Patents by Inventor Michael ANSLOW

Michael ANSLOW 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).

  • Apparatus and method for inserting substitute words based on target characteristics
    Patent number: 11853695
    Abstract: Data processing apparatus comprises a data memory; a selection controller comprising a computer processor; and a digital interface between a control process implemented by the selection controller and a text handling process implemented by the computer processor or another processor; in which: the selection controller is configured to provide a text document from the data memory to the text handling process to identify one or more characteristics of words in the text document; the selection controller is configured to provide user selection of one or more of the words in the text document to be substituted and of one or more target characteristics; and the selection controller is configured to request from the text handling process a set of one or more substitute words for the selected words such that the substitute words comply with the selected one or more of the target characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Anslow
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210216709
    Abstract: Data processing apparatus comprises a data memory; a selection controller comprising a computer processor; and a digital interface between a control process implemented by the selection controller and a text handling process implemented by the computer processor or another processor; in which: the selection controller is configured to provide a text document from the data memory to the text handling process to identify one or more characteristics of words in the text document; the selection controller is configured to provide user selection of one or more of the words in the text document to be substituted and of one or more target characteristics; and the selection controller is configured to request from the text handling process a set of one or more substitute words for the selected words such that the substitute words comply with the selected one or more of the target characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Michael ANSLOW