公开(公告)号：US6285777B2

公开(公告)日：2001-09-04

申请号：US97895797

申请日：1997-11-26

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： KANEVSKY DIMITRI ,  MAES STEPHANE H ,  ZADROZNY WLODEK WLODZIMIERZ

IPC: G06Q10/10 ,  H04N1/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/34 ,  H04N1/40

CPC classification number: G06Q10/107 ,  H04N1/00127 ,  H04N1/00209

Abstract: A communication system that transmits and receives combinations of paper mail and electronic mail. The communication system permits a user of the system to send an internet message via post mail including the mailing address for delivery. The post mail office forwards the internet message via e-mail to the internet post office that is the closest to the addressee. This post office that is local to the addressee downloads this message, prints a hard copy on a paper, encloses it in an envelop and sends the hard copy to the addressee via usual local mail. The communication system also permits a user of the system to send paper mail to the post office. The post office scans the paper mail and forwards the scanned information data either to the addressee directly via internet or via a post office that is local to the addressee.

Abstract translation: 发送和接收纸质邮件和电子邮件的组合的通信系统。 通信系统允许系统的用户通过邮寄（包括用于传送的邮寄地址）发送互联网消息。 邮政局通过电子邮件将互联网消息转发到最接近收件人的互联网邮局。 该收件人本地的邮局下载此消息，在纸上打印一份硬拷贝，将其封装在信封中，并通过常规的本地邮件将硬拷贝发送给收件人。 通信系统还允许系统的用户向邮局发送纸质邮件。 邮局扫描纸张邮件，并将扫描的信息数据直接通过互联网或通过收件人本地的邮局转发给收件人。

公开(公告)号：EP1407367A4

公开(公告)日：2005-07-20

申请号：EP02747928

申请日：2002-06-20

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： GOPALAKRISHNAN PONANI ,  MAES STEPHANE H ,  RAMASWAMY GANESH N

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F13/00

CPC classification number: G06F17/30902 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L41/0879 ,  H04L41/0886 ,  H04L41/0896 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/147 ,  H04L41/5067 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/2847 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L67/325 ,  H04L69/329

Abstract: A system (100) for intelligent caching and network management. The system (100) includes event and time information (102) representing a user's schedule, a location database (106) including information about destination devices (110) and capabilities of the destination devices (110), a predictor (104) which receives the event and time information (102) and the information and capabilities of the destination devices to predict a location of the user and/or resources needed at the location, such that the resources are transferred to the user at a location when and where the resources are needed. User preference profiles (108), which include user preference information, are further employed by the predictor (104) to predict a location of the user and/or resources needed at the location.

公开(公告)号：EP1133734A4

公开(公告)日：2005-12-14

申请号：EP99950131

申请日：1999-10-01

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： GOPALAKRISHNAN PONANI ,  LUCAS BRUCE D ,  MAES STEPHANE H ,  NAHAMOO DAVID ,  SEDIVY JAN

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/253 ,  H04M1/27 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/50 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M11/00

CPC classification number: H04M3/50 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/285 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04M1/72561 ,  H04M3/42204 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/4931 ,  H04M3/4936 ,  H04M3/4938 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M2201/40 ,  H04M2201/60 ,  H04M2203/355 ,  H04M2250/74

Abstract: A method for conversational computing includes executing code embodying a conversational virtual machine, registering a plurality of input/output resources with a conversational kernel, providing an interface between a plurality of active applications and the conversational kernel processing input/output data, receiving input queries and input events of a multi-modal dialog across a plurality of user interface modalities of the plurality of active applications, generating output messages and output events of the multi-modal dialog in connection with the plurality of active applications, managing, by the conversational kernel, a context stack associated with the plurality of active applications and the multi-modal dialog to transform the input queries into application calls for the plurality of active applications and convert the output messages into speech, wherein the context stack accumulates a context of each of the plurality of active applications.

