sends a request from the RCU to the integrated output device specifying an action mapped to the user interface element to be performed on the active object and the active application.

Context-sensitive customization of remote-control unit

A method comprises receiving from an input device, a capture of user action as an initial command; interpreting the initial command into an interpreted command; generating a first set of modified commands that are based on the interpreted command, including: a first modified command that has a phonetic similarity to the interpreted command within a certain threshold, and a second modified command that is semantically related to an earlier command; transmitting, to an output device, the first set of modified commands; receiving a response to a group of commands including the first set of modified commands; recording an identifier of an input device from which the response was received and a type of the response in a log; when the response includes acknowledging a specific command of the group of commands as an accepted command, executing, the accepted command; otherwise, generating a second set of modified commands.

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Ravindranath Kokku