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William Folwell Barton
Also filed as: BARTON WILLIAM · BARTON WILLIAM F · BARTON WILLIAM FOLWELL
28 granted patents·8 pending applications·1,250 citations·filing 1979–2021
97Inventor score
Files withAMAZON TECH INC17VOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES INC6BARTON WILLIAM F4RAWLES LLC3MICROSOFT CORP2
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36 records- 0198US9689960B1Beam rejection in multi-beam microphone systemsAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 27, 2017·181 cites·19 claims
- 0298US9368105B1Preventing false wake word detections with a voice-controlled deviceRAWLES LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 14, 2016·342 cites·16 claims
- 0397US10746840B1Beam rejection in multi-beam microphone systemsAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 18, 2020·57 cites·20 claims
- 0497US9047857B1Voice commands for transitioning between device statesRAWLES LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 2, 2015·118 cites·26 claims
- 0595US10331402B1Search and knowledge base question answering for a voice user interfaceAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 25, 2019·80 cites·20 claims
- 0694US9466286B1Transitioning an electronic device between device statesAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 11, 2016·37 cites·27 claims
- 0794US8131556B2Communications using different modalitiesBARTON WILLIAM F·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 6, 2012·59 cites·20 claims
- 0893US9521486B1Frequency based beamformingAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 13, 2016·21 cites·20 claims
- 0993US9336767B1Detecting device proximitiesRAWLES LLC·Filed 2014·Granted May 10, 2016·28 cites·24 claims
- 1092US9319783B1Attenuation of output audio based on residual echoAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 19, 2016·18 cites·24 claims
- 1192US5787183AMicrophone system for teleconferencing systemPICTURETEL CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 28, 1998·127 cites·8 claims
- 1290US11740863B2Search and knowledge base question answering for a voice user interfaceAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 29, 2023·3 cites·18 claims
- 1390US9460715B2Identification using audio signatures and additional characteristicsAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 4, 2016·22 cites·23 claims
- 1488US10642577B2Search and knowledge base question answering for a voice user interfaceAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 5, 2020·8 cites·20 claims
- 1587US10706846B1Question answering for a voice user interfaceAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 7, 2020·16 cites·20 claims
- 1687US9147399B1Identification using audio signatures and additional characteristicsHART GREGORY M·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 29, 2015·16 cites·28 claims
- 1785US10049656B1Generation of predictive natural language processing modelsAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 14, 2018·11 cites·22 claims
- 1883US11175372B1Beam rejection in multi-beam microphone systemsAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 16, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 1983US10964312B2Generation of predictive natural language processing modelsAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 30, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 2083US5664021AMicrophone system for teleconferencing systemPICTURETEL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 2, 1997·70 cites·19 claims
- 2178US8805688B2Communications using different modalitiesBARTON WILLIAM F·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 12, 2014·4 cites·20 claims
- 2278US7562019B2Automated testing of voice recognition softwareVOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 14, 2009·15 cites·45 claims
- 2376US11624800B1Beam rejection in multi-beam microphone systemsAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 11, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2473US10062372B1Detecting device proximitiesAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 28, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 2562US8315874B2Voice user interface authoring toolBARTON WILLIAM F·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 20, 2012·5 cites·15 claims
- 2656US2015030144A1Communications using different modalitiesMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 2752USD261996SLevelling deviceMARTRONICS CORP·Filed 1979·Granted Nov 24, 1981·5 cites·1 claims
- 2850US2005131685A1Installing language modules in a mobile communication deviceVOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2949US11355115B2Question answering for a voice user interfaceAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 7, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 3049US2005125235A1Method and apparatus for using earcons in mobile communication devicesVOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3149US2005118986A1Phone number and name pronunciation interchange via cell phoneVOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3249US2008247529A1Incoming Call Classification And DispositionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3348US8983051B2Outgoing call classification and dispositionBARTON WILLIAM F·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 17, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 3447US2005137878A1Automatic voice addressing and messaging methods and apparatusVOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3540US2005203729A1Methods and apparatus for replaceable customization of multimodal embedded interfacesVOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3633US2016379638A1Input speech quality matchingAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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