Assignee: Ultratec, Inc.

Location: Madison, WI
No. of patents: 33

Number	Title	Issue Date
7881441	Device independent text captioned telephone service Text captioned telephony, in which a telephone conversation is accompanied by text captions to aid in hard-of-hearing users, is implemented without the use of specialized text captioned telephone terminals by using a combination of an Internet appliance such as a co...	02/01/2011
7660398	Captioned telephone service Captioned telephone are devices intended to provide text captions to persons needing assistance with telephone communications. Captioned telephones provide text by using the services of a relay interposed between the assisted user and the hearing user, the relay pro...	02/09/2010
7555104	Relay for personal interpreter A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between hearing users and users who need or desire assistance in understanding voice communications. To overcome the speed limitations inherent in typing, the call assistant at the relay d...	06/30/2009
7319740	System for text assisted telephony An arrangement for providing captioned telephone service is provided which permits persons who are hard of hearing to receive captioning of their telephone communications as they need it. A personal interpreter/captioned telephone device can dial a relay on a second...	01/15/2008
7164753	Real-time transcription correction system A voice transcription system employing a speech engine to transcribe spoken words, detects the spelled entry of words via keyboard or voice to invoke a database of common words attempting to complete the word before all the letters have been input. This database is ...	01/16/2007
7006604	Relay for personal interpreter A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between hearing users and users who need or desire assistance in understanding voice communications. To overcome the speed limitations inherent in typing, the call assistant at the relay d...	02/28/2006
7003082	System for text assisted telephony An arrangement for providing captioned telephone service is provided which permits persons who are hard of hearing to receive captioning of their telephone communications as they need it. A personal interpreter/captioned telephone device can dial a relay on a second...	02/21/2006
6934366	Relay for personal interpreter A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between hearing users and users who need or desire assistance in understanding voice communications. To overcome the speed limitations inherent in typing, the call assistant at the relay d...	08/23/2005
6882707	Method and apparatus for training a call assistant for relay re-voicing A training method and apparatus to train a call assistant to operate a telephone relay system for the hearing impaired that uses a re-voicing technique to produce near real-time transcription of a telephone conversation for display on a caption telephone or other de...	04/19/2005
6603835	System for text assisted telephony An arrangement for providing captioned telephone service is provided which permits persons who are hard of hearing to receive captioning of their telephone communications as they need it. A personal interpreter/captioned telephone device can dial a relay ...	08/05/2003
6594346	Relay for personal interpreter A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between hearing users and users who need or desire assistance in understanding voice communications. To overcome the speed limitations inherent in typing, the call assistant at ...	07/15/2003
6567503	Real-time transcription correction system An editing system for real-time remote transcription, such as may be used by deaf or hearing impaired individuals, displays transcribed text on a screen prior to transmission so that a human call assistant may identify words being held in a buffer by thei...	05/20/2003
6549611	Text enhanced telephony A system is described for assisting the hard of hearing in the use of the telephone, the system termed here text enhanced telephony or TET. The hard of hearing user uses a TET device or appliance which permits the user to speak and to hear the words spoke...	04/15/2003
6510206	Relay for personal interpreter A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between deaf people and hearing people. To overcome the speed limitations inherent in typing, the call assistant at the relay does not type most words but, instead, re-voices th...	01/21/2003
6493426	Relay for personal interpreter A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between hearing users and users who need or desire assistance in understanding voice communications. To overcome the speed limitations inherent in typing, the call assistant at ...	12/10/2002
6307921	Text enhanced telephony A system is described for assisting the hard of hearing in the use of the telephone, the system termed here text enhanced telephony or TET. The hard of hearing user uses a TET device or appliance which permits the user to speak and to hear the words spoke...	10/23/2001
6233314	Relay for personal interpreter A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between deaf people and hearing people. To overcome the speed limitations inherent in typing, the call assistant at the relay does not type most words but, instead, re-voices th...	05/15/2001
