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Jeffrey A. Smith

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 11405, Phone: (571)272-6763 , Office: P/3625 )

Most Active Art Unit
3732
Art Unit(s)
2899, 3303, 3688, 3712, 3625, 3732, 3616
Total Applications
1238
Issued Applications
916
Pending Applications
134
Abandoned Applications
188

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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12/148362
Apparatus for the processing of sales and for outputting information based on detected keywords Apr 16, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4699688 [patent_doc_number] => 20080221872 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-09-11 [patent_title] => 'METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NATURAL SPOKEN LANGUAGE SPEECH RECOGNITION' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/045198 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 5795 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0221/20080221872.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12045198 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/045198
Methods and apparatus for natural spoken language speech recognition with word prediction Mar 9, 2008 Issued
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12/023410
Audio encoding and decoding apparatus and method using psychoacoustic frequency Jan 30, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 5528415 [patent_doc_number] => 20090198492 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-08-06 [patent_title] => 'ADAPTIVE NOISE MODELING SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/023381 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-01-31 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 9 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 4028 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0198/20090198492.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12023381 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/023381
Adaptive noise modeling speech recognition system Jan 30, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4741381 [patent_doc_number] => 20080235034 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-09-25 [patent_title] => 'METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AUDIO SIGNAL AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING AUDIO SIGNAL' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/022581 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-01-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 2741 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0235/20080235034.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12022581 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/022581
Method and apparatus for encoding envelopes of harmonic signals and method and apparatus for decoding envelopes of harmonic signals Jan 29, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4754050 [patent_doc_number] => 20080162126 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-07-03 [patent_title] => 'SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APARATUS FOR DYNAMIC NORMALIZATION TO REDUCE LOSS IN PRECISION FOR LOW-LEVEL SIGNALS' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/023030 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-01-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 11518 [patent_no_of_claims] => 53 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0162/20080162126.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12023030 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/023030
Systems, methods, and apparatus for dynamic normalization to reduce loss in precision for low-level signals Jan 29, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4636548 [patent_doc_number] => 08015011 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2011-09-06 [patent_title] => 'Generating objectively evaluated sufficiently natural synthetic speech from text by using selective paraphrases' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/022333 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-01-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 7992 [patent_no_of_claims] => 12 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 227 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/015/08015011.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12022333 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/022333
Generating objectively evaluated sufficiently natural synthetic speech from text by using selective paraphrases Jan 29, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4956096 [patent_doc_number] => 20080189120 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-08-07 [patent_title] => 'METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARAMETRIC ENCODING AND PARAMETRIC DECODING' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/021760 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-01-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 6 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 4542 [patent_no_of_claims] => 26 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0189/20080189120.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12021760 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/021760
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARAMETRIC ENCODING AND PARAMETRIC DECODING Jan 28, 2008 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8388531 [patent_doc_number] => 08265937 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-09-11 [patent_title] => 'Breathing apparatus speech enhancement using reference sensor' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/021789 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-01-29 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 13 [patent_no_of_words] => 3733 [patent_no_of_claims] => 17 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 103 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12021789 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/021789
Breathing apparatus speech enhancement using reference sensor Jan 28, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4726060 [patent_doc_number] => 20080205601 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-08-28 [patent_title] => 'Systems and Techniques for Producing Spoken Voice Prompts' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/020217 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-01-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 5 [patent_no_of_words] => 3581 [patent_no_of_claims] => 33 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0205/20080205601.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12020217 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/020217
Systems and techniques for producing spoken voice prompts with dialog-context-optimized speech parameters Jan 24, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8412197 [patent_doc_number] => 08275606 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-09-25 [patent_title] => 'System and method for localizing assets using flexible metadata' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/020130 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-01-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 20 [patent_figures_cnt] => 21 [patent_no_of_words] => 7782 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 121 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12020130 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/020130
System and method for localizing assets using flexible metadata Jan 24, 2008 Issued
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12/019617
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING TELEMATICS SERVICES Jan 23, 2008 Abandoned
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12/018443
ADAPTIVE BIT POOL ALLOCATION IN SUB-BAND CODING Jan 22, 2008 Abandoned
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12/017740
Voice conversion using interpolated speech unit start and end-time conversion rule matrices and spectral compensation on its spectral parameter vector Jan 21, 2008 Issued
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12/017422
User adjustment of signal parameters of coded transient, sinusoidal and noise components of parametrically-coded audio before decoding Jan 21, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 5356060 [patent_doc_number] => 20090187404 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-07-23 [patent_title] => 'BIOMETRIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/016622 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-01-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 4775 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0187/20090187404.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12016622 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/016622
Biometric control method on the telephone network with speaker verification technology by using an intra speaker variability and additive noise unsupervised compensation Jan 17, 2008 Issued
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12/016823
Using voice biometrics across virtual environments in association with an avatar's movements Jan 17, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 254200 [patent_doc_number] => 07580842 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B1 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-08-25 [patent_title] => 'System and method of providing a spoken dialog interface to a website' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/928886 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-10-30 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 6015 [patent_no_of_claims] => 17 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 66 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/07/580/07580842.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11928886 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/928886
System and method of providing a spoken dialog interface to a website Oct 29, 2007 Issued
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11/872359
Speech coding apparatus and speech decoding apparatus each having a scalable configuration Oct 14, 2007 Issued
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11/857018
Speech recognition using a state-and-transition based binary speech grammar with a last transition value Sep 17, 2007 Issued
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