Patents by Inventor William K. Back

William K. Back 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).

  • Natural language colloquy system simulating known personality activated by telephone card
    Patent number: 6317486
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence system includes a telephone interface coupled to a telephone network which is capable of connecting with a caller, a debit card processing unit coupled to the telephone interface for verifying that the caller has one of a plurality of predetermined telephone debit cards which are capable of accessing only the one or more telephone numbers assigned to the telephone interface, and an artificial intelligence (A/I) engine including a natural language processor, the A/I engine being adaptable upon instruction by the caller to engage in colloquy with the caller in a voice of one of a plurality of known personalities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Inventors: Jack Hollins, William K. Back