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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:
David Attwater, Southport, GB;
Bruce Balentine, Denton, TX (US);
Inventors:
David Attwater, Southport, GB;
Bruce Balentine, Denton, TX (US);
Assignee:
Enterprise Integration Group, Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for managing interactive dialog between a machine and a user is claimed. In one embodiment, an interaction between the machine and the user is managed by determining at least one likelihood value which is dependent upon a possible speech onset of the user. In another embodiment, the likelihood value can be dependent a model of a desire of the user for specific items, a model of an attention of the user to specific items, or a model of turn-taking cues. Further, the likelihood value can be utilized in a voice activity system.
Published as:
WO2006069358A2; WO2006069381A2; WO2006069358A3; US2006200350A1; US2006206329A1; US2006206330A1; WO2006069381A3; US2008004881A1; US2010017212A1; US7809569B2; US2010324896A1; US7970615B2; US8131553B2;