Patents
US 12436977 B2: Apparatus, systems and methods for providing conversational assistance
- Granted
- 2025-10-07
- Filed
- 2023-09-25 application 18473871
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Conversation support systems and methods are operable to assist a user to more fully participate in an ongoing conversation. An exemplary embodiment receives a conversation map comprising a serially arranged plurality of conversation segments of audio information each associated with one of a plurality of conversation participants, and that includes dialogue of the ongoing conversation being spoken by the associated conversation participant; determining subject matter of a current portion of the ongoing conversation based on the dialogue; selects conversation support information that pertains to the current conversation subject; and generating a conversation queue that includes information that corresponds to the selected conversation support information, wherein the conversation queue is communicated from the conversational support system to at least one conversation queue output device that presents the conversation support information to the user.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251007.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISH Network L.L.C. 561 patents | US company or organization | Englewood, CO | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Newell | Centennial, CO | 118 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Swapnil Tilaye | Broomfield, CO | 47 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F16/3329 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G10L | Speech analysis techniques or speech synthesis; speech recognition; speech or voice processing techniques; speech or audio coding or decoding | G10L15/1822 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-25 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | TILAYE, SWAPNIL signed 2020-08-12 NEWELL, NICHOLAS signed 2020-10-09 | DISH NETWORK L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO | 65013/296 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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