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).
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Patent number: 12340811Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 30, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
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Publication number: 20240249729Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
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Patent number: 11783842Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
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Publication number: 20200380995Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
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Patent number: 10636429Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
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Publication number: 20170309277Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
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Patent number: 9620124Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook
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Publication number: 20150248887Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCInventors: Thomas Wlodkowski, Michael J. Cook