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William F. Ganong, Iii
Also filed as: GANONG III WILLIAM F · GANONG III WILLIAM FRANCIS · GANONG WILLIAM F · GANONG WILLIAM F III
79 granted patents·15 pending applications·1,767 citations·filing 1985–2025
99Inventor score
Files withNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC52MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC10GANONG III WILLIAM F8SEJNOHA VLADIMIR5KURZWEIL APPLIED INTELLIGENCE4
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94 records- 0198US11222103B1Ambient cooperative intelligence system and methodNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 11, 2022·19 cites·19 claims
- 0298US10785173B2System and method for suggesting actions based upon incoming messagesNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 22, 2020·185 cites·18 claims
- 0397US11316865B2Ambient cooperative intelligence system and methodNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 26, 2022·9 cites·28 claims
- 0497US9112984B2Methods and apparatus for detecting a voice commandSEJNOHA VLADIMIR·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 18, 2015·310 cites·20 claims
- 0596US9361885B2Methods and apparatus for detecting a voice commandNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 7, 2016·156 cites·17 claims
- 0695US9131369B2Protection of private information in a client/server automatic speech recognition systemNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 8, 2015·30 cites·21 claims
- 0794US8630860B1Speaker and call characteristic sensitive open voice searchZHANG SHILEI·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 14, 2014·69 cites·17 claims
- 0892US9818398B2Detecting potential significant errors in speech recognition resultsNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 14, 2017·11 cites·20 claims
- 0992US8924211B2Detecting potential significant errors in speech recognition resultsGANONG III WILLIAM F·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 30, 2014·24 cites·18 claims
- 1092US6138098ACommand parsing and rewrite systemLERNOUT & HAUSPIE SPEECHPROD·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 24, 2000·289 cites·23 claims
- 1191US11238226B2System and method for accelerating user agent chatsNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 1, 2022·15 cites·20 claims
- 1291US10032454B2Speaker and call characteristic sensitive open voice searchNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 24, 2018·8 cites·16 claims
- 1391US8239366B2Method and apparatus for processing spoken search queriesSEJNOHA VLADIMIR·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 7, 2012·21 cites·99 claims
- 1490US11087750B2Methods and apparatus for detecting a voice commandCERENCE OPERATING CO·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 10, 2021·8 cites·19 claims
- 1590US9940936B2Methods and apparatus for detecting a voice commandNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·10 cites·18 claims
- 1690US9626969B2Systems and methods for improving the accuracy of a transcription using auxiliary data such as personal dataNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 18, 2017·10 cites·24 claims
- 1790US9443509B2Detecting potential medically-significant errors in speech recognition resultsNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 13, 2016·15 cites·20 claims
- 1890US9378734B2Detecting potential medically-significant errors in speech recognition resultsNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 28, 2016·16 cites·18 claims
- 1990US9343062B2Detecting potential medically-significant errors in speech recognition resultsNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 17, 2016·15 cites·18 claims
- 2090US9117450B2Combining re-speaking, partial agent transcription and ASR for improved accuracy / human guided ASRNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 25, 2015·41 cites·10 claims
- 2190US8190437B2Speaker verification methods and apparatusFARRELL KEVIN R·Filed 2008·Granted May 29, 2012·27 cites·39 claims
- 2289US9099092B2Speaker and call characteristic sensitive open voice searchNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 4, 2015·15 cites·20 claims
- 2388US8954329B2Methods and apparatus for acoustic disambiguation by insertion of disambiguating textual informationLABSKY MARTIN·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 10, 2015·15 cites·24 claims
- 2487US10971157B2Methods and apparatus for hybrid speech recognition processingNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 6, 2021·7 cites·14 claims
- 2587US10776073B2System and method for managing a mute button setting for a conference callNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 15, 2020·11 cites·17 claims
- 2686US12367860B2System and method for secure transcription generationMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 22, 2025·1 cites·15 claims
- 2786US9564126B2Using models to detect potential significant errors in speech recognition resultsNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 7, 2017·11 cites·20 claims
- 2886US8666963B2Method and apparatus for processing spoken search queriesSEJNOHA VLADIMIR·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 4, 2014·10 cites·27 claims
- 2985US9020107B2Performing actions for users based on spoken informationMADHAVAPEDDI SHREEDHAR·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 28, 2015·7 cites·20 claims
- 3085US8924213B2Detecting potential significant errors in speech recognition resultsGANONG III WILLIAM F·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 30, 2014·12 cites·15 claims
- 3184US12260866B2System and method for watermarking audio data for automated speech recognition (ASR) systemsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 25, 2025·1 cites·15 claims
- 3284US9064493B2Detecting potential significant errors in speech recognition resultsGANONG III WILLIAM F·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 23, 2015·10 cites·14 claims
- 3384US9009041B2Systems and methods for improving the accuracy of a transcription using auxiliary data such as personal dataZAVALIAGKOS GEORGE·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 14, 2015·16 cites·23 claims
- 3484US8909526B2Detecting potential significant errors in speech recognition resultsGANONG III WILLIAM F·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 9, 2014·10 cites·20 claims
- 3584US8620657B2Speaker verification methods and apparatusFARRELL KEVIN R·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 31, 2013·12 cites·30 claims
- 3683US9514741B2Data shredding for speech recognition acoustic model training under data retention restrictionsNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 6, 2016·13 cites·20 claims
- 3783US8332223B2Speaker verification methods and apparatusFARRELL KEVIN R·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 11, 2012·17 cites·34 claims
- 3883US8275618B2Mobile dictation correction user interfaceGANONG III WILLIAM F·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 25, 2012·10 cites·21 claims
- 3980US11393461B2Methods and apparatus for detecting a voice commandNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 19, 2022·3 cites·18 claims
- 4079US9971765B2Revising language model scores based on semantic class hypothesesNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 15, 2018·5 cites·20 claims
- 4178US10522133B2Methods and apparatus for correcting recognition errorsLABSKY MARTIN·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 31, 2019·6 cites·23 claims
- 4276US12230407B2Medical intelligence system and methodMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 18, 2025·0 cites·21 claims
- 4376US12224073B2Medical intelligence system and methodMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 11, 2025·0 cites·30 claims
- 4476US12211626B2Medical intelligence system and methodMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 28, 2025·0 cites·27 claims
- 4576US9514740B2Data shredding for speech recognition language model training under data retention restrictionsNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 6, 2016·7 cites·22 claims
- 4676US9368115B2Identifying corresponding positions in different representations of a textual workNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 14, 2016·4 cites·17 claims
- 4775US11495208B2Detecting potential significant errors in speech recognition resultsNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 8, 2022·2 cites·18 claims
- 4875US9734828B2Method and apparatus for detecting user ID changesNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 15, 2017·6 cites·16 claims
- 4975US8386263B2Speaker verification methods and apparatusNUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 26, 2013·5 cites·39 claims
- 5075US2025308513A1System and method for secure transcription generationMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
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