Patents by Inventor Richard K. Brassell

Richard K. Brassell 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).

  • Deriving menu-based voice markup from visual markup
    Patent number: 8250467
    Abstract: A visual markup to voice markup transcoding system, method and machine readable storage. The basic method can include identifying at least one heading in visual markup; creating a corresponding menu item in voice markup; further creating a text block in the voice markup for text associated with the identified heading; and, linking the text block with the menu item in the voice markup. Additional headings can be identified in the visual markup; and, each of the creating, further creating and linking steps can be repeated for each identified additional heading. Notably, the visual markup can be formatted according to the hypertext markup language (HTML), and the voice markup is formatted according to the voice extensible markup language (VXML).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard K. Brassell, Marshall A. Lamb
  • Deriving Menu-Based Voice Markup from Visual Markup
    Publication number: 20080288854
    Abstract: A visual markup to voice markup transcoding system, method and machine readable storage. The basic method can include identifying at least one heading in visual markup; creating a corresponding menu item in voice markup; further creating a text block in the voice markup for text associated with the identified heading; and, linking the text block with the menu item in the voice markup. Additional headings can be identified in the visual markup; and, each of the creating, further creating and linking steps can be repeated for each identified additional heading. Notably, the visual markup can be formatted according to the hypertext markup language (HTML), and the voice markup is formatted according to the voice extensible markup language (VXML).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard K. Brassell, Marshall A. Lamb
  • Deriving menu-based voice markup from visual markup
    Patent number: 7406658
    Abstract: A visual markup to voice markup transcoding system, method and machine readable storage. The basic method can include identifying at least one heading in visual markup; creating a corresponding menu item in voice markup; further creating a text block in the voice markup for text associated with the identified heading; and, linking the text block with the menu item in the voice markup. Additional headings can be identified in the visual markup; and, each of the creating, further creating and linking steps can be repeated for each identified additional heading. Notably, the visual markup can be formatted according to the hypertext markup language (HTML), and the voice markup is formatted according to the voice extensible markup language (VXML).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard K. Brassell, Marshall A. Lamb
  • Deriving menu-based voice markup from visual markup
    Publication number: 20040205579
    Abstract: A visual markup to voice markup transcoding system, method and machine readable storage. The basic method can include identifying at least one heading in visual markup; creating a corresponding menu item in voice markup; further creating a text block in the voice markup for text associated with the identified heading; and, linking the text block with the menu item in the voice markup. Additional headings can be identified in the visual markup; and, each of the creating, further creating and linking steps can be repeated for each identified additional heading. Notably, the visual markup can be formatted according to the hypertext markup language (HTML), and the voice markup is formatted according to the voice extensible markup language (VXML).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard K. Brassell, Marshall A. Lamb