Patents by Inventor Michel J. Worford

Michel J. Worford 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).

  • Automated message-translation arrangement
    Patent number: 5943398
    Abstract: A messaging system (100) is interfaced with a translation facility (101) so as to provide automated message translation for hearing-impaired and vision-impaired individuals. When a message is deposited (300) in a mailbox (112-113), a daemon process (117) checks (302-304) what translation service the mailbox owner is subscribed to, and then checks (306-312) whether any messages in the mailbox have a translatable component. The daemon process removes (316-318) any such message from the mailbox and sends (320-326) the translatable component to the translation facility with a request to perform the subscribed-to translation--such as voice-to-text or text/fax-to-voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Klein, Michel J. Worford