Patents by Inventor Dan Christiani

Dan Christiani 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).

  • Voice signal modulation service for geographic areas
    Patent number: 9330681
    Abstract: Modulating a voice signal is provided. The voice signal corresponding to a voice communication is received from a sending voice communication device via a network. Voice signal features corresponding to the voice communication are extracted. A set of voice signal filters are selected to modulate the extracted voice signal features corresponding to the voice communication to an average voice signal associated with a geographic area where the voice communication is destined for. The voice signal features corresponding to the voice communication are modulated by applying the selected set of voice signal filters to generate the average voice signal associated with the geographic area where the voice communication is destined for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Franck Barillaud, Insoo Cho, Dan Christiani, Mark R. Thill, David S. Zhang
  • VOICE SIGNAL MODULATION SERVICE FOR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
    Publication number: 20160019912
    Abstract: Modulating a voice signal is provided. The voice signal corresponding to a voice communication is received from a sending voice communication device via a network. Voice signal features corresponding to the voice communication are extracted. A set of voice signal filters are selected to modulate the extracted voice signal features corresponding to the voice communication to an average voice signal associated with a geographic area where the voice communication is destined for. The voice signal features corresponding to the voice communication are modulated by applying the selected set of voice signal filters to generate the average voice signal associated with the geographic area where the voice communication is destined for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Franck Barillaud, Insoo Cho, Dan Christiani, Mark R. Thill, David S. Zhang