Patents by Inventor Mendel Hamrick

Mendel Hamrick 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
    Publication number: 20050202814
    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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Bossemeyer, Mendel Hamrick, Kelly Multach, Elizabeth Hart, Kevin Kaschke, Mary Hardzinski, Thomas McBlain
  • Distributed text-to-speech synthesis between a telephone network and a telephone subscriber unit
    Publication number: 20050157861
    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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Bossemeyer, Mendel Hamrick, Kelly Multach, Elizabeth Hart, Kevin Kaschke, Mary Hardzinski, Thomas McBlain