Inventor · Katonah, NY, US

Mark Edward Epstein

32Patents
17h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 23, 1990 → Apr 17, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5987404A Statistical natural language understanding using hidden clumpings Physics 407 Expired
US7475015B2 Semantic language modeling and confidence measurement Physics 272 Expired
US9437189B2 Generating language models Physics 235 Active
US6327343A System and methods for automatic call and data transfer processing Electricity 230 Expired
US6442522B1 Bi-directional natural language system for interfacing with multiple back-end applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 135 Expired
US9747895B1 Building language models for a user in a social network from linguistic information Physics 117 Active
US6983239B1 Method and apparatus for embedding grammars in a natural language understanding (NLU) statistical parser Physics 77 Expired
US6754626B2 Creating a hierarchical tree of language models for a dialog system based on prompt and dialog context Physics 49 Expired
US6556972B1 Method and apparatus for time-synchronized translation and synthesis of natural-language speech Physics 45 Expired
US7191119B2 Integrated development tool for building a natural language understanding application Physics 37 Expired
US6963831B1 Including statistical NLU models within a statistical parser Physics 33 Expired
US8612226B1 Determining advertisements based on verbal inputs to applications on a computing device Physics 32 Active
US7542907B2 Biasing a speech recognizer based on prompt context Physics 31 Active
US6859778B1 Method and apparatus for translating natural-language speech using multiple output phrases Physics 24 Expired
US5522011A Speech coding apparatus and method using classification rules Physics 23 Expired
US5415811A Cleaning composition and method for utilizing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US5293451A Method and apparatus for generating models of spoken words based on a small number of utterances Physics 17 Expired
US9286892B2 Language modeling in speech recognition Physics 17 Active
US9047271B1 Mining data for natural language system Physics 16 Active
US6735560B1 Method of identifying members of classes in a natural language understanding system Physics 14 Expired
US7254539B2 Bi-directional natural language system for interfacing with multiple back-end applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6845356B1 Processing dual tone multi-frequency signals for use with a natural language understanding system Physics 11 Expired
US6889219B2 Method of tuning a decision network and a decision tree model Physics 6 Expired
US9318128B1 Methods and systems for determining instructions for applications that are recognizable by a voice interface Physics 6 Active
US6959095B2 Method and apparatus for providing multiple output channels in a microphone Electricity 6 Expired

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