Patents by Inventor William Russell Whitehead

William Russell Whitehead 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).

  • Supporting multiple speech enabled user interface consoles within a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7904300
    Abstract: An in-vehicle system that shares speech processing resources among multiple applications located within a vehicle. The system can include one or more software applications, each associated with different functionally independent in-vehicle consoles. Each application can have a console specific user interface. The system can also include a single in-vehicle speech processing system implemented separately from the in-vehicle consoles. The speech processing system can execute speech processing tasks responsive to requests received from the applications. That is, the in-vehicle speech processing system can provide speech processing capabilities for the applications. The provided speech processing capabilities can include text-to-speech capabilities and speech recognition capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa Abbott, Daniel E. Badt, Werayuth T. Charoenruengkit, John W. Eckhart, Michael Florio, Gary R. Hanson, Harvey M. Ruback, William Russell Whitehead, Steven G. Woodward