Patents by Inventor Edmund Gale Acker

Edmund Gale Acker 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).

  • Personalized text-to-speech services
    Patent number: 9214154
    Abstract: A personalized text-to-speech (pTTS) system provides a method for converting text data to speech data utilizing a pTTS template representing the voice characteristics of an individual. A memory stores executable program code that converts text data to speech data. Text data represents a textual message directed to a system user and speech data represents a spoken form of text data having the characteristics of an individual's voice. A processor executes the program code, and a storage device stores a pTTS template and may store speech data. The pTTS system can be used to provide various services that provide immediate spoken presentation of the speech data converted from text data and/or combine stored speech data with generated speech data for spoken presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Edmund Gale Acker, Frederick Murray Burg
  • PERSONALIZED TEXT-TO-SPEECH SERVICES
    Publication number: 20150095034
    Abstract: A personalized text-to-speech (pTTS) system provides a method for converting text data to speech data utilizing a pTTS template representing the voice characteristics of an individual. A memory stores executable program code that converts text data to speech data. Text data represents a textual message directed to a system user and speech data represents a spoken form of text data having the characteristics of an individual's voice. A processor executes the program code, and a storage device stores a pTTS template and may store speech data. The pTTS system can be used to provide various services that provide immediate spoken presentation of the speech data converted from text data and/or combine stored speech data with generated speech data for spoken presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Edmund Gale Acker, Frederick Murray Burg
  • Personalized text-to-speech services
    Patent number: 8918322
    Abstract: A personalized text-to-speech (pTTS) system provides a method for converting text data to speech data utilizing a pTTS template representing the voice characteristics of an individual. A memory stores executable program code that converts text data to speech data. Text data represents a textual message directed to a system user and speech data represents a spoken form of text data having the characteristics of an individual's voice. A processor executes the program code, and a storage device stores a pTTS template and may store speech data. The pTTS system can be used to provide various services that provide immediate spoken presentation of the speech data converted from text data and/or combine stored speech data with generated speech data for spoken presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Edmund Gale Acker, Frederick Murray Burg
  • Personalized text-to-speech services
    Patent number: 7277855
    Abstract: A personalized text-to-speech (pTTS) system provides a method for converting text data to speech data utilizing a pTTS template representing the voice characteristics of an individual. A memory stores executable program code that converts text data to speech data. Text data represents a textual message directed to a system user and speech data represents a spoken form of text data having the characteristics of an individual's voice. A processor executes the program code, and a storage device stores a pTTS template and may store speech data. The pTTS system can be used to provide various services that provide immediate spoken presentation of the speech data converted from text data and/or combine stored speech data with generated speech data for spoken presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Edmund Gale Acker, Frederick Murray Burg