Patents by Inventor Dean Hofstetter

Dean Hofstetter 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 and text transmission system
    Publication number: 20030125952
    Abstract: A communication system and format is described for use in assisted telephonic communications, intended to help users who are hearing impaired use the telephone system. A relay connects a hearing user with the assisted user. The relay creates a text message stream containing the words spoken by the hearing user. The relay then combines the digital characters of the text message with packets of digitized voice spoken by the hearing user and sends the combined digital data packets to the station of the assisted user. The station of the assisted user is capable of separating the voice from the text and displaying the text for reading by the assisted user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Engelke, Kevin Colwell, Troy Vitex, Jeffrey Havens, Kurt Grittner, Dean Hofstetter, Mathew McCulley
  • Voice and text transmission system
    Patent number: 6504910
    Abstract: A communication system and format is described for use in assisted telephonic communications, intended to help users who are hearing impaired use the telephone system. A relay connects a hearing user with the assisted user. The relay creates a text message stream containing the words spoken by the hearing user. The relay then combines the digital characters of the text message with packets of digitized voice spoken by the hearing user and sends the combined digital data packets to the station of the assisted user. The station of the assisted user is capable of separating the voice from the text and displaying the text for reading by the assisted user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Engelke, Kevin Colwell, Troy Vitek, Jeffrey Havens, Kurt Grittner, Dean Hofstetter, Mathew McCulley