Inventor · Bethel, CT, US

Daniel M. Coffman

21Patents
13h-index
25Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 13, 1999 → Jun 10, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7137126B1 Conversational computing via conversational virtual machine Electricity 512 Expired
US8082153B2 Conversational computing via conversational virtual machine Electricity 477 Active
US7729916B2 Conversational computing via conversational virtual machine Electricity 467 Active
US7069220B2 Method for determining and maintaining dialog focus in a conversational speech system Physics 256 Expired
US8930238B2 Pervasive symbiotic advertising system and methods therefor Physics 163 Active
US6658388B1 Personality generator for conversational systems Physics 145 Expired
US6377913B1 Method and system for multi-client access to a dialog system Physics 110 Expired
US6598020B1 Adaptive emotion and initiative generator for conversational systems Physics 86 Expired
US7349845B2 Method and apparatus for dynamic modification of command weights in a natural language understanding system Physics 55 Expired
US6839896B2 System and method for providing dialog management and arbitration in a multi-modal environment Physics 53 Expired
US8375292B2 Tool and method for mapping and viewing an event Physics 26 Active
USD717248S1 Hand grip connector for cable protectors General 18 Active
US9059574B2 Hand grip connector for cable protectors Electricity 17 Active
US9673601B2 Cable protector with expandable center section Electricity 9 Active
US7996431B2 Systems, methods and computer program products for generating metadata and visualizing media content Physics 8 Active
US6799169B1 Method and system for modeless operation of a multi-modal user interface through implementation of independent decision networks Physics 8 Expired
US8027999B2 Systems, methods and computer program products for indexing, searching and visualizing media content Physics 6 Active
US7533025B2 Method and apparatus for dynamic modification of command weights in a natural language understanding system Physics 5 Active
US7996432B2 Systems, methods and computer program products for the creation of annotations for media content to enable the selective management and playback of media content Physics 5 Active
US8433998B2 Tool and method for annotating an event map, and collaborating using the annotated event map Physics 4 Active
US9456004B2 Optimizing risk-based compliance of an information technology (IT) system Electricity 3 Active

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