Todd C Tatum

US Patent:

20110276325, Nov 10, 2011

Filed:

May 5, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/774054

Inventors:

Todd C. Tatum - San Jose CA, US
Michael A. Ramalho - Sarasota FL, US
Paul M. Dunn - Bainbridge Island WA, US
Shantanu Sarkar - San Jose CA, US
Tyrone T. Thorsen - Seattle WA, US
Alan D. Gatzke - Bainbridge Island WA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G10L 15/26

US Classification:

704235, 704E15043

Abstract:

According to certain embodiments, training a transcription system includes accessing recorded voice data of a user from one or more sources. The recorded voice data comprises voice samples. A transcript of the recorded voice data is accessed. The transcript comprises text representing one or more words of each voice sample. The transcript and the recorded voice data are provided to a transcription system to generate a voice profile for the user. The voice profile comprises information used to convert a voice sample to corresponding text.

US Patent:

20110301949, Dec 8, 2011

Filed:

Jun 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/795959

Inventors:

Michael A. Ramalho - Sarasota FL, US
Todd C. Tatum - San Jose CA, US
Shantanu Sarkar - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G10L 15/00

US Classification:

704231, 704E15001

Abstract:

In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system that employs speaker clustering (or speaker type) for transcribing audio. A large corpus of audio with corresponding transcripts is analyzed to determine a plurality of speaker types (e.g., dialects). The ASR system is trained for each speaker type. Upon encountering a new user, the ASR system attempts to map the user to a speaker type. After the new user is mapped to a speaker type, the ASR employs the speaker type for transcribing audio from the new user.

US Patent:

20110320044, Dec 29, 2011

Filed:

Jun 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/826225

Inventors:

Laura L. Smith - Seattle WA, US
Tyrone T. Thorsen - Seattle WA, US
Todd C. Tatum - San Jose CA, US
Alan D. Gatzke - Bainbridge Island WA, US

International Classification:

G05D 23/19
G05B 19/00
G06F 3/048
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

700276, 340 58, 700 90, 715810

Abstract:

An example method is provided and includes establishing a communication pathway to a building element configured to control at least one environmental setting within a room. The method also includes communicating an ability to control the environmental setting within the room to an endpoint configured to participate in a meeting session. The method further includes receiving a command from the endpoint to adjust the environmental setting during the meeting session. The command can be communicated to the building element. In more specific examples, the method can include registering with one or more application program interfaces (APIs) associated with the building element, and communicating a credential to the building element in order to provide an authentication for controlling the environmental setting. In yet other embodiments, the command to adjust the environmental setting is received via a menu of a user interface provided by a video conferencing platform.