Patents by Inventor Roderick Steven Brathwaite
Roderick Steven Brathwaite 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).
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Patent number: 7571226Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing personalized information content over telephones is described. The creation of a voice portal is supported by the invention. Embodiments of the invention use telephone identifying information such as the calling party's number to identify, or create, user profiles for customization. The personalized content is specific to that user based on her/his telephone identifying information and may be further customized based on the current time, current date, the calling party's locales, and/or the calling party's dialect and speech patterns. In some embodiments, the dialect is selected from a range of common American English dialects according to the locale of the calling party. For example, callers from the Northern Midland will automatically hear a Northern Midland dialect, while callers from the Coastal Southeast will hear that dialect, etc. Individuals can change the dialect to better suit their personal tastes.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2000Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: TellMe Networks, Inc.Inventors: Hadi Partovi, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Angus Macdonald Davis, Michael S. McCue, Brandon William Porter, John Giannandrea, Eckart Walther, Zhe Li
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Patent number: 7552054Abstract: A method and system for providing efficient menu services for an information processing system that uses a telephone or other form of audio user interface. In one embodiment, the menu services provide effective support for novice users by providing a full listing of available keywords and rotating house advertisements which inform novice users of potential features and information. For experienced users, cues are rendered so that at any time the user can say a desired keyword to invoke the corresponding application. The menu is flat to facilitate its usage. Full keyword listings are rendered after the user is given a brief cue to say a keyword. Service messages rotate words and word prosody. When listening to receive information from the user, after the user has been cued, soft background music or other audible signals are rendered to inform the user that a response may now be spoken to the service.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2006Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: TellMe Networks, Inc.Inventors: Lisa J. Stifelman, Hadi Partovi, Haleh Partovi, David Bryan Alpert, Matthew Talin Marx, Scott James Bailey, Kyle D. Sims, Darby McDonough Bailey, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Eugene Koh, Angus Macdonald Davis
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Patent number: 7447299Abstract: This invention relates in general to methods for receiving and interpreting an alphanumeric input string entered on a telephone keypad using one keystroke per input string character. The set of matching objects in a database are selected and sorted and presented to the user as an ordered list from which the user may select the desired item on the list through a further numeric keystroke entry or through a spoken selection that is matched against a restricted voice recognition grammar for improved recognition accuracy. In an alternative embodiment, the matching objects in the database are selected and sorted and the response associated with each matched object is presented in sorted sequence.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2000Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Hadi Partovi, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, David Bryan Alpert, Jeremy Belldina, Barry Arons
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Publication number: 20080154601Abstract: A method and system for providing efficient menu services for an information processing system that uses a telephone or other form of audio user interface. In one embodiment, the menu services provide effective support for novice users by providing a full listing of available keywords and rotating house advertisements which inform novice users of potential features and information. For experienced users, cues are rendered so that at any time the user can say a desired keyword to invoke the corresponding application. The menu is flat to facilitate its usage. Full keyword listings are rendered after the user is given a brief cue to say a keyword. Service messages rotate words and word prosody. When listening to receive information from the user, after the user has been cued, soft background music or other audible signals are rendered to inform the user that a response may now be spoken to the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lisa Joy Stifelman, Hadi Partovi, Haleh Partovi, David Bryan Alpert, Matthew Talin Marx, Scott James Bailey, Kyle D. Sims, Darby McDonough Bailey, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Eugene Koh, Angus Macdonald Davis
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Patent number: 7376586Abstract: A voice portal supporting telephone to web server commerce is described. The voice portal allows users to access web servers using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), optionally including the use of a secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol, to complete commercial transactions. Additionally, embodiments of the invention can employ a one word commerce model that abstracts the particular model used by various electronic commerce vendors' web sites. The one word commerce model permits a user to identify a product and signal her/his purchase intentions with a single word, phrase, or touch-tone command. The voice portal can then complete the transaction supplying the electronic commerce vendor necessary information about the purchaser, e.g., her/his address, telephone number, electronic mail address, credit card information, etc. As needed, the voice portal can prompt the purchaser for information.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1999Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Hadi Partovi, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Angus Macdonald Davis, Michael S. McCue, Brandon William Porter, John Giannandrea, Eckart Walther, Eugene Koh, Andy Scott
