Patents by Inventor Toby Korall

Toby Korall 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).

  • Automated database assistance using a telephone for a speech based or text based multimedia communication mode
    Patent number: 6996531
    Abstract: An interface for remote human input for reading a database, the interface including an automatic voice question unit for eliciting speech input, a speech recognition unit for recognizing human speech input, and a data recognition unit for recognizing remote data input. The interface is associated with a database to search the database using the recognized input. A typical application is as an automated directory enquiry service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Comverse Ltd.
    Inventors: Toby Korall, Zeev Bregman, Irit Ben Moshe, Miron Giladi
  • Interactive notification system and method
    Publication number: 20040088715
    Abstract: An interactive multimedia, two-way notification system and method transforms a notification message into a dynamic marketing channel. When a notification message is triggered, an external application provides promotional text that is personalized to the intended recipient of the notification message. The promotional text is added to the notification message, which is then forwarded to the recipient. If the recipient replies to the notification message, an interactive two-way messaging session is established between the recipient and the external application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: COMVERSE, LTD.
    Inventors: Toby Korall, Eyal Levy, Aviram Bogin
  • Generic natural language service creation environment
    Patent number: 6684183
    Abstract: A system that allows a user to define a set of grammar rules containing variable types and terms associated with those types. The user enters sample phrases and identifies terms in the sample phrases that he wishes to define as a type, and then specifies which type that term corresponds to. The system, using the stored terms and types, generates grammar files which are specific to a particular automatic speech recognition engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Comverse Ltd.
    Inventors: Toby Korall, Eran Pe'er, Erez Firt, Dorit Deddi
  • Automated database assistance via telephone
    Publication number: 20020143548
    Abstract: An interface for remote human input for reading a database, the interface including an automatic voice question unit for eliciting speech input, a speech recognition unit for recognizing human speech input, and a data recognition unit for recognizing remote data input. The interface is associated with a database to search the database using the recognized input. A typical application is as an automated directory enquiry service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Toby Korall, Zeev Bregman, Irit Ben Moshe, Miron Giladi