METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING SPATIAL METAPHOR TO ORGANIZE NATURAL LANGUAGE IN SPOKEN USER INTERFACES

Patent №

US 7,729,915

Granted

2010-06-01

Filed 2003

Owner

ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION GROUP, INC.

Lab

AI components

2

speech · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10459739

A method and an apparatus for providing audio information to a user. The method and apparatus provide information in a manner consistent with a spatial metaphor, allowing a user to visualize and more easily navigate an application. The information is preferably presented to the user as a background audio prompt that indicates the environment and a foreground audio prompt that indicates the alternatives available to the user.

AI classification

Speech1.00
AI hardware0.72
Machine learning0.04
Knowledge representation0.03
Planning0.03
Natural language0.01
Vision0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION GROUP, INC.

assignment · 147400950

Assignors

BALENTINE, BRUCE, STRINGHAM, REX, MONROE, JUSTIN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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