Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Recognition
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-28
2009-08-11
Dorvil, Richemond (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Recognition
C704S246000, C704S251000, C704S255000, C704S256500, C704S257000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07574358
ABSTRACT:
A natural language business system and method is developed to understand the underlying meaning of a person's speech, such as during a transaction with the business system. The system includes a speech recognition engine, and action classification engine, and a control module. The control module causes the system to execute an inventive method wherein the speech recognition and action classification models may be recursively optimized on an unisolated performance metric that is pertinent to the overall performance of the natural language business system, as opposed to the isolated model-specific criteria previously employed.
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Deligne Sabine
Gao Yuqing
Goel Vaibhava
Kuo Hong-Kwang
Wu Cheng
Cyr Leonard Saint
Dorvil Richemond
International Business Machines - Corporation
Ryan & Mason & Lewis, LLP
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