Patents by Inventor Benjamin Anthony

Benjamin Anthony 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).

  • Patent number: 8879714
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes retrieving first data associated with a call from an action-object table. The method further includes retrieving second data from a resolution table based on the first data. The second data indicates a treatment type to be provided to the call. The method further includes, in response to determining that the treatment type indicates a particular treatment type, servicing the call with the particular treatment type. The particular treatment type includes routing the call to a destination associated with a call center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Benjamin Anthony Knott, Sarah Korth
  • Publication number: 20140314227
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method includes determining, at a processor, a first destination based on a communication associated with a source, wherein an account is associated with the source. The method further includes determining a storage value associated with the account, wherein the storage value is associated with an amount of available storage associated with the account. The method further includes routing the communication based on a comparison of the storage value to a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Benjamin Anthony Knott, Sarah Korth
  • Publication number: 20140304579
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for understanding interconnected documents. A citation is identified in a first document that points to multiple portions of a second document. Hovering over a link proximate to the citation displays a multi-popup containing links to one or more of the portions of the second document. Hovering over one of the multi-popup links displays a second popup containing an associated portion of the second document. Instances of the citation, in whole or in part, are highlighted in the second popup. Within the second popup, additional citations are identified and links to associated content are generated, such that hovering over a citation contained in the second popup displays a third popup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SnapDoc
    Inventors: David Wesley Foster, Benjamin Anthony Leclerc
  • Publication number: 20140260489
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of dual-phase hot metal extrusion comprising (i) providing a load carrier made of a first metal material, wherein the load carrier comprises one or more load chambers containing a second metal material, wherein the melting point of the second metal material is lower than the melting point of the first metal material, (ii) heating the load carrier to a temperature above the melting point of the second metal material and suitable for extrusion of the load carrier, and (iii) extruding the load carrier to form an extruded product. The present disclosure also provides apparatuses for accomplishing the dual-phase hot extrusion of metals and products resulting from such processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Philip O. Funk, Douglas S. Winner, Seth Lafountain Wyse, Benjamin Anthony Laemmerhirt
  • Publication number: 20140272445
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of dual-phase hot metal extrusion comprising (i) providing a load carrier made of a first metal material, wherein the load carrier comprises one or more load chambers containing a second metal material, wherein the melting point of the second metal material is lower than the melting point of the first metal material, (ii) heating the load carrier to a temperature above the melting point of the second metal material and suitable for extrusion of the load carrier, and (iii) extruding the load carrier to form an extruded product. The present disclosure also provides apparatuses for accomplishing the dual-phase hot extrusion of metals and products resulting from such processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Philip O. Funk, Douglas S. Winner, Seth Lafountain Wyse, Benjamin Anthony Laemmerhirt
  • Publication number: 20140260487
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of dual-phase hot metal extrusion comprising (i) providing a load carrier made of a first metal material, wherein the load carrier comprises one or more load chambers containing a second metal material, wherein the melting point of the second metal material is lower than the melting point of the first metal material, (ii) heating the load carrier to a temperature above the melting point of the second metal material and suitable for extrusion of the load carrier, and (iii) extruding the load carrier to form an extruded product. The present disclosure also provides apparatuses for accomplishing the dual-phase hot extrusion of metals and products resulting from such processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Philip O. Funk, Douglas S. Winner, Seth Lafountain Wyse, Benjamin Anthony Laemmerhirt
  • Patent number: 8824659
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving a communication from a source. The communication is associated with an account of the source. The method further includes determining, at a processor, whether a time period satisfies a threshold time period. The time period is associated with a voice message box having a particular status. The method further includes routing the communication to a first destination based on a determination that the time period satisfies the threshold time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Benjamin Anthony Knott, Sarah Korth
  • Publication number: 20140236599
    Abstract: A system and method of targeted tuning of a speech recognition system are disclosed. A particular method includes detecting that a frequency of occurrence of a particular type of utterance satisfies a threshold. The method further includes tuning a speech recognition system with respect to the particular type of utterance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectuall Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Benjamin Anthony Knott, John Mills Martin
  • Patent number: 8751232