Abstract translation: 一种用于对话计算的方法包括执行体现对话虚拟机的代码，用对话内核注册多个输入/输出资源，提供多个活动应用与对话内核处理输入/输出数据之间的接口，接收输入查询和 跨多个活动应用的多个用户界面模式的多模式对话的输入事件，与多个活动应用相关联地生成输出消息和多模式对话的输出事件，由对话内核管理， 与所述多个活动应用相关联的上下文栈以及将所述输入查询转换为所述多个活动应用的应用程序调用并将所述输出消息转换为语音的所述多模式对话，其中，所述上下文堆栈累积所述多个活动应用中的每一个的上下文 的活跃应用。

公开(公告)号：WO0021232A3

公开(公告)日：2000-11-02

申请号：PCT/US9923008

申请日：1999-10-01

Applicant: IBM ,  GOPALAKRISHNAN PONANI ,  LUCAS BRUCE D ,  MAES STEPHANE H ,  NAHAMOO DAVID ,  SEDIVY JAN

Inventor： GOPALAKRISHNAN PONANI ,  LUCAS BRUCE D ,  MAES STEPHANE H ,  NAHAMOO DAVID ,  SEDIVY JAN

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/253 ,  H04M1/27 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/50 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M11/00 ,  G06F15/16

CPC classification number: H04M3/50 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/285 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04M1/72561 ,  H04M3/42204 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/4931 ,  H04M3/4936 ,  H04M3/4938 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M2201/40 ,  H04M2201/60 ,  H04M2203/355 ,  H04M2250/74

Abstract: A conversational browsing system (10) comprising a conversational browser (11) having a command and control interface (12) for converting speech commands or multi-modal input from I/O resources (27) into navigation request. The system (10) comprises conversational engines (23) for decoding input commands for interpretation by the command and control interface and decoding meta-information provided by the CML processor for generating synthesized audio output. The system includes a communication stack (19) for transmitting the navigation request to a content server and receiving a CML file from the content server based on the navigation request. A conversational transcoder (13) transforms presentation material from one modality to a conversational modality. The transcoder (13) includes a functional transcoder (13a) to transform a page of GUI to a page of CUI (conversational user interface) and a logical transcoder (13b) to transform business logic of an application, transaction or site into an acceptable dialog.

Abstract translation: 会话浏览系统（10）包括具有用于将来自I / O资源（27）的语音命令或多模态输入转换为导航请求的命令和控制接口（12）的对话浏览器（11）。 系统（10）包括会话引擎（23），用于解码由命令和控制接口进行解释的输入命令，以及解码由CML处理器提供的元信息以产生合成音频输出。 该系统包括用于将导航请求发送到内容服务器并基于导航请求从内容服务器接收CML文件的通信栈（19）。 会话代码转换器（13）将演示材料从一种模式转换为对话模式。 代码转换器（13）包括功能转码器（13a），用于将GUI的页面转换为CUI页面（会话用户界面）和逻辑代码转换器（13b），以将应用程序，交易或站点的业务逻辑转换成可接受的对话 。

公开(公告)号：WO03001327A3

公开(公告)日：2003-02-27

申请号：PCT/US0219658

申请日：2002-06-20

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： GOPALAKRISHNAN PONANI ,  MAES STEPHANE H ,  RAMASWAMY GANESH N

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F13/00

CPC classification number: G06F17/30902 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L41/0879 ,  H04L41/0886 ,  H04L41/0896 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/147 ,  H04L41/5067 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/2847 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L67/325 ,  H04L69/329

Abstract: A system (100) for intelligent caching and network management. The system (100) includes event and time information (102) representing a user's schedule, a location database (106) including information about destination devices (110) and capabilities of the destination devices (110), a predictor (104) which receives the event and time information (102) and the information and capabilities of the destination devices to predict a location of the user and/or resources needed at the location, such that the resources are transferred to the user at a location when and where the resources are needed. User preference profiles (108), which include user preference information, are further employed by the predictor (104) to predict a location of the user and/or resources needed at the location.

