Patents by Inventor Dave Draper

Dave Draper 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: 7590689
    Abstract: Methods for associating multi-lingual audio recordings with visual objects in a presentation system accessed by the Internet network wherein a plurality of visual objects such as charts or slides controlled by a third party in a server can be accessed by any user of the network. Each visual object being associated with an audio recording in any language selected amongst several predetermined languages. In an example embodiment, the method comprises the steps of calling the third party server by the user in charge of the audio recording associated with a visual object via the Public Switched Network, prompting the user on his telephone to enter his user ID; and transmitting by the keypad of the telephone the user ID including a first part defining a first language to be used for recording the recording, whereby displaying the visual object will be automatically synchronized with the audio recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dave Draper, Steve Groeger, Brian Heasman, Benoît Löscher, Christopher Von Koschembahr, Steve Raspoet
  • Publication number: 20030101220
    Abstract: Methods for associating multi-lingual audio recordings with visual objects in a presentation system accessed by the Internet network wherein a plurality of visual objects such as charts or slides controlled by a third party in a server can be accessed by any user of the network. Each visual object being associated with an audio recording in any language selected amongst several predetermined languages. In an example embodiment, the method comprises the steps of calling the third party server by the user in charge of the audio recording associated with a visual object via the Public Switched Network, prompting the user on his telephone to enter his user ID; and transmitting by the keypad of the telephone the user ID including a first part defining a first language to be used for recording the recording, whereby displaying the visual object will be automatically synchronized with the audio recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dave Draper, Steve Groeger, Brian Heasman, Benoit Loscher, Christopher Von Koschembahr, Steve Raspoet