Patents by Inventor Susan Helen Pearsall

Susan Helen Pearsall 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).

  • System and Method for Improving Name Dialer Performance
    Publication number: 20140310003
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for improving name dialer performance. The method includes receiving a speech query for a name in a directory of names, retrieving matches to the query, if the matches are uniquely spelled homophones or near-homophones, identifying information that is unique to all retrieved matches, and presenting a spoken disambiguation statement to a user that incorporates the identified unique information. Identifying information can include multiple pieces of unique information if necessary to completely disambiguate the matches. A hierarchy can establish priority of multiple pieces of unique information for use in the spoken disambiguation statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Steven Hart Lewis, Michael T. Czahor, III, Ramkishore Dudi, Susan Helen Pearsall
  • System and method for improving name dialer performance
    Patent number: 8762153
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for improving name dialer performance. The method includes receiving a speech query for a name in a directory of names, retrieving matches to the query, if the matches are uniquely spelled homophones or near-homophones, identifying information that is unique to all retrieved matches, and presenting a spoken disambiguation statement to a user that incorporates the identified unique information. Identifying information can include multiple pieces of unique information if necessary to completely disambiguate the matches. A hierarchy can establish priority of multiple pieces of unique information for use in the spoken disambiguation statement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Hart Lewis, Michael T. Czahor, III, Ramkishore Dudi, Susan Helen Pearsall
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NAME DIALER PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20100042414
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for improving name dialer performance. The method includes receiving a speech query for a name in a directory of names, retrieving matches to the query, if the matches are uniquely spelled homophones or near-homophones, identifying information that is unique to all retrieved matches, and presenting a spoken disambiguation statement to a user that incorporates the identified unique information. Identifying information can include multiple pieces of unique information if necessary to completely disambiguate the matches. A hierarchy can establish priority of multiple pieces of unique information for use in the spoken disambiguation statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Hart Lewis, Michael T. Czahor, III, Ramkishore Dudi, Susan Helen Pearsall