Patents by Inventor Jerome R. Mahoney
Jerome R. Mahoney 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: 7791471Abstract: An item location system uses voice activation and responsiveness to identify location(s) of item(s) sought by a user. The system may include a continuous speech recognition digital signal processor, a programmable microprocessor interfaced therewith, voice input and user feedback mechanisms, including audio and/or video feedback. Some embodiments utilize audio feedback to the user. The system also includes sufficient software and equipment to create item-identification/corresponding location-identification data pairs by utilizing item identifying bar codes on the items and matching them to location identifying bar codes physically situated on the corresponding locations. The continuous speech recognition engine may utilize Hidden Markov Models to create real time continuous speech recognition and feedback.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Inventors: Kenneth P. Glynn, Jerome R. Mahoney
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Publication number: 20090308869Abstract: A recycled tire trash can, which includes: (a) a main member having an open top, a bottom and at least one sidewall, the main member being composed at least of a binder and rubber, the rubber being shredded rubber from recycled tires; (b) at least one handle; and (c) a lid adapted to close the open top of the main member. There are optional wheels attached to the bottom.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Publication number: 20090256344Abstract: A recycled tire vehicle mud flap includes a substantially flat structure having a predetermined shape and thickness for use as a mud flap, composed of fused shredded rubber from used tires and including at least one sidewall, a front, a back, and a connection mechanism adapted for connection to an outside of a vehicle in a position behind a vehicle wheel; such that the at least one vehicle mud flap is connectable via the connection mechanism to the outside of a vehicle to facilitate repression of elements hitting the motor vehicle, thereby providing enhanced protection in isolating the motor vehicle and following vehicles on a roadway from the elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Publication number: 20090256051Abstract: The present invention relates to a recycled tire pad with appliance pod recess guide which includes at least one anti-vibration pad composed entirely of fused shredded rubber from used tires. The anti-vibration pad includes at least one sidewall, a top and a bottom. The top includes a top recess and a plurality of protrusions located in the top recess, which is adapted for placement of a pod of a potentially vibrating appliance. The bottom has a plurality of bottom recesses extending at least half way into the at least one anti-vibration pad and is adapted for placement on a surface where the potentially vibrating appliance is placed. The at least one anti-vibration pad reduces noise and vibration of the potentially vibrating appliance when the anti-vibration pad is placed under said potentially vibrating appliance wherein each of the pods of the potentially vibrating appliance is placed in the top recess of the at least one anti-vibration pad. The protrusions may be textured.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Publication number: 20080136629Abstract: The present method of communicating prescription medicine instructions or over-the-counter medicine instructions to patient, includes: (a.) providing at least one medicine container with a microprocessor, and, (b.) providing a central processor separate from the at least one medicine container. Each medicine container has the microprocessor attached to the medicine container. Each microprocessor includes: (a)(i) a wave file receiving chip; (a)(ii) a wave file storage means; (a)(iii) a wave file audio playback means; (a)(iv) an audio playback start means; and (a)(v) a power supply within the microprocessor. The central processor includes: (b)(i) user input means; (b)(ii) text-to-speech means; (b)(iii) wave file means to create a wave file from the text-to-speech means; and (b)(iv) wireless transmission means to transmit the wave file to the microprocessor wave file receiving chips of at least one container simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2008Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Patent number: 7305344Abstract: A method of communicating product use instructions to patient includes: (a.) providing a group of product container with microprocessors, and, (b.) providing a central processor separate from the product containers. Each product container has the microprocessor attached to the container. The microprocessor includes: (a)(i) a wave file receiving chip; (a)(ii) a wave file storage means; (a)(iii) a wave file audio playback means; (a)(iv) an audio playback start means; and (a)(v) a power supply within the microprocessor. The central processor includes: (b)(i) user input means; (b)(ii) text-to-speech means; (b)(iii) wave file means to create a wave file from the text-to-speech means; and (b)(iv) wireless transmission means to transmit the wave file to the microprocessor wave file receiving chips of a plurality of OTC containers simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: iVoice, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth P. Glynn, Jerome R. Mahoney
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Patent number: 7292678Abstract: The present invention is an item location system which relies upon voice activation and responsiveness to identify location(s) of item(s) sought by a user. The system includes a continuous speech recognition digital signal processor, a programmable microprocessor interfaced therewith, voice input and user feedback mechanisms, including audio and/or video feedback. Preferred embodiments utilize audio feedback to the user. The system also includes sufficient software and equipment to create item-identification/corresponding location-identification data pairs by utilizing item identifying bar codes on the items and matching them to location identifying bar codes physically situated on the corresponding locations. The continuous speech recognition engine utilizes Hidden Markov Models to create real time continuous speech recognition and feedback.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Lamson Holdings LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Glynn, Jerome R. Mahoney
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Patent number: 7136465Abstract: The present invention is an item location system which relies upon voice activation and responsiveness to identify location(s) of item(s) sought by a user. The system includes a continuous speech recognition digital signal processor, a programmable microprocessor interfaced therewith, voice input and user feedback mechanisms, including audio and/or video feedback. Preferred embodiments utilize audio feedback to the user. The system also includes sufficient software and equipment to create item-identification/corresponding location-identification data pairs by utilizing item identifying bar codes on the items and cuopling them to location identifying bar codes physically situated on the items. The continuous speech recognition engine utilizes Hidden Markov Models to create real time continuous speech recognition and feedback.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Lamson Holdings LLCInventors: Kenneth P. Glynn, Jerome R. Mahoney
