Patents by Inventor Craig M. Fisher

Craig M. Fisher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Detecting an answering machine using speech recognition
    Patent number: 8065146
    Abstract: An answering machine detection module is used to determine whether a call recipient is an actual person or an answering machine. The answering machine detection module includes a speech recognizer and a call analysis module. The speech recognizer receives an audible response of the call recipient to a call. The speech recognizer processes the audible response and provides an output indicative of recognized speech. The call analysis module processes the output of the speech recognizer to generate an output indicative of whether the call recipient is a person or an answering machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alejandro Acero, Craig M. Fisher, Dong Yu, Ye-Yi Wang, Yun-Cheng Ju
  • Detecting an answering machine using speech recognition
    Publication number: 20080015846
    Abstract: An answering machine detection module is used to determine whether a call recipient is an actual person or an answering machine. The answering machine detection module includes a speech recognizer and a call analysis module. The speech recognizer receives an audible response of the call recipient to a call. The speech recognizer processes the audible response and provides an output indicative of recognized speech. The call analysis module processes the output of the speech recognizer to generate an output indicative of whether the call recipient is a person or an answering machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alejandro Acero, Craig M. Fisher, Dong Yu, Ye-Yi Wang, Yun-Cheng Ju