Patents by Inventor Stuart Theodore

Stuart Theodore 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).

  • Apparatus and method for providing speech input to a speech recognition system
    Patent number: 6505159
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for providing input speech into a computer having a speech recognition system and an input device remote from the computer. The input device includes a microphone, an indicator and a user operated switch. To provide input speech, the user operates the user operated switch wherein an activation signal is transmitted from the input device to the computer. A speech recognition ready signal is then transmitted from the computer to the input device when the speech recognition system is operable to receive input speech. The indicator is actuated upon receipt of the speech recognition ready signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Stuart Theodore