Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Application
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-10
2010-10-26
Smits, Talivaldis Ivars (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Application
C704S275000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07822607
ABSTRACT:
The disclosed technology is a computer application that establishes communication between a conversation-finder module and a computer application environment. The conversation-finder module determines a conversational floor based on three or more floor determination inputs. The conversational floor associates at least two of the three or more floor determination inputs as being on the conversational floor. The conversation-finder module and the computer application environment can be responsive to each other and can adapt to each other. That is (either or both), the computer application environment can adapt to the conversational floor(s) determined by the conversation-finder module; and the conversation-finder module can determine the conversational floors responsive to a floor determination input and/or control input from the computer application environment.
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Aoki Paul M
Ducheneaut Nicolas B
Moore Robert J
Szymanski Margaret H
Thornton James D
Inouye Patrick J. S.
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
Roberts Shaun
Smits Talivaldis Ivars
Wittman Krista A.
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