    Abstract: A system and method of targeted tuning of a speech recognition system are disclosed. A particular method includes detecting that a frequency of occurrence of a particular type of utterance satisfies a threshold. The method further includes tuning a speech recognition system with respect to the particular type of utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Benjamin Anthony Knott, John Mills Martin
  • Patent number: 8666741
    Abstract: A system and method for remote speech recognition includes one or more customer premise equipment, a speech engine, and a communication engine. The customer premise equipment interfaces with a host from which the customer premise equipment is remotely located. The speech engine, remotely located from the host, recognizes a plurality of speech spoken by a user of the customer premise equipment and translates the speech into the language of the host. The speech engine further converts the recognized speech into one or more text data packets where the text data packets include the recognized speech as data instead of voice. The communication engine encrypts the text data packets and transmits the text data packets to the host. Transmitting data instead of voice to the host reduces the computational demands on the host. Additionally, the communication engine receives a plurality of information from the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Chiharu Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Douglas F. Reynolds, Benjamin Anthony Knott, Robert Randal Bushey
  • Patent number: 8619966
    Abstract: A method includes accessing information associated with a call at an attendant interaction module. The call is associated with a task. The information associated with the call includes a first action object identifier, a first result identifier, and a first reason identifier. The first action object identifier is associated with the task, the first result identifier indicates a status of the task, and the first reason identifier includes information related to the first result identifier. The method includes generating an attendant interaction signal subsequent to receiving the information associated with the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Sarah Korth, Benjamin Anthony Knott
  • Publication number: 20130294596
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving a communication from a source. The communication is associated with an account of the source. The method further includes determining, at a processor, whether a time period satisfies a threshold time period. The time period is associated with a voice message box having a particular status. The method further includes routing the communication to a first destination based on a determination that the time period satisfies the threshold time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Benjamin Anthony Knott, Sarah Korth
  • Patent number: 8503662
    Abstract: A method includes receiving speech of a call from a caller at a processor of a call routing system. The method includes using the processor to determine a first call destination for the call based on the speech. The method includes using the processor to determine whether the caller is in compliance with at least one business rule related to an account of the caller. The method includes routing the call to the first call destination when the caller is in compliance with the at least one business rule and routing the call to a second call destination when the caller is not in compliance with the at least one business rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Benjamin Anthony Knott, Sarah Korth
  • Patent number: 8489479
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for determining risk. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for determining risk. The method may include receiving historical information relating to tax return data of a taxpayer. The method may also include updating one or more profiles associated with the historical information. The method may also include receiving current information relating to tax return data of the taxpayer. The method may also include querying the updated historical information based on the received current information. The method may further include processing historical information, received in response to the querying, together with the current information to generate one or more risk scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Anthony Slater, Christopher P. Checco
  • Patent number: 8401851
    Abstract: A system and method of targeted tuning of a speech recognition system are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method includes determining a frequency of occurrence of a particular type of utterance method and includes determining whether the frequency of occurrence exceeds a threshold. The method further includes tuning a speech recognition system to improve recognition of the particular type of utterance when the frequency of occurrence of the particular type of utterance exceeds the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bushey, Benjamin Anthony Knott, John Mills Martin
  • Patent number: D709002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Isamu Ito, Glen Joel Durmisevich, John Song, Christian Michael Hardin, Curtis Lawrence Wilson, Benjamin Anthony Kuzmicz
  • Patent number: D714199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Isamu Ito, Glen Joel Durmisevich, John Song, Rudolf David Gonzalez, Patrick James Quinn, James Leroy Smith, Jr., Benjamin Anthony Kuzmicz
  • Patent number: D719499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Monaco RV, LLC
    Inventors: Mitchell Edward Auerbach, Rudolph David Gonzalez, Benjamin Anthony Kuzmicz, Joseph Edwin Otto, Robert B. Riggs, Robert Paul Scott, Jonathan Allen Wicks
  • Patent number: D719879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Chris Isamu Ito, Glen Joel Durmisevich, John Song, Christian Michael Hardin, David James Olsen, Jonathan Allen Wicks, Charles Kent Booker, James C. Box, Curtis Lawrence Wilson, Robert Paul Scott, Benjamin Anthony Kuzmicz, Rudolf David Gonzalez, Patrick James Quinn, James Leroy Smith, Jr.
  • Patent number: D719899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Monaco RV, LLC
    Inventors: Mitchell Edward Auerbach, Rudolph David Gonzalez, Benjamin Anthony Kuzmicz, Joseph Edwin Otto, Robert B. Riggs, Robert Paul Scott, Jonathan Allen Wicks