Prior art

As a technical patent analyst, I have searched the relevant databases for US patent 10755699. The most relevant prior art documents are typically those cited during the patent's examination. Below are the prior art citations from the official patent document for US10755699, along with their publication dates and abstracts.

Determining which specific claim(s) of US10755699 each prior art reference potentially anticipates under 35 U.S.C. § 102 requires a detailed, claim-by-claim analysis comparing the elements of each claim to the disclosures of the prior art. This level of technical and legal assessment is beyond the scope of a direct search and summary task and would typically involve a deeper examination of the full patent specifications and prosecution history. However, the fact that these documents are cited indicates they were considered by the patent examiner to be relevant to the patentability of US10755699's claims.

Cited Patent Documents for US 10755699

Here is a list of prior art patents cited in US10755699:

1. U.S. Patent 7,634,409

   • Full Citation: US7634409B2
   • Publication Date: 2009-12-15
   • Brief Description: "A system and method for dynamic speech sharpening is provided. A plurality of speech recognizers may cooperate to identify keywords and phrases from human utterances. Using a confidence level that may be determined at each speech recognizer, the system may switch between the various speech recognizers to improve speech recognition performance and reduce processing time." [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7634409B2/en]
   • Potential Anticipation: This patent pertains to speech recognition techniques, particularly phonetic dictation to recognize phoneme streams, which is mentioned as a technique that speech recognition engine 110 of US10755699 may use. Given its focus on improving speech recognition, it is potentially relevant to claims involving the processing of utterances by a speech recognition engine (e.g., portions of claims 1, 12, 22, and 29 that refer to receiving an utterance and generating preliminary interpretations).

2. U.S. Patent 7,640,160

   • Full Citation: US7640160B2
   • Publication Date: 2009-12-29
   • Brief Description: "Systems and methods for responding to natural language speech utterances are provided. One or more domains may compete to determine a most appropriate domain for a natural language speech utterance, which may then be used to determine an appropriate response." [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7640160B2/en]
   • Potential Anticipation: This patent directly relates to determining a context for a natural language speech utterance using competing domain agents, a core concept in the context determination process 255 of US10755699. It is likely relevant to claims concerning context determination and the use of context domain agents (e.g., claims 1, 12, 22, and 29, specifically their aspects describing the determination of user intent based on context and competition among context domain agents).

3. U.S. Patent 7,949,529

   • Full Citation: US7949529B2
   • Publication Date: 2011-05-24
   • Brief Description: "Systems and methods of supporting natural language human-machine interactions are provided. One or more domains may compete to determine a most appropriate domain for a natural language speech utterance. A hierarchy of possible interpretations may be provided to the competing domains, where the competing domains may provide a ranked response." [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7949529B2/en]
   • Potential Anticipation: Similar to US7640160, this patent also focuses on natural language human-machine interactions and the use of competing domains for interpreting utterances. It is directly referenced in US10755699 for its description of how contexts are determined by competing context domain agents (e.g., claims 1, 12, 22, and 29, particularly elements related to identifying and resolving user intent through contextual analysis).

Cited Non-Patent Literature (NPL) for US 10755699

1. "Enhancing the VUE™ (Voce-User-Experience) Through Conversational Speech"
   • Full Citation: Tom Freeman and Larry Baldwin, "Enhancing the VUE™ (Voce-User-Experience) Through Conversational Speech"
   • Publication Date: Not explicitly provided within the patent text for the NPL citation, but it is incorporated by reference in US10755699.
   • Brief Description: This document describes concepts related to enhancing the voice user experience through conversational speech, particularly regarding interpreting utterances and generating responses using context domain agents and vocabularies. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US10755699/en]
   • Potential Anticipation: As a foundational document co-authored by inventors of US10755699, it is highly likely to disclose key aspects of the cooperative conversational model, free-form voice search, noise tolerance, and context determination. It is explicitly incorporated by reference and forms part of the underlying technology described in US10755699, making it relevant to almost all claims.