Abstract translation: 一种用于智能缓存和网络管理的系统（100）。 系统（100）包括表示用户调度的事件和时间信息（102），包括关于目的地设备（110）的信息和目的地设备（110）的能力的位置数据库（106），接收 事件和时间信息（102）以及目的地设备的信息和能力来预测在该位置处所需的用户和/或资源的位置，使得资源被传送到用户在资源是何处何地的位置 需要。 预测器（104）进一步使用包括用户偏好信息的用户偏好简档（108）来预测在该位置处所需的用户和/或资源的位置。

公开(公告)号：WO0020962A2

公开(公告)日：2000-04-13

申请号：PCT/US9922927

申请日：1999-10-01

Applicant: IBM ,  COFFMAN DANIEL ,  COMERFORD LIAM D ,  DEGENNARO STEVEN V ,  EPSTEIN EDWARD A ,  GOPALAKRISHNAN PONANI ,  MAES STEPHANE H ,  NAHAMOO DAVID

Inventor： COFFMAN DANIEL ,  COMERFORD LIAM D ,  DEGENNARO STEVEN V ,  EPSTEIN EDWARD A ,  GOPALAKRISHNAN PONANI ,  MAES STEPHANE H ,  NAHAMOO DAVID

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/253 ,  H04M1/27 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/50 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M11/00 ,  G06F9/00

CPC classification number: H04M3/50 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/285 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04M1/72561 ,  H04M3/42204 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/4931 ,  H04M3/4936 ,  H04M3/4938 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M2201/40 ,  H04M2201/60 ,  H04M2203/355 ,  H04M2250/74

Abstract: A conversational computing system that provides a universal coordinated multi-modal conversational user interface (CUI) (10) across a plurality of conversationally aware applications (11) (i.e., applications that "speak" conversational protocols) and conventional applications (12). The conversationally aware applications (11) communicate with a conversational kernel (14) via conversational application APIs (13). The conversational kernel (14) controls the dialog across applications and devices (local and networked) on the basis of their registered conversational capabilities and requirements and provides a unified conversational user interface and conversational services and behaviors. The conversational computing system may be built on top of a conventional operating system and APIs (15) and conventional device hardware (16). The conversational kernel (14) handles all I/O processing and controls conversational engines (18). The conversational kernel (14) converts voice requests into queries and converts outputs and results into spoken messages using conversational engines (18) and conversational arguments (17). The conversational application API (13) conveys all the information for the conversational kernel (14) to transform queries into application calls and conversely convert output into speech, appropriately sorted before being provided to the user.

Abstract translation: 一种对话计算系统，其跨越多个会话感知应用（11）（即，“说”对话协议的应用“）和常规应用（12）提供通用协调多模式对话用户界面（CUI）（10）。 对话感知应用（11）通过对话应用API（13）与对话内核（14）通信。 对话内核（14）根据其注册的会话能力和要求，控制应用和设备（本地和网络）之间的对话，并提供统一的会话用户界面和对话服务和行为。 对话计算系统可以构建在常规操作系统和API（15）和常规设备硬件（16）之上。 对话内核（14）处理所有I / O处理和控制对话引擎（18）。 会话内核（14）将语音请求转换为查询，并将会话引擎（18）和会话参数（17）将输出和结果转换为口语消息。 对话应用程序API（13）传达对话内核（14）的所有信息，以将查询转换为应用程序调用，并相反地将输出转换为语音，在提供给用户之前进行适当排序。

公开(公告)号：EP1358650A4

公开(公告)日：2008-03-19

申请号：EP02724896

申请日：2002-01-31

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： MAES STEPHANE H ,  NETI CHALAPATHY V

IPC: G06F3/00 ,  G06T1/00 ,  B60K28/06 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/45 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G08B21/06 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/24

CPC classification number: G06K9/00248 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G10L15/24 ,  Y10S715/966

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing focus detection, referential ambiguity resolution and mood classification in accordance with multi-modal input data, in varying operating conditions, in order to provide an effective conversational computing environment for one or more users.

