Inventor
ROSS STEVEN I
US27 patents
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IBM
21 patentsUS7257537B2Aug 14, 2007
Method and apparatus for performing dialog management in a computer conversational interface
IBM186 citations96
US7085723B2Aug 1, 2006
System and method for determining utterance context in a multi-context speech application
IBM223 citations96
US7127402B2Oct 24, 2006
Method and apparatus for converting utterance representations into actions in a conversational system
IBM33 citations92
US7496514B2Feb 24, 2009
Method and Apparatus for managing dialog management in a computer conversation
IBM31 citations90
US7249018B2Jul 24, 2007
System and method for relating syntax and semantics for a conversational speech application
IBM21 citations90
US6950793B2Sep 27, 2005
System and method for deriving natural language representation of formal belief structures
IBM45 citations90
US7734685B2Jun 8, 2010
Method, system and program product for annotating a development artifact
IBM15 citations83
US7484202B2Jan 27, 2009
Method, system and program product for retrofitting collaborative components into existing software applications
IBM9 citations83
US10565225B2Feb 18, 2020
Exploration and navigation of a content collection
IBM2 citations73
US12417079B2Sep 16, 2025
Interactive editing of a machine-generated document
IBM2 citations72
US11747970B2Sep 5, 2023
Interactive graphical display of multiple overlapping hypotheses or document versions
IBM4 citations72
US11587557B2Feb 21, 2023
Ontology-based organization of conversational agent
IBM2 citations72
US11429360B1Aug 30, 2022
Computer assisted programming with targeted visual feedback
IBM4 citations71
US9324027B2Apr 26, 2016
Collective evaluation of alternatives in a collaborative decision making environment
IBM6 citations67
US11055311B2Jul 6, 2021
Exploration and navigation of a content collection
IBM0 citations62
US7885973B2Feb 8, 2011
Computer method and apparatus for parameterized semantic inquiry templates with type annotations
IBM4 citations61
US7877367B2Jan 25, 2011
Computer method and apparatus for graphical inquiry specification with progressive summary
IBM4 citations61
US11366964B2Jun 21, 2022
Visualization of the entities and relations in a document
IBM0 citations52
US11651097B2May 16, 2023
Document security enhancement
IBM0 citations50
US12417360B2Sep 16, 2025
Determining and displaying correspondences between source data and target data from a translation process
IBM0 citations49
US10340047B2Jul 2, 2019
Health trend identification
IBM0 citations37