Patents by Inventor Catherine A. McCauley

Catherine A. McCauley 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).

  • Providing dynamically-translated public address system announcements to mobile devices
    Patent number: 9332401
    Abstract: A method for providing dynamically translated public address announcements can begin with a multi-lingual module maintaining a listing of mobile devices that are currently active within a specified geographic area serviced by a public address system. The native language used by a mobile device that is different than a language used by the public address system can be noted. Content for an announcement broadcast by the public address system can be converted into a format capable of being transmitted via a wireless communications message. The converted content can be translated to the native languages noted in the listing. The wireless communications message containing the translated content can be pushed to corresponding mobile devices in the listing and the wireless communications message containing the converted content can be pushed to a remainder of the mobile devices in the listing via a non-cellular wireless network local to the specified geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory S. Jones, Catherine A. McCauley, John S. Pannell
  • PROVIDING DYNAMICALLY-TRANSLATED PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150056961
    Abstract: A method for providing dynamically translated public address announcements can begin with a multi-lingual module maintaining a listing of mobile devices that are currently active within a specified geographic area serviced by a public address system. The native language used by a mobile device that is different than a language used by the public address system can be noted. Content for an announcement broadcast by the public address system can be converted into a format capable of being transmitted via a wireless communications message. The converted content can be translated to the native languages noted in the listing. The wireless communications message containing the translated content can be pushed to corresponding mobile devices in the listing and the wireless communications message containing the converted content can be pushed to a remainder of the mobile devices in the listing via a non-cellular wireless network local to the specified geographic area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: GREGORY S. JONES, Catherine A. McCauley, John S. Pannell