Veveo is a software company based in
Andover, Massachusetts
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.
Founded in 2004, Veveo has worked with other firms
Comcast
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,
Cablevision
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, Rogers, AT&T,
DirecTV
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, and
Nokia
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. The venture-backed company is based near
Boston, Massachusetts, and has an intellectual property portfolio of fifty issued or allowed patents and 80 patent applications.
On February 25, 2014, Veveo was acquired by
Rovi Corporation
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.
Conversational interfaces
Veveo's developments in
natural language processing
Natural language processing (NLP) is an interdisciplinary subfield of linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence concerned with the interactions between computers and human language, in particular how to program computers to proc ...
and understanding enabled dialog-based real-time conversational interfaces was introduced in late 2012. These interfaces allow connected devices and applications to be used with conversational intelligence applied to voice interfaces. As a result, users can talk to devices with normal language and devices can respond with natural language responses.
See also
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VTap
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Software companies based in Massachusetts
Companies established in 2004
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2004 establishments in the United States
2004 establishments in Massachusetts
Software companies established in 2004