At+t Corp.

Lucent Technologies Inc.

Leonard Ralph Kasday

David E Schulz

Jerry Eisdorfer

Vinay Kundaje

William Lawrence Millios

Stephen John Lomax

A method and apparatus for controlling the quantity of information audibly presented to a user by a voice interaction system. The information is received from a document server. The received information is converted into an audio information format. A predetermined portion of the converted information is read to a user. Inputs from the user are monitored for modifying the portion of converted information read to the user.

Method and apparatus for voice interaction over a network using an

The present invention relates to the field of manipulation aids, in particular, to a manipulation aid or pointing stick that attaches to a user's hand for pressing keys on a keyboard, turning pages or the like. In one embodiment of the inventions, a strap is adapted to engage the hand of a user. A cone, having a base and an apex, is mounted at its base to the strap. An actuator is mounted to the apex of the cone. The actuator includes a tip which can be seen by the user and can be used to press keys of a keyboard, turn pages of a book, etc. The manipulation aid is designed to collapse under a predetermined load to prevent unacceptably high forces from being delivered to the user's hand.

Manipulation aid for attachment to human body parts

A call between a caller using a telephone device for the deaf (TDD), and requiring one or more types of expertise from a calling assistant, and another person, including a TDD user, is connected by automatically prompting the TDD caller for calling information, automatically identifying the expertise needed, including the language being used, selecting a communication assistant (CA) capable of speaking in the language and other expertise, routing the call to the selected CA, and connecting the call.

Multiply accommodated message relaying for hearing impaired callers

A telephone call is received at a relay center for routing to a forward party. A platform at the relay center can detect a call processing event in the relay center during processing of the telephone call. The relay center platform generates a context-dependent message based on the call processing event for review by the communications assistant. The communications assistant reviews and sends the message to a relay party using a message button. The relay center platform can automatically transmit messages to the caller, the forward party, a third party, and the communications assistant based on detected call processing events. The message button condenses responses to commonly occurring processing events discerned during call routing. The platform can automatically enter data determined from call processing into blanks in stored message templates. Such stored message templates can be activated and executed in response to detected call processing events.

Smart messages and smart macros for telecommunications relay service

A telephone network is modified so that callers making telephone calls can engage in a game of chance to win a prize without having had to specially dial the game processor, i.e., the telephone numbers of the telephone calls are independent of the game processor. In one embodiment of the invention, the game processor is part of the switch that processes calls through a telecommunications network. Upon conclusion of the game, the caller is supplied with an indication as to whether or not he is a winner and will receive a prize. The determination that a caller is a winner need be made only if the call was successfully completed, that is, routed to a destination at which the call is answered. Advantageously, a) games of chance are attractive to people, especially when it costs nothing to enter, b) the determination that a caller is a winner can be immediately conveyed to him, and c) by proper selection of the odds of winning and the value of prizes, the game can be arranged so that its cost to a telecommunications carder is less than that carrier's present discounting program.

Method and apparatus for telephone prize opportunities

A call between a caller using a telephone device for the deaf (TDD) using a one of a number of languages and another including a TDD user is connected by automatically prompting the TDD caller for calling information, automatically identifying the language being used, parsing the received calling information in the appropriate language to determine a forward number, selecting a communication assistant (CA) capable of speaking in the language routing the call to the selected CA, and connecting the call. One embodiment involves storing the forward number before routing the call so the selected CA can press a single button to connect the call. According to an embodiment of the invention, the calling information is passed directly to a number of language specific parsers and the successful parser determines the language being used.

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Moorestown, NJ, United States of America

Leonard Ralph Kasday