Patents by Inventor Mark Epstein

Mark Epstein 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: 8074581
    Abstract: A conferencing assembly for use with at least one computer, the assembly including a table top forming a table top opening, a leg support structure, a display screen supported adjacent the top surface, a switcher for controlling input to the display screen, a plurality of handsets, each hand set including a selector button usable to send a signal to the switcher thereby causing the switcher to link a computer associated with the selector button to the display, a plurality of handset cables, each handset cable having first and second ends linked to the switcher and an associated selector button, respectively, for passing signals from the selector buttons to the switcher, a take up assembly including a separate weight for each of the handset cables, the take up assembly disposed below the top member and aligned with the top opening, each handset cable linked to an associated weight, each weight applying a force tending to pull the second end of the associated handset cable into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis Mark Epstein, Kyle J. Doerksen, Matthew Robert Adams, Larry Cheng, Brian Joseph Mason, Thomas Overthun, Todd Allen Pelman, Vivek Mohan Rao, David John Rinaldis, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Mark D. Siminoff, Susanne Stage, Joerg Christoph Student, James Nolan Ludwig, Brett Robert Kincaid
  • Publication number: 20090260547
    Abstract: A conferencing assembly for use with at least one computer, the assembly including a table top forming a table top opening, a leg support structure, a display screen supported adjacent the top surface, a switcher for controlling input to the display screen, a plurality of handsets, each hand set including a selector button usable to send a signal to the switcher thereby causing the switcher to link a computer associated with the selector button to the display, a plurality of handset cables, each handset cable having first and second ends linked to the switcher and an associated selector button, respectively, for passing signals from the selector buttons to the switcher, a take up assembly including a separate weight for each of the handset cables, the take up assembly disposed below the top member and aligned with the top opening, each handset cable linked to an associated weight, each weight applying a force tending to pull the second end of the associated handset cable into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Lewis Mark Epstein, Kyle J. Doerksen, Matthew Robert Adams, Larry Cheng, Brian Joseph Mason, Thomas Overthun, Todd Allen Pelman, Vivek Mohan Rao, David John Rinaldis, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Mark D. Siminoff, Susanne Stage, Joerg Christoph Student, James Nolan Ludwig, Brett Robert Kincald
  • Publication number: 20070255978
    Abstract: Retroactive verbose error logging may be provided. Loggable event entries associated with software installation during installation may be saved. Each of the loggable event entries may have a first level or a second level. In addition, the loggable event entries associated with the first level and the second level may be saved to a log file if an error occurs during the software installation. Furthermore, the loggable event entries associated only with the first level may be saved to the log file if a milestone occurs during the software installation and the error has not occurred before the milestone occurs. The software installation may be stopped if the error occurs during the software installation and the software installation may continue if the milestone occurs during the software installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Kurtzeborn, Mark Epstein, Aidan Hughes
  • Publication number: 20050137868
    Abstract: A method, a system, and an apparatus biasing a speech recognizer based on prompt context. The present invention is capable of analyzing the words used in the prompt given to the user. Then, a set of words the user is likely to say in response to the prompt is determined. The word set may be determined using a technology used by the speech recognition system, such as n-grams, grammars, or both. The speech recognition system boosts the probabilities of the analyzed words in the word set by a preconfigured amount. The preconfigured amount is selected based on collected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Epstein, James Lewis
  • Publication number: 20050055209
    Abstract: A system and method for speech recognition includes generating a set of likely hypotheses in recognizing speech, rescoring the likely hypotheses by using semantic content by employing semantic structured language models, and scoring parse trees to identify a best sentence according to the sentence's parse tree by employing the semantic structured language models to clarify the recognized speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Epstein, Hakan Erdogan, Yuqing Gao, Michael Picheny, Ruhi Sarikaya
  • Patent number: 6135583
    Abstract: A storage unit for use in a work environment includes a base assembly, a top assembly mounted upon the base assembly, and a vertical partition assembly installed between the base assembly and the top assembly dividing a space therebetween into a first section and a second section. The vertical partition assembly may provide a vertical passage so that utilities may be passed between the top assembly to the base assembly and between the first section and the second section. A fixed shelf assembly with an upper vertical partition assembly installed between the fixed shelf assembly and the top assembly may divide an upper space between the fixed shelf assembly and the top assembly into a first upper section and a second upper section. A lower vertical partition assembly is installed between the base and the fixed shelf assembly may divide a lower space between the base assembly and the fixed shelf assembly into a first lower section and a second lower section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: David Eric Simon, Jess Allen Sorel, Christopher Lyle Domina, Johnson Kwoksum Chow, Lewis Mark Epstein, Stephen Don Wahl
  • Patent number: 6116326
    Abstract: A mobile screen having a "T"-shape for use on a ground surface is disclosed. The screen includes a base section having at least one panel providing a first surface having a first surface treatment and a second surface having a second surface treatment. The screen may also include an end section having at least one panel providing a first surface having a first surface treatment and a second surface having a second surface treatment. The base section is rigidly coupled to the end section to form the "T"-shape. At least one surface treatment of the base section or the end section is a functional surface treatment intended to selectively provide for the display of information. The screen may include a base section having a vertical frame member and at least one base panel extending therefrom and an end section having a pair of vertical frame members with at least one end panel extending therebetween. The mobile screen may also be provided with a handle or a tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lyle Domina, Paul Brian Siebert, Jess Allen Sorel, Paul Jesus Espinoza, Lewis Mark Epstein, David Eric Simon