Patents by Inventor David Martin Birk

David Martin Birk 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).

  • System and method of automatic translation of broadcast messages in a wireless communication network
    Patent number: 6915134
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic translation of broadcast messages in a wireless communication system are provided. With the system and method when a wireless communication device enters a region of a wireless network, the wireless communication device registers with the wireless network by way of a base station and mobile switching center. The registration of the wireless communication device includes the creation of a database entry at the mobile switching center that identifies the wireless communication device and includes an indication of the origin, such as the country code, of the wireless communication device. Based on this indication of origin, a desired output language may be identified. This identified output language may then be used to identify prestored versions of a broadcast message that are in the output language or identify the mechanism for translating a broadcast message from an original language to the identified output language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Edward Atkin, David Martin Birk, Stephen B. Boston, Amir Farrokh Sanjar
  • System and method of automatic translation of broadcast messages in a wireless communication network
    Publication number: 20040192258
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic translation of broadcast messages in a wireless communication system are provided. With the system and method when a wireless communication device enters a region of a wireless network, the wireless communication device registers with the wireless network by way of a base station and mobile switching center. The registration of the wireless communication device includes the creation of a database entry at the mobile switching center that identifies the wireless communication device and includes an indication of the origin, such as the country code, of the wireless communication device. Based on this indication of origin, a desired output language may be identified. This identified output language may then be used to identify prestored versions of a broadcast message that are in the output language or identify the mechanism for translating a broadcast message from an original language to the identified output language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Edward Atkin, David Martin Birk, Stephen B. Boston, Amir Farrokh Sanjar