公开(公告)号：EP1163576A4

公开(公告)日：2005-11-30

申请号：EP99950114

申请日：1999-10-01

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： COFFMAN DANIEL ,  COMERFORD LIAM D ,  DEGENNARO STEVEN V ,  EPSTEIN EDWARD A ,  GOPALAKRISHNAN PONANI ,  MAES STEPHANE H ,  NAHAMOO DAVID

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/253 ,  H04M1/27 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/50 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M11/00 ,  G06F17/20 ,  G10L13/02

CPC classification number: H04M3/50 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/285 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04M1/72561 ,  H04M3/42204 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/4931 ,  H04M3/4936 ,  H04M3/4938 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M2201/40 ,  H04M2201/60 ,  H04M2203/355 ,  H04M2250/74

Abstract: A method for conversational computing includes executing code embodying a conversational virtual machine, registering a plurality of input/output resources with a conversational kernel, providing an interface between a plurality of active applications and the conversational kernel processing input/output data, receiving input queries and input events of a multi-modal dialog across a plurality of user interface modalities of the plurality of active applications, generating output messages and output events of the multi-modal dialog in connection with the plurality of active applications, managing, by the conversational kernel, a context stack associated with the plurality of active applications and the multi-modal dialog to transform the input queries into application calls for the plurality of active applications and convert the output messages into speech, wherein the context stack accumulates a context of each of the plurality of active applications.

公开(公告)号：EP1125279A4

公开(公告)日：2005-02-23

申请号：EP99951722

申请日：1999-10-01

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： MAES STEPHANE H ,  GOPALAKRISHNAN PONANI

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/253 ,  H04M1/27 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/50 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M11/00 ,  G10L13/08

CPC classification number: H04M3/50 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/285 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04M1/72561 ,  H04M3/42204 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/4931 ,  H04M3/4936 ,  H04M3/4938 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M2201/40 ,  H04M2201/60 ,  H04M2203/355 ,  H04M2250/74

Abstract: A method for conversational computing includes executing code embodying a conversational virtual machine, registering a plurality of input/output resources with a conversational kernel, providing an interface between a plurality of active applications and the conversational kernel processing input/output data, receiving input queries and input events of a multi-modal dialog across a plurality of user interface modalities of the plurality of active applications, generating output messages and output events of the multi-modal dialog in connection with the plurality of active applications, managing, by the conversational kernel, a context stack associated with the plurality of active applications and the multi-modal dialog to transform the input queries into application calls for the plurality of active applications and convert the output messages into speech, wherein the context stack accumulates a context of each of the plurality of active applications.

公开(公告)号：EP1125277A4

公开(公告)日：2002-02-20

申请号：EP99951713

申请日：1999-10-01

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： MAES STEPHANE H

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G10L13/00 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M1/253 ,  H04M1/27 ,  H04M1/725 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/50 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M11/00 ,  G10L15/00

CPC classification number: H04M3/50 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/285 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04M1/72561 ,  H04M3/42204 ,  H04M3/44 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M3/4931 ,  H04M3/4936 ,  H04M3/4938 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M2201/40 ,  H04M2201/60 ,  H04M2203/355 ,  H04M2250/74

Abstract: A method for conversational computing includes executing code embodying a conversational virtual machine, registering a plurality of input/output resources with a conversational kernel, providing an interface between a plurality of active applications and the conversational kernel processing input/output data, receiving input queries and input events of a multi-modal dialog across a plurality of user interface modalities of the plurality of active applications, generating output messages and output events of the multi-modal dialog in connection with the plurality of active applications, managing, by the conversational kernel, a context stack associated with the plurality of active applications and the multi-modal dialog to transform the input queries into application calls for the plurality of active applications and convert the output messages into speech, wherein the context stack accumulates a context of each of the plurality of active applications.