Patents by Inventor Kelly Ann Multach

Kelly Ann Multach 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).

  • Distributed text-to-speech synthesis between a telephone network and a telephone subscriber unit
    Patent number: 7706513
    Abstract: A telecommunications system distributes text-to-speech synthesis between a telephone network and a telephone subscriber unit. The telephone network receives a telephone call from a first telephone subscriber unit over a first communication channel intended for a second telephone subscriber unit, determines that the second telephone subscriber unit subscribes to a speech-based caller identification service provided by the telephone network, converts text information, representing the caller identification of the first telephone subscriber unit into symbols, encodes the symbols to form a data stream, opens a second communication channel between the telephone network and the second telephone subscriber unit, and sends the data stream to the second telephone subscriber unit over the second communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, I,L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Mendel Keith Hamrick, Kelly Ann Multach, Elizabeth Marie Hart, Kevin D. Kaschke, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Distributed text-to-speech synthesis between a telephone network and a telephone subscriber unit
    Patent number: 6870914
    Abstract: A telecommunications system (600) distributes text-to-speech synthesis (900) between a telephone network (603) and a telephone subscriber unit (602). The telephone network (603) receives (1102) a telephone call from a first telephone subscriber unit (601) over a first communication channel (604) intended for a second telephone subscriber unit (602), determines (1103) that the second telephone subscriber unit (602) subscribes to a speech-based caller identification service provided by the telephone network (603), converts (1107) text information (707), representing the caller identification of the first telephone subscriber unit (601) into symbols (708), encodes (1108) the symbols (708) to form a data stream (709), opens (1109) a second communication channel (605) between the telephone network (603) and the second telephone subscriber unit (602), and sends (1110) the data stream (709) to the second telephone subscriber unit (602) over the second communication channel (605).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Mendel Keith Hamrick, Kelly Ann Multach, Elizabeth Marie Hart, Kevin D. Kaschke, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Text-to-speech preprocessing and conversion of a caller's ID in a telephone subscriber unit and method therefor
    Publication number: 20030068020
    Abstract: A telephone subscriber unit (22) includes a caller identification device (120), a memory unit (114), a pre-processor (124) and a text-to-speech synthesizer (TTS) (110). The caller identification device (120) receives caller ID information of a calling party in a first textual format and stores the caller ID information in the memory unit (114) The pre-processor (124) converts textual caller ID information from the first data format to a second data format suitable for text-to-speech synthesis by the text-to-speech synthesizer (110). The text-to-speech synthesizer (110) generates audible caller ID information responsive to receiving the textual caller information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Ameritech Corporation
    Inventors: Mendel Kieth Hamrick, Kelly Ann Multach, Elizabeth Marie Hart, Kevin D. Kaschke, Robert Wesley Boosemeyer, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Text-to-speech preprocessing and conversion of a caller's ID in a telephone subscriber unit and method therefor
    Patent number: 6466653
    Abstract: A telephone subscriber unit (22) includes a caller identification device (120), a memory unit (114), a pre-processor (124) and a text-to-speech synthesizer (TTS) (110). The caller identification device (120) receives caller ID information of a calling party in a first textual format and stores the caller ID information in the memory unit (114) The pre-processor (124) converts textual caller ID information from the first data format to a second data format suitable for text-to-speech synthesis by the text-to-speech synthesizer (110). The text-to-speech synthesizer (110) generates audible caller ID information responsive to receiving the textual caller information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Ameritech Corporation
    Inventors: Mendel Kieth Hamrick, Kelly Ann Multach, Elizabeth Marie Hart, Kevin D. Kaschke, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Thomas Joseph McBlain