| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7386540 |
Method and system for selectively presenting database results in an information retrieval system |
June 10, 2008 |
| An information retrieval system is described that dynamically prioritizes search request results prior to output to a user. When a database search yields multiple hits, the results are first categorized into a series of groups. Categories are determined from any number of different facto |
| 7376640 |
Method and system for searching an information retrieval system according to user-specified loca |
May 20, 2008 |
| A method and system for searching an information retrieval system for items of interest that are in proximity to geographical locations provided by the user. The information retrieval system can perform a search for specified types of businesses or items of interest that surround or |
| 7303474 |
Methods and systems for establishing games with automation using verbal communication |
December 4, 2007 |
| Methods and systems establish games with automation using verbal communication for exchanges between the automated game and the one or more game players. Game information data is converted into verbal information that is provided to the individual. The individual provides verbal inst |
| 6944594 |
Multi-context conversational environment system and method |
September 13, 2005 |
| An interactive speech-activated information retrieval application for use in automated telephone systems includes a control manager that interfaces between the caller's speech input and applications and enables several applications to be open at the same time. The control manager continu |
| 6751595 |
Multi-stage large vocabulary speech recognition system and method |
June 15, 2004 |
| Multiple processing stages are provided with different vocabulary databases to improve processing time, efficiency, and accuracy in speech recognition. The entire vocabulary is divided into smaller vocabulary subsets, which are associated with particular keywords. A small vocabulary |
| 6625595 |
Method and system for selectively presenting database results in an information retrieval system |
September 23, 2003 |
| An information retrieval system is described that dynamically prioritizes search request results prior to output to a user. When a database search yields multiple hits, the results are first categorized into a series of groups. Categories are determined from any number of different facto |
| 6005860 |
Using a routing architecture to route information between an orignation module and a destination |
December 21, 1999 |
| Routing information between an origination module and a destination module using a routing architecture. After an origination module (OM) receives information, a packet is transmitted to a routing architecture (RA) for routing to a destination module (DM) designated by the router packet. |
| 5937168 |
Routing information within an adaptive routing architecture of an information retrieval system |
August 10, 1999 |
| After an origination module (OM) receives information, a packet is transmitted to a routing architecture (RA) for routing to a destination module (DM) designated by the router packet. The RA interprets the router packet and adaptively routes the router packet to the DM so that the ro |
