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：JP2002057724A

公开(公告)日：2002-02-22

申请号：JP2001184053

申请日：2001-06-18

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ALDOUS ANNE M ,  CELI JR JOSEPH ,  GAVAGNI BRETT ,  LEONTIADES KYRIAKOS ,  LUCAS BRUCE D ,  REICH DAVID E

IPC: H04L12/66 ,  H04L12/64 ,  H04M3/493 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04M11/00

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a VoIP(Voice over Internet Protocol) based voice system where the design and installation of voice applications maintain a state separated from the design and installation of IP telephony systems. SOLUTION: A VoIP compatible voice server includes a voice application that can be configured to make communication with a VoIP telephony gateway server via a VoIP communication path. Furthermore, the VoIP compatible voice server includes a VoIP compatible call control interface leading to the VoIP telephony gateway server and the VoIP compatible call control interface builds up the VoIP communication path. In an operation, the voice application receives a VoIP compatible packet via the VoIP communication path. As a result, digitized voice data can be reconfigured with the VoIP compatible packet. The digitized voice data are converted into a voice-text. Furthermore, the text is synthesized with the digitized voice data, and the digitized voice data is capsulated into the VoIP compatible packet, which is transmitted to the telephony gateway server via the VoIP communication path.

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：CA1306299C

公开(公告)日：1992-08-11

申请号：CA600748

申请日：1989-05-25

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： LARKY STEVEN P ,  LUCAS BRUCE D ,  MCCABE DANIEL H ,  RODGERS TODD K

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G5/02 ,  G09G5/06 ,  H04N1/41 ,  H04N1/64 ,  G09G1/28

Abstract: YO988-030 A color display device which includes dither apparatus for each primary color to be displayed. A dither matrix provides a dither signal output as a function of the position of a pixel on the color display device. An input primary color signal includes an integer signal and a fraction signal. The integer signal is incremented by an incrementer. There is means for providing an output primary color signal which is the incremented signal whenever a predetermined relationship exists between the dither signal and the fraction signal, and which is the integer signal whenever the predetermined relationship does not exist.

公开(公告)号：CA2345661A1

公开(公告)日：2000-04-13

申请号：CA2345661

申请日：1999-10-01

Applicant: IBM

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

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/28 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F40/00 ,  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

Abstract: A conversational browsing system (10) comprising a conversational browser (1 1) having a command and control interface (12) for converting speech commands o r multi-modal input from I/O resources (27) into navigation request. The syste m (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.

公开(公告)号：CA2092630A1

公开(公告)日：1993-12-26

申请号：CA2092630

申请日：1993-03-12

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： LUCAS BRUCE D ,  MACINNIS ALEXANDER G ,  YOSIM PAUL S

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G5/02 ,  H04N1/64 ,  H04N11/04 ,  G06F15/62

Abstract: This invention provides a method of and apparatus for compressing digital video color signals derived from a natural image and generating display signals for a color image composed of pixels derived from the compressed signals in which digital color signals representative of color depth intensities of three colors for each pixel to be displayed, each color signal having at least four bits representing the color intensity of a corresponding color for a corresponding pixel and arranged from most to least significant bits, are received; a digital dither signal for each pixel to be displayed is generated; a selected number of the most significant bits of each received color signal are summed with the corresponding generated dither signal; a selected number of the least significant bits of the summed color and dither signals are discarded to compress the corresponding received color signal; the compressed color signals related to a common pixel are concatenated to generate a digital output signal having a predetermined bit length less than the summed bit lengths of the received digital color signals and representative of the depth intensities of three colors for the common pixel; and analog display driver signals representative of the color intensities of pixels to be displayed are generated by selecting from a color lookup table stored in a digital to analog converter analog signals corresponding to the stored output signals.

公开(公告)号：CA2346606C

公开(公告)日：2012-07-10

申请号：CA2346606

申请日：2001-05-07

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： LUCAS BRUCE D ,  REICH DAVID A

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04L12/16 ,  H04M3/493

Abstract: A system comprises at least one processing unit for processing a document retrieved via a communications network. The processing unit at least executes a Voice Browser application configured to audibly present voice content from the document and to identify a reference in the document that specifies visual content for visual presentation; and a Visual Browser application configured to visually present the visual content. The Voice Browser application and the Visual Browser application are separate applications. The Voice Browser application is configured to provide the identified reference to the Visual Browser application, and the Visual Browser application is configured to retrieve the visual content specified by the identified reference for visual presentation. Alternatively, the Visual Browser application is configured to identify a reference in the document that specifies voice content for audible presentation, and to provide the identified reference to the Voice Browser application, with the Voice Browser application configured to retrieve the voice content specified by the identified reference for audible presentation.

公开(公告)号：CA2346606A1

公开(公告)日：2001-12-28

申请号：CA2346606

申请日：2001-05-07

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： LUCAS BRUCE D ,  REICH DAVID A

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M3/493 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04L12/16

Abstract: A method and apparatus for concurrently accessing network-based electronic content in a Voice Browser and a Visual Browser can include the steps of retrieving a network-based document formatted for display in the Visual Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Voice Browser, the reference specifying electronic content formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser; and, transmitting the reference to the Voice Browser. The Voi ce Browser can retrieve the specified electronic content and audibly present the electronic content. Concurrently, the Visual Browser can visually present the network-based document formatted for visual presentation in the Visual Browser. Likewise, the method of the invention ca n include the steps of retrieving a network-based document formatted for audible presentation in th e Voice Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Visual Browser, the reference specifying electronic content formatted for visual presentation in the Visual Browser; and, transmitting the reference to the Visual Browser. The Visual Browser can retrieve the specifi ed electronic content and visually present the specified electronic content. Concurrently, the Voi ce Browser can audibly present the network-based document formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser.

公开(公告)号：DE10125406A1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-17

申请号：DE10125406

申请日：2001-05-25

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： LUCAS BRUCE D ,  REICH DAVID E

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M3/493 ,  G06F17/20

Abstract: Method has the following steps: calling up a net based document using a visual browser, identifying a reference in the document using the voice browser, where the reference is to electronic contents in acoustic format, transfer of the reference to the voice browser, calling up the specific content using the voice browser and simultaneous visual depiction of the net-based document at the same time as the voice browser is used to depict the spoken content. An Independent claim is made for machine readable memory that can be used to run a computer program for the simultaneous access to voice bases and visual based electronic content files. An Independent claim is also made for a multi-mode browser.

公开(公告)号：CA2061054C

公开(公告)日：1998-09-22

申请号：CA2061054

申请日：1992-02-12

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： LUCAS BRUCE D

IPC: G06F17/50 ,  G06T15/08 ,  G06T15/50 ,  G09F3/14

Abstract: Method and apparatus for rendering data for display. The data represents a model space and the method includes the following steps. A first step associates individual points in the model space with individual vertices (V) of an irregular grid cell enclosed by faces. Each of the points has an associated luminosity value and an associated opacity value. A next step orders the faces of the grid cells. The faces are preferably ordered by depth referenced to a view plane. A further step processes individual faces for determining, for all viewing rays that project from pixels on the view plane and that intersect the face being processed, an amount of light arriving at the pixel. The amount of light arriving at the pixel is a function of both the luminosity and the opacity of a grid cell that lies adjacent to the face and through which the viewing ray passes.