Patents Assigned to Sonicon, Inc.
  • Auditorially representing pages of SGML data
    Patent number: 6088675
    Abstract: Representing SGML documents audibly includes the steps of assigning (214) unique sounds to SGML tags and events encountered in an SGML document, producing the associated sounds whenever those tags or events are encountered (218), and representing encountered text as speech (220). Speech and non-speech sounds may be produced simultaneously or substantially simultaneously. A corresponding system (10) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Sonicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund R. MacKenty, David E. Owen
  • System and method for auditorially representing pages of HTML data
    Patent number: 6085161
    Abstract: Representing HTML documents audibly includes the steps of assigning (214) unique sounds to HTML tags and events encountered in an HTML document, producing the associated sounds whenever those tags or events are encountered (218), and representing encountered text as speech (220). Speech and non-speech sounds may be produced simultaneously or substantially simultaneously. A corresponding system (10) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Sonicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund R. MacKenty, David E. Owen, Barry M. Arons, Marshall W. Clemens