Patents by Inventor Curtis A. Weeks

Curtis A. Weeks 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).

  • Patent number: 11640820
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a method for insertion of formatted text with speech recognition. One embodiment of the method includes creating a speech recognition command and executing the speech recognition command. Creating the speech recognition command may include receiving a selection by a user to add a plurality of actions to the speech recognition command and receiving a user-defined trigger command for the speech recognition command. In some embodiments, creating the speech recognition command includes receiving a definition of the text grammar, wherein the definition of the text grammar includes at least one command part and at least one command definition and storing the speech recognition command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Dolbey & Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Patent number: 11621000
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for using image searching with voice recognition commands. Embodiments of a method may include providing a user interface via a target application and receiving a user selection of an area on the user interface by a user, the area including a search image. Embodiments may also include receiving an associated voice command and associating, by the computing device, the associated voice command with the search image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Dolbey & Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Publication number: 20210249014
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for using image searching with voice recognition commands. Embodiments of a method may include providing a user interface via a target application and receiving a user selection of an area on the user interface by a user, the area including a search image. Embodiments may also include receiving an associated voice command and associating, by the computing device, the associated voice command with the search image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Patent number: 11024305
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for using image searching with voice recognition commands. Embodiments of a method may include providing a user interface via a target application and receiving a user selection of an area on the user interface by a user, the area including a search image. Embodiments may also include receiving an associated voice command and associating, by the computing device, the associated voice command with the search image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Dolbey & Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Publication number: 20210027768
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a method for insertion of formatted text with speech recognition. One embodiment of the method includes creating a speech recognition command and executing the speech recognition command. Creating the speech recognition command may include receiving a selection by a user to add a plurality of actions to the speech recognition command and receiving a user-defined trigger command for the speech recognition command. In some embodiments, creating the speech recognition command includes receiving a definition of the text grammar, wherein the definition of the text grammar includes at least one command part and at least one command definition and storing the speech recognition command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Publication number: 20190043495
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for using image searching with voice recognition commands. Embodiments of a method may include providing a user interface via a target application and receiving a user selection of an area on the user interface by a user, the area including a search image. Embodiments may also include receiving an associated voice command and associating, by the computing device, the associated voice command with the search image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Publication number: 20190042186
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using optical character recognition (OCR) with voice recognition commands are provided. Some embodiments include receiving a user interface that includes a text field, capturing an image of at least a portion of the user interface, and performing OCR on the image to identify the text field and a word in the user interface. Some embodiments include mapping a coordinate of the word in the text field, receiving a voice command that includes the word, and navigating, by the computing device, a cursor to the coordinate to execute the voice command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Patent number: 9576577
    Abstract: Included are systems and methods for transcription transfer. In some embodiments a method includes receiving text data in an electronic format, determining a header in the text data, and in response to determining the header in the text data, determining a segment associated with the header. Some embodiments may include providing a dialog box associated with the text data, where the dialog box includes a first option for inserting the segment into a user interface provided by a destination application, receiving a user selection of the first option, and inserting the segment into a predetermined portion of the user interface provided by the destination application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dolbey & Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Patent number: 9240186
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein store a target application and a dictation application. The target application may be configured to receive input from a user. The dictation application interface may include a full overlay mode option, where in response to selection of the full overlay mode option, the dictation application interface is automatically sized and positioned over the target application interface to fully cover a text area of the target application interface to appear as if the dictation application interface is part of the target application interface. The dictation application may be further configured to receive an audio dictation from the user, convert the audio dictation into text, provide the text in the dictation application interface and in response to receiving a first user command to complete the dictation, automatically copy the text from the dictation application interface and inserting the text into the target application interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dolbey and Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis A. Weeks, Aaron G. Weks, Stephen E. Barton
  • Publication number: 20150340036
    Abstract: Included are systems and methods for transcription transfer. In some embodiments a method includes receiving text data in an electronic format, determining a header in the text data, and in response to determining the header in the text data, determining a segment associated with the header. Some embodiments may include providing a dialog box associated with the text data, where the dialog box includes a first option for inserting the segment into a user interface provided by a destination application, receiving a user selection of the first option, and inserting the segment into a predetermined portion of the user interface provided by the destination application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventor: Curtis A. Weeks
  • Publication number: 20150106093
