Patents by Inventor Rebecca L. Roberts

Rebecca L. Roberts 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: 8768689
    Abstract: A computer system for implementing a method for managing translations of text phrases is disclosed. The system stores text phrases in a source language as individual entries within a database. The system also stores any imported text phrases in a target language as individual entries within the database. For each text phrase in the source language stored within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of an exclusion of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database. Also for each stored text phrase stored in the source language within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of a modification of a text phrase in the source language as stored within the database after a storage of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Holubar, Gregory A. Jones, Nicole Muirhead, Rebecca L. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20080195374
    Abstract: A computer system for implementing a method for managing translations of text phrases is disclosed. The system stores text phrases in a source language as individual entries within a database. The system also stores any imported text phrases in a target language as individual entries within the database. For each text phrase in the source language stored within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of an exclusion of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database. Also for each stored text phrase stored in the source language within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of a modification of a text phrase in the source language as stored within the database after a storage of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin R. Holubar, Gregory A. Jones, Nicole Muirhead, Rebecca L. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7283947
    Abstract: A computer system for implementing a method for managing translations of text phrases is disclosed. The system stores text phrases in a source language as individual entries within a database. The system also stores any imported text phrases in a target language as individual entries within the database. For each text phrase in the source language stored within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of an exclusion of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database. Also for each stored text phrase stored in the source language within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of a modification of a text phrase in the source language as stored within the database after a storage of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin R. Holubar, Gregory A. Jones, Nicole Muirhead, Rebecca L. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20030033137
    Abstract: A computer system for implementing a method for managing translations of text phrases is disclosed. The system stores text phrases in a source language as individual entries within a database. The system also stores any imported text phrases in a target language as individual entries within the database. For each text phrase in the source language stored within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of an exclusion of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database. Also for each stored text phrase stored in the source language within the database, the system is operable to communicate a notification of a modification of a text phrase in the source language as stored within the database after a storage of a corresponding text phrase in the target language within the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin R. Holubar, Gregory A. Jones, Nicole Muirhead, Rebecca L. Roberts