Patents by Inventor Laura Jane Cowen

Laura Jane Cowen 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).

  • Method for presenting personalized, voice printed messages from online digital devices to hosted services
    Patent number: 7853659
    Abstract: A computer implemented method presents a personalized multimedia message to a user. A text based message is received from a sender. Responsive to receiving the text based message, a sender profile is identified within a digital device host registry, the sender profile corresponding to the sender identifier. Responsive to identifying the sender profile within a digital device host registry, a set of corresponding personalized media channels associated with the sender profile is identified. The set of corresponding personalized media channels includes at least one of a voice profile, a static image, and lip synchronization data. The text based message is then augmented with the set of corresponding personalized media channels to create a multimedia message. The multimedia message comprises an audio file of the text message rendered by using the voice profile, a “video” file of text message rendered by using the voice profile, and the static image with the lip synchronization data, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Laura Jane Cowen, Guy Patrick Hindle, Bin Jia
  • Method for Presenting Personalized, Voice Printed Messages from Online Digital Devices to Hosted Services
    Publication number: 20100131601
    Abstract: A computer implemented method presents a personalized multimedia message to a user. A text based message is received from a sender. Responsive to receiving the text based message, a sender profile is identified within a digital device host registry, the sender profile corresponding to the sender identifier. Responsive to identifying the sender profile within a digital device host registry, a set of corresponding personalized media channels associated with the sender profile is identified. The set of corresponding personalized media channels includes at least one of a voice profile, a static image, and lip synchronization data. The text based message is then augmented with the set of corresponding personalized media channels to create a multimedia message. The multimedia message comprises an audio file of the text message rendered by using the voice profile, a “video” file of text message rendered by using the voice profile, and the static image with the lip synchronization data, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Laura Jane Cowen, Guy Patrick Hindle, Bin Jia