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein store a target application and a dictation application. The target application may be configured to receive input from a user. The dictation application interface may include a full overlay mode option, where in response to selection of the full overlay mode option, the dictation application interface is automatically sized and positioned over the target application interface to fully cover a text area of the target application interface to appear as if the dictation application interface is part of the target application interface. The dictation application may be further configured to receive an audio dictation from the user, convert the audio dictation into text, provide the text in the dictation application interface and in response to receiving a first user command to complete the dictation, automatically copy the text from the dictation application interface and inserting the text into the target application interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: DOLBEY & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis A. Weeks, Aaron G. Weeks, Stephen E. Barton
  • Patent number: 8935166
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein store a target application and a dictation application. The target application may be configured to receive input from a user. The dictation application interface may include a full overlay mode option, where in response to selection of the full overlay mode option, the dictation application interface is automatically sized and positioned over the target application interface to fully cover a text area of the target application interface to appear as if the dictation application interface is part of the target application interface. The dictation application may be further configured to receive an audio dictation from the user, convert the audio dictation into text, provide the text in the dictation application interface and in response to receiving a first user command to complete the dictation, automatically copy the text from the dictation application interface and inserting the text into the target application interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Dolbey & Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis A. Weeks, Aaron G. Weeks, Stephen E. Barton
  • Publication number: 20140039889
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein store a target application and a dictation application. The target application may be configured to receive input from a user. The dictation application interface may include a full overlay mode option, where in response to selection of the full overlay mode option, the dictation application interface is automatically sized and positioned over the target application interface to fully cover a text area of the target application interface to appear as if the dictation application interface is part of the target application interface. The dictation application may be further configured to receive an audio dictation from the user, convert the audio dictation into text, provide the text in the dictation application interface and in response to receiving a first user command to complete the dictation, automatically copy the text from the dictation application interface and inserting the text into the target application interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Dolby & Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis A. Weeks, Aaron G. Weeks, Stephen E. Barton
  • Patent number: 8589160
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein store a target application and a dictation application. The target application may be configured to receive input from a user. The dictation application interface may include a full overlay mode option, where in response to selection of the full overlay mode option, the dictation application interface is automatically sized and positioned over the target application interface to fully cover a text area of the target application interface to appear as if the dictation application interface is part of the target application interface. The dictation application may be further configured to receive an audio dictation from the user, convert the audio dictation into text, provide the text in the dictation application interface and in response to receiving a first user command to complete the dictation, automatically copy the text from the dictation application interface and inserting the text into the target application interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Dolbey & Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis A. Weeks, Aaron G. Weeks, Stephen E. Barton
  • Publication number: 20130046537
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein store a target application and a dictation application. The target application may be configured to receive input from a user. The dictation application interface may include a full overlay mode option, where in response to selection of the full overlay mode option, the dictation application interface is automatically sized and positioned over the target application interface to fully cover a text area of the target application interface to appear as if the dictation application interface is part of the target application interface. The dictation application may be further configured to receive an audio dictation from the user, convert the audio dictation into text, provide the text in the dictation application interface and in response to receiving a first user command to complete the dictation, automatically copy the text from the dictation application interface and inserting the text into the target application interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: DOLBEY & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Curtis A. Weeks, Aaron G. Weeks, Stephen E. Barton
  • Publication number: 20090254634
    Abstract: In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method of displaying selected media is disclosed. The method comprises registering a key on a user computer; accessing a key server via the Internet when the key is pressed; and displaying selected media on the user computer. In preferred embodiments of the method, the step of registering a key on a user computer includes the step of generating and storing a unique registration code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Alan Scott McKinney, Christopher K. Taylor, Aaron G. Weeks, Curtis A. Weeks
  • Publication number: 20090077038
    Abstract: A method for audibly verifying the identity of a subject while dictating a report with a system comprising an input device and a computer includes entering alpha-numeric indicia into the system with the input device where the alpha-numeric indicia are related to the identity of the subject of the dictation. The entered alpha-numeric indicia are transmitted from the system to a records database coupled to the computer. Subject identifiers are received by the system when a record is found in the records database which has identifying indicia corresponding to the entered alpha-numeric indicia. The subject identifiers associated with the record are audibly communicated to a user of the system. The user of the system may use the audibly communicated subject identifiers to verify that the entered alpha-numeric indicia correspond to the subject on which the dictation is being performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: DOLBEY AND COMPANY
    Inventors: James M. Dolbey, JR., Curtis A. Weeks, Matthew Knapp, Holly Dolbey
  • Publication number: 20050091064
    Abstract: A speech recognition module includes transformation and synchronization algorithms. The transformation algorithms receive raw text from the speech recognition engine and produce a mapped text file and a module mapped text file. The mapped text file contains all the characters in the raw text. The characters in the mapped text file are mapped to locations in the module mapped text file. The characters in the module mapped text file are mapped to the mapped text file. A module window is created to edit the mapped text file by first editing the module mapped text file. Any graphical display, such as a fill-in form or header are viewable during or after dictation in the module window. Changes made to the module mapped text file are automatically implemented in the mapped text file through the synchronization algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventor: Curtis Weeks