Patents by Inventor Jay M. Stiles
Jay M. Stiles 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).
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Patent number: 9326160Abstract: A technique is discloses that enables a first telecommunications terminal, wireless or otherwise, to report to its user whether a second, wireless telecommunications terminal is receiving the first terminal's packet stream transmissions at a satisfactory quality level. The second terminal receives the packet stream that conveys the media waveform transmitted by the first terminal. The media waveform can be that of the speech signal of the first terminal's user. The second terminal measures a trait of the received signal and encodes the measurement data into the packet stream that the second terminal is already transmitting to the first terminal. The first terminal then decodes the measurement data from the received second stream and presents, to its user, a quality indication that is based on the measurement data. In doing so, the first terminal provides its user with a better idea of whether the second terminal has reliably received the user's communication.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Jean Meloche, Jay M. Stiles
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Publication number: 20130295917Abstract: A technique is discloses that enables a first telecommunications terminal, wireless or otherwise, to report to its user whether a second, wireless telecommunications terminal is receiving the first terminal's packet stream transmissions at a satisfactory quality level. The second terminal receives the packet stream that conveys the media waveform transmitted by the first terminal. The media waveform can be that of the speech signal of the first terminal's user. The second terminal measures a trait of the received signal and encodes the measurement data into the packet stream that the second terminal is already transmitting to the first terminal. The first terminal then decodes the measurement data from the received second stream and presents, to its user, a quality indication that is based on the measurement data. In doing so, the first terminal provides its user with a better idea of whether the second terminal has reliably received the user's communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Jean Meloche, Jay M. Stiles
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Patent number: 8483679Abstract: A technique is discloses that enables a first telecommunications terminal, wireless or otherwise, to report to its user whether a second, wireless telecommunications terminal is receiving the first terminal's packet stream transmissions at a satisfactory quality level. The second terminal receives the packet stream that conveys the media waveform transmitted by the first terminal. The media waveform can be that of the speech signal of the first terminal's user. The second terminal measures a trait of the received signal and encodes the measurement data into the packet stream that the second terminal is already transmitting to the first terminal. The first terminal then decodes the measurement data from the received second stream and presents, to its user, a quality indication that is based on the measurement data. In doing so, the first terminal provides its user with a better idea of whether the second terminal has reliably received the user's communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Jean Meloche, Jay M. Stiles
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Patent number: 8442192Abstract: An appliance for use at home or a business is disclosed that is inserted between the Public Switched Telephone Network and wireline terminal(s) in the home or business. The appliance also connects to the Internet and has a wireless transceiver for communicating with wireless terminals via radio. The appliance enables a user of a wireless terminal in the vicinity of the appliance to answer and conduct telephone calls on the wireline terminal(s) in the home or business. Furthermore, the appliance enables a user of the wireline terminal(s) in the home or business to initiate and conduct telephone calls through the wireless terminal. Furthermore, the appliance enables a user of the wireline terminal(s) in the home or business to answer, initiate, and conduct telephone calls through the Public Switched Telephone Network and the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2008Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Parameshwaran Krishnan, Jay M. Stiles
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Patent number: 8208617Abstract: A user of a telecommunications terminal is made aware when the user's voice is disrupted by echo suppression, which notifies the user that he or she can adjust his or her speaking pattern, or move closer to the microphone in order to stop the clipping.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Eric John Diethorn, Jay M. Stiles, Heinz Teutsch
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Patent number: 8184790Abstract: A method enables a participant in a conference call to monitor, as he is speaking, whether his speech is getting through to the other participants. A teleconference bridge receives audio signals from a group of telecommunications endpoints that are involved in a conference call. The bridge generates audio signals to be transmitted, which are based on one or more of the received audio signals. During the ongoing process of minimizing the presence of acoustic echo, the bridge might exclude one or more of the received audio signals from the transmitted audio signals. When this occurs, particularly when an active talker is being excluded, the bridge transmits an indication to one or more of the endpoints as part of one of the transmitted audio signals. The indication can be audible such as a tone or a voice, visual such as a flashing light, or tactile such as vibration.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Eric John Diethorn, Jean Meloche, Jay M. Stiles
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Publication number: 20100302049Abstract: A user of a telecommunications terminal is made aware when the user's voice is disrupted by echo suppression, which notifies the user that he or she can adjust his or her speaking pattern, or move closer to the microphone in order to stop the clipping.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: AVAYA INC.Inventors: Eric John Diethorn, Jay M. Stiles, Heinz Teutsch
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Patent number: 7821957Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed that enable a first telecommunications endpoint to ensure that a second endpoint is receiving the first endpoint's packet stream transmissions with a satisfactory waveform quality. When the second endpoint receives the packet stream, it decodes the media waveform from the stream, encodes the waveform back into a second packet stream, and transmits some or all of the packets in the second stream back to the first endpoint. The first endpoint then decodes the received waveform in the second stream and compares it to the original waveform transmitted to the second endpoint. Based on the comparison, the first endpoint adjusts the value of a quality indication, and provides the quality indication to its user and to the second endpoint. Advantageously, the user at the second endpoint is able to determine whether the received waveform is, in fact, close enough to the waveform that the first endpoint's user intended to be received and understood.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Avaya, Inc.Inventors: Eric John Diethorn, Parameshwaran Krishnan, Jean Meloche, Balaji Sathyanarayana Rao, Jay M. Stiles, John R. Tuck, Jr.
