Patents by Inventor Thomas Wlodkowski

Thomas Wlodkowski 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).

  • Voice-enabled screen reader
    Patent number: 11783842
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may process a user interface to identify textual or graphical items in the interface, and may prepare a plurality of audio files containing spoken representations of the items. As the user navigates through the interface, different ones of the audio files may be selected and played, to announce text associated with items selected by the user. A computing device may periodically determine whether a cache offering the interface to users stores audio files for all of the interface's textual items, and if the cache is missing any audio files for any of the textual items, the computing device may take steps to have a corresponding audio file created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
  • Voice-Enabled Screen Reader
    Publication number: 20200380995
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may process a user interface to identify textual or graphical items in the interface, and may prepare a plurality of audio files containing spoken representations of the items. As the user navigates through the interface, different ones of the audio files may be selected and played, to announce text associated with items selected by the user. A computing device may periodically determine whether a cache offering the interface to users stores audio files for all of the interface's textual items, and if the cache is missing any audio files for any of the textual items, the computing device may take steps to have a corresponding audio file created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
  • Voice enabled screen reader
    Patent number: 10636429
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may process a user interface to identify textual or graphical items in the interface, and may prepare a plurality of audio files containing spoken representations of the items. As the user navigates through the interface, different ones of the audio files may be selected and played, to announce text associated with items selected by the user. A computing device may periodically determine whether a cache offering the interface to users stores audio files for all of the interface's textual items, and if the cache is missing any audio files for any of the textual items, the computing device may take steps to have a corresponding audio file created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
  • Voice Enabled Screen Reader
    Publication number: 20170309277
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may process a user interface to identify textual or graphical items in the interface, and may prepare a plurality of audio files containing spoken representations of the items. As the user navigates through the interface, different ones of the audio files may be selected and played, to announce text associated with items selected by the user. A computing device may periodically determine whether a cache offering the interface to users stores audio files for all of the interface's textual items, and if the cache is missing any audio files for any of the textual items, the computing device may take steps to have a corresponding audio file created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
  • Voice enabled screen reader
    Patent number: 9620124
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may process a user interface to identify textual or graphical items in the interface, and may prepare a plurality of audio files containing spoken representations of the items. As the user navigates through the interface, different ones of the audio files may be selected and played, to announce text associated with items selected by the user. A computing device may periodically determine whether a cache offering the interface to users stores audio files for all of the interface's textual items, and if the cache is missing any audio files for any of the textual items, the computing device may take steps to have a corresponding audio file created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
  • Voice Enabled Screen reader
    Publication number: 20150248887
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may process a user interface to identify textual or graphical items in the interface, and may prepare a plurality of audio files containing spoken representations of the items. As the user navigates through the interface, different ones of the audio files may be selected and played, to announce text associated with items selected by the user. A computing device may periodically determine whether a cache offering the interface to users stores audio files for all of the interface's textual items, and if the cache is missing any audio files for any of the textual items, the computing device may take steps to have a corresponding audio file created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook