a2) United States Patent
`US 9,769,314 B2
`(0) Patent No.:
`*Sep. 19, 2017
`(45) Date of Patent:
`Kurganov
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`US0097693 14B2
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`(54)
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`(71)
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`(72)
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`PERSONAL VOICE-BASED INFORMATION
`RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
`
`Applicant: Parus Holdings, Inc., Bannockburn, IL
`(US)
`
`Inventor: Alexander Kurganov, Buffalo Grove,
`IL (US)
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`(73)
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`Assignee:
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`Parus Holdings, Inc., Bannockburn, IL
`(US)
`
`(*)
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`Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
`
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis-
`claimer.
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`CA
`EP
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`(58) Field of Classification Search
`CPC ... GO6F 3/167; GO6F 17/30861; G10L 17/24;
`G10L 15/06; G1OL 15/26; G10L 15/08;
`(Continued)
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`(56)
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`Appl. No.: 15/193,517
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`Filed:
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`Jun. 27, 2016
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`(65)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2016/0307583 Al
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`Oct. 20, 2016
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(63)
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`Continuation of application No. 12/787,801, filed on
`May 26, 2010, now Pat. No. 9,377,992, which is a
`(Continued)
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`(51)
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`Int. Cl.
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`HO4M 3/493
`GO6F 3/16
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`(52)
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`US. Cl.
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`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(Continued)
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`CPC wwe HO4M 3/4938 (2013.01); GO6F 3/167
`(2013.01); GO6F 17/30769 (2013.01):
`(Continued)
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`“McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms 1101, 6th
`ed. 2003.”
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`(Continued)
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`Primary Examiner — Lisa Hashem
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Patent Law Works, LLP
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`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`invention relates to a system for retrieving
`The present
`information from a network such as the Internet. A user
`creates a user-defined record in a database that identifies an
`information source, such as a web site, containing informa-
`tion ofinterest to the user. This record identifies the location
`of the information source and also contains a recognition
`grammar based upon a speech command assigned by the
`user. Upon receiving the speech commandfrom theuser that
`is described within the recognition grammar, a network
`interface system accesses
`the information source and
`retrieves the information requested by the user.
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`continuation of application No. 11/771,773, filed on
`Jun. 29, 2007, now abandoned, which is a continu-
`ation of application No. 09/777,406, filed on Feb. 6,
`2001, now Pat. No. 7,516,190.
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`(60) Provisional application No. 60/180,343, filed on Feb.
`4, 2000.
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`(51)
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`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2013.01)
`(2013.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2013.01)
`(2013.01)
`(2006.01)
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`Int. Cl.
`GIOL 15/26
`G06F 17/30
`GIOL 15/08
`GIOL 25/54
`GOL 13/08
`GIOL 15/02
`GIOL 15/22
`GIOL 17/24
`GI0L 15/06
`HOAL 29/08
`(52) U.S. Cl.
`CPC oieeaee. GO6F 17/30861 (2013.01); GIOL 13/08
`(2013.01); GIOL 15/02 (2013.01); GIOL 15/08
`(2013.01); GIOL 15/22 (2013.01); GIOL 15/26
`(2013.01); GIOL 25/54 (2013.01); HO4L 67/02
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`(2013.01); GOL 2015/223 (2013.01); HO4L
`29/0809 (2013.01); HO4M 2201/39 (2013.01);
`HO4M 2201/40 (2013.01); HO4M 2201/405
`(2013.01); HO4M 2207/40 (2013.01)
`(58) Field of Classification Search
`CPC vice G10L 25/54; HO4M 2207/40; HO4M
`2201/405; H04M 3/4938; HO4L 29/0809;
`HO4L 67/02
`See application file for complete search history.
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`PERSONAL VOICE-BASED INFORMATION
`RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
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`information from a network such as the Internet. A user
`creates a user-defined record in a database that identifies an
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
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`The present application is a continuation of U.S. Utility
`application Ser. No. 12/787,801, filed May 26, 2010, which
`is a continuation of U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 11/711,
`773, filed Jun. 29, 2007, which is a continuation of U.S.
`Utility application Ser. No. 09/777,406, dated Feb. 6, 2001,
`which claimspriority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application
`No. 60/180,343, filed Feb. 4, 2000, which are incorporated
`by reference herein in their entirety.
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`The present invention relates generally to the field of
`providing information IO access. In particular, the invention
`relates to a personalized system for accessing information
`from the Internet or other information sources using speech
`commands.
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`BACKGROUNDOF THE INVENTION
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`Popular methods of information access andretrieval using
`the Internet or other computer networks can be time-con-
`suming and complicated. A user must frequently wade
`through vast amounts of information provided by an infor-
`mation source or website in order obtain a small amount of
`relevant information. This can be time-consuming,frustrat-
`ing, and, depending on the access method, costly. A user is
`required to continuously identify reliable sources of infor-
`mation and, if these information sourcesare used frequently,
`repeatedly access these sources.
`Current methods of accessing information stored on com-
`puter networks, such as Wide Area Networks (WANs), Local
`Area Network (LANs)or the Internet, require a user to have
`access to a computer While computers are becoming
`increasingly smaller and easier to transport, using a com-
`puter to access informationis still more difficult than simply
`using a telephone. Since speech recognition systems allow a
`user to convert his voice into a computer-usable message,
`telephone access to digital information is becoming more
`and more feasible Voice recognition technology is g