6075842	Text enhanced telephony A system is described for assisting the hard of hearing in the use of the telephone, the system termed here text enhanced telephony or TET. The hard of hearing user uses a TET device or appliance which permits the user to speak and to hear the words spoke...	06/13/2000
6075841	In-line text display for telephone terminal employing data filtering A system is described for assisting the hard of hearing in the use of the telephone, in which an in-line text display is inserted in the telephone line before a standard telephone. The in-line display blocks text related digital communications signals to ...	06/13/2000
5978654	Alphanumeric paging entry system A low cost alphanumeric paging entry and page receiving device for entering alphanumeric messages remotely from a telephone and receiving pages via radio frequency signals. The device is designed so that both page reception and alphanumeric page entry can...	11/02/1999
5974116	Personal interpreter An electronic personal interpreter is provided so that deaf or hard of hearing persons can use on-the spot interpreting to converse with hearing persons who do not know sign language. The personal interpreter uses a telephone connection to a telephone rel...	10/26/1999
5909482	Relay for personal interpreter A relay is described to facilitate communication through the telephone system between deaf people and hearing people. To overcome the speed limitations inherent in typing, the call assistant at the relay does not type most words but, instead, re-voices th...	06/01/1999
5809425	Gateway for low cost alphanumeric paging entry system A low cost alphanumeric paging entry system is based on a low cost paging (LCP) device to enter paging messages remotely from any telephone. The device is designed to minimize the needs for user training and is intended for intuitive operation by the user...	09/15/1998
5724405	Text enhanced telephony A system is described for assisting the hard of hearing in the use of the telephone, the system termed here text enhanced telephony or TET. The hard of hearing user uses a TET device or appliance which permits the user to speak and to hear the words spoke...	03/03/1998
5604786	Telephone with unified features for hearing and deaf users A unified TDD and telephone incorporate intelligent mode switching to permit users of either device to use the integrated unit with the other features remaining largely invisible by sensing various signals including the removal of the handset or the turni...	02/18/1997
5581593	Combination telephone and alphanumeric entry device A combined telephone AED simply integrates the function of a telephone and an alphanumeric entry device required for alphanumeric paging into a single unit by making use of the handset cradle switch to reset the unit from page mode to telephone mode whene...	12/03/1996
5432837	Telecommunication device for the deaf with automatic transmission capability A telecommunication device for the deaf is designed to operate under an enhanced TDD communication protocol. The TDD is capable of communicating with conventional TDDs operating under normal Baudot/Weitbrecht communications, but is also capable of communi...	07/11/1995
5351288	Voice bridge for a relay center A voice bridge for a telephone relay for the hearing impaired is constructed so as to pass voice data to and/or from a user who is capable of either speaking or hearing voice. The voice bridge is capable of passing voice communication between a pair of te...	09/27/1994
5327479	Telecommunication device for the deaf with interrupt and pseudo-duplex capability A telecommunication device for the deaf operates under conventional Baudot communication protocol, but has enhanced features enabling it to handle interrupts either from a conventional or a similar TDD. The improved TDD is also capable of pseudo-duplex co...	07/05/1994
5325417	Telecommunication device for the deaf with automatic self-identification A telecommunication device for the deaf includes a self-identification sequence which automatically commences upon the initiation of communication with the device. The self-identification sequence consists of a series of characters which may be separated ...	06/28/1994
4959847	Telecommunications device with automatic code detection and switching A telecommunications device automatically detects the code used by a second telecommunications device to which the devices are linked to transmit and receive therebetween. After the telecommunications device has been set to transmit and receive in code wh...	09/25/1990
4897868	Public terminal receptacle A public terminal receptacle for containing, protecting, and allowing a user access to a computer terminal, telecommunications device for the deaf, or another type of terminal which is telephonically linked and physically adjacent to a public telephone th...	01/30/1990
4777469	Public terminal receptacle A public terminal receptacle for containing, protecting, and allowing a user access to a computer terminal, telecommunications device for the deaf, or another type of terminal which is telephonically linked and physically adjacent to a public telephone th...	10/11/1988

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Assignee: Ultratec, Inc.