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Patent number: 6940951Abstract: A speech enabled automatic name dialer dialing system for connection to a telephone system, includes a user computer with a computer-based address book program for retrieval of name-telephone number data for creation of speech enabling phoneme sets for auto dialing by speaking a name, and utilizing telephone application programming interface (TAPI), for use with a telephone systems having telephones with private branch exchanges. There is at least one user computer having a microphone and a speaker; a telephone application programming interface provider installed in the user computer; and at least one loaded address book program or equivalent name-telephone number data base contained in the user computer. The software for the user computer, which accesses the data base, creates the phonemes from names of data sets, receives voice inputs, matches the voice input phonemes to the data and signals to a router and PBX to initiate dialing.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2002Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: iVoice, Inc.Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Publication number: 20040228456Abstract: The present invention is an item location system which relies upon voice activation and responsiveness to identify location(s) of item(s) sought by a user. The system includes a continuous speech recognition digital signal processor, a programmable microprocessor interfaced therewith, voice input and user feedback mechanisms, including audio and/or video feedback. Preferred embodiments utilize audio feedback to the user. The system also includes sufficient software and equipment to create item-identification/corresponding location-identification data pairs by utilizing item identifying bar codes on the items and matching them to location identifying bar codes physically situated on the corresponding locations. The continuous speech recognition engine utilizes Hidden Markov Models to create real time continuous speech recognition and feedback.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: iVoice, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth P. Glynn, Jerome R. Mahoney
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Patent number: 6813341Abstract: The present invention is an item location system which relies upon voice activation and responsiveness to identify location(s) of item(s) sought by a user. The system includes a continuous speech recognition digital signal processor, a programmable microprocessor interfaced therewith, voice input and user feedback mechanisms, including audio and/or video feedback. Preferred embodiments utilize audio feedback to the user. The continuous speech recognition engine utilizes Hidden Markov Models to create real time continuous speech recognition and feedback.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: iVoice, Inc.Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Patent number: 6671354Abstract: The present invention a speech enabled automatic telephone dialer device uses a spoken name corresponding to name-telephone number data. User telephones are connected to a public service telephony mechanism. The telephony mechanism and user computer workstations containing loaded address book programs with name-telephone number data, are connected to the name dialer device. The name dialer device includes a host computer in a network; a telephony board for controlling the telephony mechanism for dialing; memory within the host computer for storing software and name-telephone number data; and, software to access computer-based address book programs, to receive voice inputs from the telephony mechanism, to create converted phonemes from names to match voice inputs with specific name-telephone number data from the computer-based address book programs for initiating an automatic dialing.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: ivoice.com, Inc.Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Patent number: 6563911Abstract: The present invention a speech enabled automatic telephone dialer device, system, and method using a spoken name corresponding to name-telephone number data of computer-based address book programs. The invention includes user telephones connected to a PBX-type telephony mechanism, which is connected to a telephony board of a name dialer device. User computer workstations containing loaded address book programs with name-telephone number data are connected to the name dialer device. The name dialer device includes a host computer in a network; a telephony board for controlling the PBX for dialing; memory within the host computer for storing software and name-telephone number data; and, software to access computer-based address book programs, to receive voice inputs from the PBX-type telephony mechanism, to create converted phonemes from names to match voice inputs with specific name-telephone number data from the computer-based address book programs for initiating an automatic dialing.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: iVoice, Inc.Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Publication number: 20020118803Abstract: The present invention a speech enabled automatic telephone dialer device uses a spoken name corresponding to name-telephone number data. User telephones are connected to a public service telephony mechanism. The telephony mechanism and user computer workstations containing loaded address book programs with name-telephone number data, are connected to the name dialer device. The name dialer device includes a host computer in a network; a telephony board for controlling the telephony mechanism for dialing; memory within the host computer for storing software and name-telephone number data; and, software to access computer-based address book programs, to receive voice inputs from the telephony mechanism, to create converted phonemes from names to match voice inputs with specific name-telephone number data from the computer-based address book programs for initiating an automatic dialing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: iVoice.com, Inc.Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Publication number: 20020097844Abstract: The present invention a speech enabled automatic telephone dialer device, system, and method using a spoken name corresponding to name-telephone number data of computer-based address book programs. The invention includes user telephones connected to a PBX-type telephony mechanism, which is connected to a telephony board of a name dialer device. User computer workstations containing loaded address book programs with name-telephone number data are connected to the name dialer device. The name dialer device includes a host computer in a network; a telephony board for controlling the PBX for dialing; memory within the host computer for storing software and name-telephone number data; and, software to access computer-based address book programs, to receive voice inputs from the PBX-type telephony mechanism, to create converted phonemes from names to match voice inputs with specific name-telephone number data from the computer-based address book programs for initiating an automatic dialing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Applicant: iVoice. com, Inc.Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Publication number: 20020097845Abstract: The present invention is a speech enabled automatic name dialer dialing system for connection to a telephone system, utilizing a user computer having a computer-based address book program or equivalent name-telephone number data base for retrieval of name-telephone number data for creation of speech enabling phoneme sets for auto dialing by speaking a name, and utilizing telephone application programming interface, for use with a telephone systems having telephones with private branch exchanges. There is at least one user computer having a microphone and a speaker; a telephone application programming interface provider installed in the user computer; and at least one loaded address book program or equivalent name-telephone number data base contained in the user computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2002Publication date: July 25, 2002Applicant: iVoice, Inc.Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney
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Patent number: RE41080Abstract: The present invention is an item location system which relies upon voice activation and responsiveness to identify location(s) of item(s) sought by a user. The system includes a continuous speech recognition digital signal processor, a programmable microprocessor interfaced therewith, voice input and user feedback mechanisms, including audio and/or video feedback. Preferred embodiments utilize audio feedback to the user. The continuous speech recognition engine utilizes Hidden Markov Models to create real time continuous speech recognition and feedback.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2006Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Inventor: Jerome R. Mahoney