Patents by Inventor Stephen Anthony O'Brien

Stephen Anthony O'Brien 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).

  • Speech recognition front end controller to voice mail systems
    Patent number: 6601031
    Abstract: A speech recognition system front end interface to provide a subscriber voice control over many voice mail functions. The speech recognition system converts spoken instructions into DTMF instructions for voice mail systems while allowing prompts form the voice mail system and DTMF tones from the subscriber to pass through without any interference by the speech recognition system. To accomplish these pass through functions, the speech recognition system sets up what is know as a hairpin connection between the subscriber, the speech recognition system and the voice mail system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Anthony O'Brien