Patents by Inventor Timothy Fredenburg

Timothy Fredenburg 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).

  • Publication number: 20090241041
    Abstract: Computerized content development methods and tools are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a title by assigning one or more functions to respective portions of one or more position-coded pages through a graphical user interface which does not require a code level programming, and automatically converting the title to a format operable by computing device which interacts with a printed medium of the position-coded pages to perform the functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Cozine, Tom Musolf, Timothy Fredenburg, Tamar Cohen, Bruce von Kugelgen, Don Schuerholz
  • Patent number: 6178397
    Abstract: Parsing routines extract from a conventional pronunciation dictionary an entry, which includes a dictionary word and dictionary phonemes representing the pronunciation of the dictionary word. A correspondence table is used to compress the pronunciation dictionary. The correspondence table includes correspondence sets for a particular language, each set having a correspondence text entry, a correspondence phoneme entry representing the pronunciation of the correspondence text entry and a unique correspondence set identifying symbol. A matching system compares a dictionary entry with the correspondence sets, and replaces the dictionary entry with the symbols representing the best matches. In the absence of a match, symbols representing silent text or unmatched phonemes can be used. The correspondence symbols representing the best matches provide compressed pronunciation dictionary entries. The matching system also generates decoder code sets for subsequently translating the symbol sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Fredenburg
  • Patent number: 5845238
    Abstract: Parsing routines extract from a conventional pronunciation dictionary an entry, which includes a dictionary word and dictionary phonemes representing the pronunciation of the dictionary word. A correspondence table is used to compress the pronunciation dictionary. The correspondence table includes correspondence sets for a particular language, each set having a correspondence text entry, a correspondence phoneme entry representing the pronunciation of the correspondence text entry and a unique correspondence set identifying symbol. A matching system compares a dictionary entry with the correspondence sets, and replaces the dictionary entry with the symbols representing the best matches. In the absence of a match, symbols representing silent text or unmatched phonemes can be used. The correspondence symbols representing the best matches provide compressed pronunciation dictionary entries. The matching system also generates decoder code sets for subsequently translating the symbol sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Fredenburg
  • Patent number: RE40458
    Abstract: Parsing routines extract from a conventional pronunciation dictionary an entry, which includes a dictionary word and dictionary phonemes representing the pronunciation of the dictionary word. A correspondence table is used to compress the pronunciation dictionary. The correspondence table includes correspondence sets for a particular language, each set having a correspondence text entry, a correspondence phoneme entry representing the pronunciation of the correspondence text entry and a unique correspondence set identifying symbol. A matching system compares a dictionary entry with the correspondence sets, and replaces the dictionary entry with the symbols representing the best matches. In the absence of a match, symbols representing silent text or unmatched phonemes can be used. The correspondence symbols representing the best matches provide compressed pronunciation dictionary entries. The matching system also generates decoder code sets for subsequently translating the symbol sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Fredenburg