Patent ID: 11908453
Assignee: DIRECT CURSUS TECHNOLOGY L.L.C
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A server for training a machine-learning algorithm (MLA) to determine a user class of user producing a user utterance, the server including:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions;
the processor, upon executing the instructions, being configured to:
receive a training audio signal representative of a training user utterance,
the training user utterance having been produced by a training user;

solicit a plurality of assessor-generated labels for the training audio signal,
a given one of the plurality of assessor-generated labels having been generated by a respective one of a plurality of human assessors;
the given one of the plurality of assessor-generated labels being indicative of whether the training user is perceived, by a respective human assessor, to be one of a first user class and a second user class;

generate an amalgamated assessor-generated label for the training audio signal,
the amalgamated assessor-generated label being indicative of a label distribution of the plurality of assessor-generated labels between the first user class and the second user class;

generate a training set of data including the training audio signal and the amalgamated assessor-generated label;
train, based on the training set of data, the MLA to determine the user class of the user producing an in-use user utterance.