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Publication number: 20100061535Abstract: A method is disclosed that enables a participant in a conference call to monitor, as he is speaking, whether his speech is getting through to the other participants. A teleconference bridge receives audio signals from a group of telecommunications endpoints that are involved in a conference call. The bridge generates audio signals to be transmitted, which are based on one or more of the received audio signals. During the ongoing process of minimizing the presence of acoustic echo, the bridge might exclude one or more of the received audio signals from the transmitted audio signals. When this occurs, particularly when an active talker is being excluded, the bridge transmits an indication to one or more of the endpoints as part of one of the transmitted audio signals. The indication can be audible such as a tone or a voice, visual such as a flashing light, or tactile such as vibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Eric John Diethorn, Jean Meloche, Jay M. Stiles
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Publication number: 20100062756Abstract: A technique is discloses that enables a first telecommunications terminal, wireless or otherwise, to report to its user whether a second, wireless telecommunications terminal is receiving the first terminal's packet stream transmissions at a satisfactory quality level. The second terminal receives the packet stream that conveys the media waveform transmitted by the first terminal. The media waveform can be that of the speech signal of the first terminal's user. The second terminal measures a trait of the received signal and encodes the measurement data into the packet stream that the second terminal is already transmitting to the first terminal. The first terminal then decodes the measurement data from the received second stream and presents, to its user, a quality indication that is based on the measurement data. In doing so, the first terminal provides its user with a better idea of whether the second terminal has reliably received the user's communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: AVAYA INC.Inventors: Jean Meloche, Jay M. Stiles
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Publication number: 20090274282Abstract: An appliance for use at home or a business is disclosed that is inserted between the Public Switched Telephone Network and wireline terminal(s) in the home or business. The appliance also connects to the Internet and has a wireless transceiver for communicating with wireless terminals via radio. The appliance enables a user of a wireless terminal in the vicinity of the appliance to answer and conduct telephone calls on the wireline terminal(s) in the home or business. Furthermore, the appliance enables a user of the wireline terminal(s) in the home or business to initiate and conduct telephone calls through the wireless terminal. Furthermore, the appliance enables a user of the wireline terminal(s) in the home or business to answer, initiate, and conduct telephone calls through the Public Switched Telephone Network and the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: AVAYA INC.Inventors: Parameshwaran Krishnan, Jay M. Stiles
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Publication number: 20090141647Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed that enable a first telecommunications endpoint to ensure that a second endpoint is receiving the first endpoint's packet stream transmissions with a satisfactory waveform quality. When the second endpoint receives the packet stream, it decodes the media waveform from the stream, encodes the waveform back into a second packet stream, and transmits some or all of the packets in the second stream back to the first endpoint. The first endpoint then decodes the received waveform in the second stream and compares it to the original waveform transmitted to the second endpoint. Based on the comparison, the first endpoint adjusts the value of a quality indication, and provides the quality indication to its user and to the second endpoint. Advantageously, the user at the second endpoint is able to determine whether the received waveform is, in fact, close enough to the waveform that the first endpoint's user intended to be received and understood.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: AVAYA TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Eric John Diethorn, P. Krishnan, Jean Meloche, Balaji Sathyanarayana Rao, Jay M. Stiles, John R. Tuck, JR.
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Patent number: 7400586Abstract: The invention is a diagnostic tool for collaboratively testing a T1 line from remote terminals. A Diagnostic Interface Unit (DIU) containing test and monitoring equipment is connected into a T1 line close to a demarcation point. Testing from that common point, to either end of the T1 line is then performed by one or more operators at remote terminals. The operator terminals are connected via the Internet, to a common server in communication with the DIU. The operators each see the same page of a Diagnostic Web Service (DWS). Using the DWS, one of the operators causes the DIU to be switched into the T1 line and the T1 line configured and tested. All operators see the test setup and results on their own screens in real-time, making this remote testing equivalent to the operators meeting at the demarcation point and jointly testing from that point out.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.Inventors: Anthony E. Izundu, Jay M. Stiles
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Publication number: 20040165533Abstract: The invention is a diagnostic tool for collaboratively testing a T1 line from remote terminals. A Diagnostic Interface Unit (DIU) containing test and monitoring equipment is connected into a T1 line close to a demarcation point. Testing from that common point, to either end of the T1 line is then performed by one or more operators at remote terminals. The operator terminals are connected via the Internet, to a common server in communication with the DIU. The operators each see the same page of a Diagnostic Web Service (DWS). Using the DWS, one of the operators causes the DIU to be switched into the T1 line and the T1 line configured and tested. All operators see the test setup and results on their own screens in real-time, making this remote testing equivalent to the operators meeting at the demarcation point and jointly testing from that point out.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: Anthony E. Izundu, Jay M. Stiles