Patents by Inventor Justin K Hong

Justin K Hong 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).

  • Detecting interruptions in audio conversations and conferences, and using a conversation marker indicative of the interrupted conversation
    Patent number: 7881234
    Abstract: An implementation for detecting interruptions in audio conversations between a plurality of participants comprising continuously recording the most recent predetermined time segment of the conversation stream of one participant in the conversation, monitoring the conversation stream of the participant for interruptions in said conversation stream and storing the most recent segment prior to the interruption in response to a detection of an interruption. The segment is represented by a conversation marker. The user may then select the conversation marker to playback this most recent segment, so that he may then decide whether he wishes to resume or pursue the interrupted conversation fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Negley Abernethy, Jr., Travis M. Grigsby, Justin K Hong
  • DETECTING INTERRUPTIONS IN AUDIO CONVERSATIONS AND CONFERENCES, AND USING A CONVERSATION MARKER INDICATIVE OF THE INTERRUPTED CONVERSATION
    Publication number: 20080095348
    Abstract: An implementation for detecting interruptions in audio conversations between a plurality of participants comprising continuously recording the most recent predetermined time segment of the conversation stream of one participant in the conversation, monitoring the conversation stream of the participant for interruptions in said conversation stream and storing the most recent segment prior to the interruption in response to a detection of an interruption. The segment is represented by a conversation marker. The user may then select the conversation marker to playback this most recent segment, so that he may then decide whether he wishes to resume or pursue the interrupted conversation fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: MICHAEL NEGLEY ABERNETHY, Travis M. Grigsby, Justin K. Hong