Patents by Inventor Michael K. Minakami

Michael K. Minakami 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 system for call processing
    Patent number: 5471521
    Abstract: A first computer workstation 10 includes a voice response unit for interfacing to a telephone network. The first computer workstation is attached by a communications link 18 to a second computer workstation 20, which includes a server to perform a particular voice processing function, such as text to speech, voice recognition, FAX-back, and so on. For inbound applications the first computer workstation forwards the incoming signal over the communications link to the server on the second computer workstation for real-time processing, whilst for outbound applications, the reverse process occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael K. Minakami, Brian Hulse, Jonathan Cook, John B. Pickering