US 9502025

Here's a concise summary of US Patent 9,502,025:

Title: System and method for providing a natural language content dedication service

Assignee: VB Assets LLC

Inventors: Mike Kennewick, Lynn Elise Armstrong

Filing Date: 2010-11-10

Issue Date: 2016-11-22

Abstract:
The invention relates to a system and method for providing a natural language content dedication service in a voice services environment. This involves detecting multi-modal device interactions that include requests to dedicate content, identifying the requested content from natural language utterances, processing transactions for the content, customizing the content for recipients using natural language processing, and delivering the customized content to the recipients. The service can operate in a hybrid processing environment with multiple multi-modal devices cooperatively interpreting natural language utterances.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Independent Claim 1: This claim describes a computer-implemented method for dedicating content using natural language. It involves a voice-enabled client device:

  1. Receiving a multi-modal interaction (like voice and touch) that requests to dedicate content.
  2. Using a speech recognizer to get a first interpretation of the voice part of the request.
  3. Using a language processor to figure out the user's intention based on this interpretation, other non-speech inputs, previous requests, and stored knowledge.
  4. Identifying the specific content the user wants to dedicate based on this determined intent.
  5. Receiving a dedication message (e.g., a spoken message) from the user to go with the content.
  6. Identifying the recipient for the dedication.
  7. Sending a request to a content dedication system, which then handles the transaction for the content and sends the dedicated content to the recipient.

• Independent Claim 12: This claim outlines a system designed to provide a natural language content dedication service. The system includes:

  1. A voice-enabled client device that can receive multi-modal user interactions, including natural language.
  2. A content dedication system connected to the client device. This dedication system has:
     • A processor.
     • A memory storing instructions for the processor. When executed, these instructions cause the system to:
       • Recognize a request to dedicate content from the user's multi-modal interaction.
       • Identify the content to be dedicated based on the natural language part of the interaction.
       • Process a transaction to dedicate the content.
       • Use natural language processing to customize the content with the dedication for the recipient.
       • Deliver the customized content to the recipient.

• Independent Claim 19: This claim describes a non-transitory computer readable medium (like a hard drive or flash drive) that stores instructions. When a processor executes these instructions, it performs a method for providing a natural language content dedication service, including the following steps:

  1. Detecting a multi-modal device interaction that contains a request to dedicate content.
  2. Identifying the content the user wants to dedicate from the natural language spoken in the interaction.
  3. Processing the financial transaction for that content.
  4. Using natural language processing to personalize the content for the person receiving the dedication.
  5. Delivering the personalized content to the recipient.

CAFC 2026 Dockets:
As of April 26, 2026, my search of the CAFC 2026 dockets did not return specific docket entries directly linking to patent number 9502025. However, the Google Patents information for US9502025B2 indicates that the "Family has litigation," specifically mentioning a "PTAB case IPR2025-01343 filed (Not Instituted - Procedural)" and two "US case filed in Delaware District Court" (cases 1:24-cv-01279 and 1:24-cv-00839), along with "First worldwide family litigation filed." These indicate ongoing or past litigation related to the patent family, though direct CAFC 2026 docket entries for 9502025 were not found in the search results provided.