Patents by Inventor Starla Blackburn

Starla Blackburn 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).

  • Method and system for syllable parsing
    Patent number: 6188984
    Abstract: A method and system consistent with the present invention parses text into syllables. The text is converted into a sequence of “phonemes,” basic units of pronounceable and audible speech, divided by syllables. The text may be converted into phonemes using a phonetic dictionary, and the phonemes transformed into another phoneme sequence using a set of transformation rules that are ranked for evaluation to determine the syllable barriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Fonix Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Manwaring, Steven F. McDaniel, Kara Felix, Melissa Wallentine, Starla Blackburn