Patents by Inventor Catriona Chaplin

Catriona Chaplin 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).

  • Publication number: 20040199388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a user interactive user friendly speech recognition controller and method of operating the same. The speech recognition controller recognises (S1, S11, S12, S20, S27) at least one keyword in a speech utterance enunciated by a user and obtain (S2, S7, S13, S24, S40) for said at least one recognized keyword a recognition reliability which indicates how reliably said at least one keyword has been recognized correctly by the speech recognition controller. It then compares (S3, S26, S41) said reliability with a recognition reliability threshold and if said obtained reliability is lower than said recognition reliability threshold, it provides (S4, S14, S32, S35) an unreliability indication to the user (S4, S14, S32). In response to said unreliability indication it recognises at least one further keyword and then corrects said at least one recognized recognized in response to said unreliability indication to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Werner Armbruster, Stefan Dobler, Catriona Chaplin
  • Publication number: 20020132610
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for indicating the currently selected profile in a mobile terminal are disclosed. A background picture is selectively associated with each profile and stored in the mobile terminal. When a profile is selected, the background picture for that profile is retrieved and displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal. The profile may be selected either manually by the user, or automatically when the mobile terminal is engaged with certain accessories. Default background pictures may be replaced with alternative background pictures obtained from external sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Catriona Chaplin, Per Ogren
  • Publication number: 20020006188
    Abstract: In a method of recording information exchanged between first (1; 22) and second (5) telecommunications devices, the recording is performed under control of the first telecommunications device. The method comprises the steps of sending from the first telecommunications device (1; 22) to the second telecommunications device (5) a message requesting authorization for the recording, and performing the recording only if a responding message giving the authorization is received by the first telecommunications device (1; 22) in response to the requesting message. In this way the remote party is ensured that the telephone conversations are not recorded without his knowledge and permission, and the different national laws concerning voice recording can be complied with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Anders Onshage, Catriona Chaplin