Patents by Inventor Alan Heard

Alan Heard 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).

  • Method and apparatus for processing the output of a speech recognition engine
    Publication number: 20060129387
    Abstract: data processing apparatus is disclosed for receiving recognition data from a speech recognition engine and its corresponding dictated audio data where the recognition data includes recognized words or characters. A display displays the recognized words or characters and the recognized words or characters restored as a file together with the corresponding audio data. The recognized words or characters can be processed and link data is formed to link the position of the words or characters in the file and the position of the corresponding audio component in the audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: John Mitchell, Alan Heard, Steven Corbett, Nicholas Daniel