Michelle M Martin

US Patent:

6681205, Jan 20, 2004

Filed:

Dec 17, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/466418

Inventors:

Michelle San Martin - San Francisco CA
Robert C Wohlsen - Menlo Park CA
Cecily Baptist - Concord CA

Assignee:

Charles Schwab Co., Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G10L 1506

US Classification:

704243, 704273

Abstract:

A method and apparatus enrolls a user for voice recognition by prompting the user to speak a social security number or other number. A voiceprint is extracted from the social security number. Additional sequences of numbers are generated so that the total number of times each decimal digit appears in the social security number or the additional sequences meets or exceeds a threshold value. The user is then prompted to speak the additional sequences and the voiceprint extracted from the social security number is refined to include the additional information received from the responses to the prompts for the sequences. A standard sequence may also be prompted and a voiceprint of the standard sequence compared with the voiceprints of other users speaking the same standard sequence to identify the level of differentiation between the users voice and other users voices. If the comparison determines the level of differentiation is low, the user may be prompted to speak his or her social security number again and/or the same or additional sequences and the users voiceprint further refined from these additional responses.

US Patent:

20070235069, Oct 11, 2007

Filed:

Sep 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/513982

Inventors:

Michelle Martin - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

E04H 15/58
E04H 15/34

US Classification:

135117000, 135161000

Abstract:

The mini-cabana is light, portable, adjustable over-head covering that attaches to bleachers at outdoor facilities for sporting events (baseball, football, soccer games, and graduations) and provides over-head covering for one or two individuals to shield them from the natural elements, such as, sun and heat exposure that can cause sunstroke or heat stroke and protection from some light rain exposure. The mini-cabana is rectangular in shape to align with the bleachers and is designed for one or two individuals without obstructing the view of the event for any persons using the mini-cabana, or sitting above, adjacent, or below the mini-cabana user. It is easy to set-up and dismantle and adjust to the height of the individuals using the mini-cabana.