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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Abhishek Rohatgi, Roxboro, CA;
Eduardo Olvera, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Dinesh Samtani, Mississaug, CA;
Flaviu Gelu Negrean, Montreal, CA;
Manar Alazma, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/35 (2020.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G10L 15/06 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/24 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/1815 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/35 (2020.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G10L 15/063 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/24 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); G10L 2015/227 (2013.01); G10L 2015/228 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method that includes obtaining data that describes (a) a situation, (b) a gesture for a response to the situation, (c) a prompt to accompany the response, and (d) a gestural annotation for the response, and utilizing a conversational machine learning technique to train a natural language understanding (NLU) model to address the situation, based on the data.