ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,428, issued on July 1, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for generating a dynamic list of hint words for automated speech recognition" was invented by Ankur Anil Aher (Maharashtra, India) and Jeffry Copps Robert Jose (Tamil Nadu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for determining hint words that improve the accuracy of automated speech recognition (ASR) systems. Hint words are typically determined in the context of a user issuing voice commands in connection with a voice interface system, however, a voice interface system may capture terms from overheard conte...