Patents by Inventor Gerald D. Warren

Gerald D. Warren 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).

  • Medical alert and monitoring for the hearing impaired
    Patent number: 9654628
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes receiving, by a processor of a computing device, a request to initiate a call from a portable electronic device. The call is a communication across a communication network. The method also includes initiating, by the processor of the computing device, the call. The call connects the portable electronic device to an emergency response service. The call also utilizes a relay service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: NEDELCO, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald D. Warren, Jennifer A. Buechner
  • Medical alert and monitoring for the hearing impaired
    Publication number: 20160323445
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes receiving, by a processor of a computing device, a request to initiate a call from a portable electronic device. The call is a communication across a communication network. The method also includes initiating, by the processor of the computing device, the call. The call connects the portable electronic device to an emergency response service. The call also utilizes a relay service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Gerald D. Warren, Jennifer A. Buechner
  • Speech to text training method and system
    Patent number: 9444934
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes receiving, at a processor of a computing device, an audio voice signal of a first call participant during a first call, where the first call is a communication across a communication network. The method further includes determining an identity of the first call participant and determining a speech to text profile associated with the identity of the first call participant, where the speech to text profile includes at least one rule for transcribing a word in the audio voice signal into text. The method further includes generating a text output, where the text output is a transcribed version of a plurality of words identified in the audio voice signal of the first call participant. At least one of the plurality of words identified is identified using the at least one rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Nedelco, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip C. Nelson, John Nelson, Gerald D. Warren
  • SPEECH TO TEXT TRAINING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160098995
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes receiving, at a processor of a computing device, an audio voice signal of a first call participant during a first call, where the first call is a communication across a communication network. The method further includes determining an identity of the first call participant and determining a speech to text profile associated with the identity of the first call participant, where the speech to text profile includes at least one rule for transcribing a word in the audio voice signal into text. The method further includes generating a text output, where the text output is a transcribed version of a plurality of words identified in the audio voice signal of the first call participant. At least one of the plurality of words identified is identified using the at least one rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Phillip C. Nelson, John Nelson, Gerald D. Warren