Patents by Inventor Kevin Charles Vlack

Kevin Charles Vlack 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).

  • Patent number: 10116793
    Abstract: A system and method are presented for learning call analysis. Audio fingerprinting may be employed to identify audio recordings that answer communications. In one embodiment, the system may generate a fingerprint of a candidate audio stream and compare it against known fingerprints within a database. The system may also search for a speech-like signal to determine if the endpoint contains a known audio recording. If a known audio recording is not encountered, a fingerprint may be computed for the contact and the communication routed to a human for handling. An indication may be made as to if the call is indeed an audio recording. The associated information may be saved and used for future identification purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventors: Felix Immanuel Wyss, Matthew Alan Taylor, Kevin Charles Vlack
  • Patent number: 9628141
    Abstract: A system and method are presented for acoustic echo cancellation. The echo canceller performs reduction of acoustic and hybrid echoes which may arise in a situation such as a long-distance conference call with multiple speakers in varying environments, for example. Echo cancellation, in at least one embodiment, may be based on similarity measurement, statistical determination of echo cancellation parameters from historical values, frequency domain operation, double talk detection, packet loss detection, signal detection, and noise subtraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Immanuel Wyss, Rivarol Vergin, Ananth Nagaraja Iyer, Aravind Ganapathiraju, Kevin Charles Vlack, Srinath Cheluvaraja
  • Publication number: 20170085710
    Abstract: A system and method are presented for learning call analysis. Audio fingerprinting may be employed to identify audio recordings that answer communications. In one embodiment, the system may generate a fingerprint of a candidate audio stream and compare it against known fingerprints within a database. The system may also search for a speech-like signal to determine if the endpoint contains a known audio recording. If a known audio recording is not encountered, a fingerprint may be computed for the contact and the communication routed to a human for handling. An indication may be made as to if the call is indeed an audio recording. The associated information may be saved and used for future identification purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Felix Immanuel Wyss, Matthew Alan Taylor, Kevin Charles Vlack
  • Patent number: 9542856
    Abstract: A system and method are presented for learning call analysis. Audio fingerprinting may be employed to identify audio recordings that answer communications. In one embodiment, the system may generate a fingerprint of a candidate audio stream and compare it against known fingerprints within a database. The system may also search for a speech-like signal to determine if the end point contains a known audio recording. If a known audio recording is not encountered, a fingerprint may be computed for the contact and the communication routed to a human for handling. An indication may be made as to if the call is indeed an audio recording. The associated information may be saved and used for future identification purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENCE GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Felix Immanuel Wyss, Matthew Alan Taylor, Kevin Charles Vlack
  • Publication number: 20140112467
    Abstract: A system and method are presented for acoustic echo cancellation. The echo canceller performs reduction of acoustic and hybrid echoes which may arise in a situation such as a long-distance conference call with multiple speakers in varying environments, for example. Echo cancellation, in at least one embodiment, may be based on similarity measurement, statistical determination of echo cancellation parameters from historical values, frequency domain operation, double talk detection, packet loss detection, signal detection, and noise subtraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Interactive Intelligence, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Immanuel Wyss, Rivarol Vergin, Ananth Nagaraja Iyer, Aravind Ganapathiraju, Kevin Charles Vlack, Srinath Cheluvaraja
  • Publication number: 20140065582
    Abstract: A system and method are presented for learning call analysis. Audio fingerprinting may be employed to identify audio recordings that answer communications. In one embodiment, the system may generate a fingerprint of a candidate audio stream and compare it against known fingerprints within a database. The system may also search for a speech-like signal to determine if the end point contains a known audio recording. If a known audio recording is not encountered, a fingerprint may be computed for the contact and the communication routed to a human for handling. An indication may be made as to if the call is indeed an audio recording. The associated information may be saved and used for future identification purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Interactive Intelligence, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Immanuel Wyss, Matthew Alan Taylor, Kevin Charles Vlack