Patents by Inventor Ross McNamara

Ross McNamara 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).

  • Text-to-speech based reminder system
    Patent number: 6182041
    Abstract: Text-to-speech based reminder system. One or more servers within a communication network include hardware and software which allows the system to direct the collection of data about reminder, the translation of the reminder from text-to-speech, and the forwarding of the reminder to a recipient via an appropriate delivery method. The invention makes use of delivery methods such as e-mail, voicemail, or an existing telephone connection to communicate the speech reminder to a recipient. The recipient need not view a display screen to understand the content of the reminder, and needs no locally installed reminder software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Yizhi Li, Alexander S. Ng, Trung Trinh, Ross McNamara