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Patent number: 7330890Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing personalized information content over telephones is described. The creation of a voice portal is supported by the invention. Embodiments of the invention use telephone identifying information such as the calling party's number to identify, or create, user profiles for customization. The personalized content is specific to that user based on her/his telephone identifying information and may be further customized based on the current time, current date, the calling party's locales, and/or the calling party's dialect and speech patterns. Also, the telephone identifying information may support targeted advertising, content, and purchasing recommendations specific to that user. The system may use a voice password and/or touch-tone login system when appropriate to distinguish the caller or verify the caller's identity for specific activities.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2004Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Hadi Partovi, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Angus Macdonald Davis, Michael S. McCue, Brandon William Porter, John Giannandrea, Eckart Walther, Anthony Accardi, Zhe Li
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Patent number: 7308408Abstract: A method and system for providing efficient menu services for an information processing system that uses a telephone or other form of audio user interface. In one embodiment, the menu services provide effective support for novice users by providing a full listing of available keywords and rotating house advertisements which inform novice users of potential features and information. For experienced users, cues are rendered so that at any time the user can say a desired keyword to invoke the corresponding application. The menu is flat to facilitate its usage. Full keyword listings are rendered after the user is given a brief cue to say a keyword. Service messages rotate words and word prosody. When listening to receive information from the user, after the user has been cued, soft background music or other audible signals are rendered to inform the user that a response may now be spoken to the service.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lisa Joy Stifelman, Hadi Partovi, Haleh Partovi, David Bryan Alpert, Matthew Talin Marx, Scott James Bailey, Kyle D. Sims, Darby McDonough Bailey, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Eugene Koh, Angus Macdonald Davis
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Patent number: 7143039Abstract: A method and system for providing efficient menu services for an information processing system that uses a telephone or other form of audio user interface. In one embodiment, the menu services provide effective support for novice users by providing a full listing of available keywords and rotating house advertisements which inform novice users of potential features and information. For experienced users, cues are rendered so that at any time the user can say a desired keyword to invoke the corresponding application. The menu is flat to facilitate its usage. Full keyword listings are rendered after the user is given a brief cue to say a keyword. Service messages rotate words and word prosody. When listening to receive information from the user, after the user has been cued, soft background music or other audible signals are rendered to inform the user that a response may now be spoken to the service.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2000Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Tellme Networks, Inc.Inventors: Lisa Joy Stifelman, Hadi Partovi, Haleh Partovi, David Bryan Alpert, Matthew Talin Marx, Scott James Bailey, Kyle D. Sims, Darby McDonough Bailey, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Eugene Koh, Angus Macdonald Davis
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Patent number: 6842767Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing personalized information content over telephones is described. The creation of a voice portal is supported by the invention. Embodiments of the invention use telephone identifying information such as the calling party's number to identify, or create, user profiles for customization. The personalized content is specific to that user based on her/his telephone identifying information and may be further customized based on the current time, current date, the calling party's locales, and/or the calling party's dialect and speech patterns. Also, the telephone identifying information may support targeted advertising, content, and purchasing recommendations specific to that user. The system may use a voice password and/or touch-tone login system when appropriate to distinguish the caller or verify the caller's identity for specific activities.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2000Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: TellMe Networks, Inc.Inventors: Hadi Partovi, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Angus MacDonald Davis, Michael S. McCue, Brandon William Porter, John Giannandrea, Eckart Walther, Anthony Accardi, Zhe Li
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Patent number: 6807574Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing personalized information content over telephones is described. The creation of a voice portal is supported by the invention. Embodiments of the invention use telephone identifying information such as the calling party's number to identify, or create, user profiles for customization. The personalized content is specific to that user based on her/his telephone identifying information and may be further customized based on the current time, current date, the calling party's locales, and/or the calling party's dialect and speech patterns. Also, the telephone identifying information may support targeted advertising, content, and purchasing recommendations specific to that user. The system may use a voice password and/or touch-tone login system when appropriate to distinguish the caller or verify the caller's identity for specific activities.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1999Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Tellme Networks, Inc.Inventors: Hadi Partovi, Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Angus Macdonald Davis, Michael S. McCue, Brandon William Porter, John Giannandrea, Eckart Walther, Anthony Accardi, Zhe Li