Patents by Inventor Carl Mikael Berner

Carl Mikael Berner 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).

  • System and method for performing an action on a phone in response to a user initiating an outbound call to one or more select phone numbers
    Patent number: 8824651
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and software application for associating one or more phone numbers with an action on a phone and performing an action on the phone in response to the user initiating a call to one of such phone numbers. Certain phone numbers are associated with an action. The user's phone, or a server with which the user's phone communicates, maintains a table of the phone numbers associated with an action, and each phone number in the table is related to an action. Software on the user's phone listens for call initiated by a user. When the user initiates a call, software on the phone “intercepts” the call, and the phone (or a server with which the phone communicates) determines whether the call is to a phone number that is in the table. If the phone number is in the table, then it is associated with an action, and the user's phone performs that action at a time specified by instructions for such action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Mikael Berner, Assaf Baciu, Sandeep M. Bhojwani, Jayadev Billa, Kevin M. Stone, David A. Winarsky
  • System and method for performing an action on a phone in response to a user initiating an outbound call to one or more select phone numbers
    Patent number: 8363807
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and software application for associating one or more phone numbers with an action on a phone and performing an action on the phone in response to the user initiating a call to one of such phone numbers. Certain phone numbers are associated with an action. The user's phone, or a server with which the user's phone communicates, maintains a table of the phone numbers associated with an action, and each phone number in the table is related to an action. Software on the user's phone listens for call initiated by a user. When the user initiates a call, software on the phone “intercepts” the call, and the phone (or a server with which the phone communicates) determines whether the call is to a phone number that is in the table. If the phone number is in the table, then it is associated with an action, and the user's phone performs that action at a time specified by instructions for such action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Assaf Baciu, Sandeep M. Bhojwani, Jayadev Billa, Carl Mikael Berner, Kevin M. Stone, David A. Winarsky
  • System and method for performing an action on a phone in response to a user initiating an outbound call to one or more select phone numbers
    Publication number: 20090046843
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and software application for associating one or more phone numbers with an action on a phone and performing an action on the phone in response to the user initiating a call to one of such phone numbers. Certain phone numbers are associated with an action. The user's phone, or a server with which the user's phone communicates, maintains a table of the phone numbers associated with an action, and each phone number in the table is related to an action. Software on the user's phone listens for call initiated by a user. When the user initiates a call, software on the phone “intercepts” the call, and the phone (or a server with which the phone communicates) determines whether the call is to a phone number that is in the table. If the phone number is in the table, then it is associated with an action, and the user's phone performs that action at a time specified by instructions for such action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Assaf Baciu, Sandeep M. Bhojwani, Jayadev Billa, Carl Mikael Berner, Kevin M. Stone, David A. Winarsky