Thomas J Lazay

20050125235, Jun 9, 2005

Sep 1, 2004

10/932341

Thomas Lazay - Boston MA, US
Jordan Cohen - Gloucester MA, US
Tracy Zlatkova - Boston MA, US
William Barton - Harvard MA, US

Voice Signal Technologies, Inc. - Woburn MA

G10L021/00

704275000

The apparatus and methods for using earcons as user prompts in mobile communication devices described herein are directed to implementing a mode of communication in these communication devices having speech recognition capabilities wherein spoken prompts are disabled and replaced with short identifiable sound prompts such as the earcons. In general, according to one aspect of the invention, a method for operating a communication device that includes speech recognition capabilities, comprises implementing on the device a user interface that employs a plurality of different user prompts, wherein each user prompt is for soliciting a corresponding spoken input from the user or informing the user about an action or state of the device; implementing on the device a plurality of different earcons, each earcon being mapped to a corresponding different one of the plurality of user prompts; and when any selected one of said plurality of user prompts is issued by the user interface on the device, generating the earcon that is mapped to the selected user prompt. Each prompt of the plurality of user prompts has a corresponding language representation and wherein generating the earcon for the selected user prompts includes generating the corresponding language representation through the user interface.

20160071071, Mar 10, 2016

Sep 5, 2014

14/478750

- Cambridge MA, US
Thomas J. Lazay - Cambridge MA, US

Silouet, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G06Q 20/10
G06Q 20/32

A payment system that securely identifies transactions using a transaction identifier that may be set by the parties to the transaction, such that the parties may interact regarding the transaction with one another and with the payment system using that identifier rather than personal identification information. In embodiments, funds may be transferred between individuals that are anonymous to one another, or transferred with limited exchange of personal identification information. When a first individual (the “payer”) seeks to pay a second individual, the first may obtain from the second (the “payee”) an identifier for the transaction. The payer may register the transaction with the payment system, including by providing this transaction identifier. The second individual may subsequently “claim” the transaction by providing that transaction identifier to the system and thereby demonstrating that he/she is the payee of the transaction, after which the system may transfer funds to the second individual.

20160071097, Mar 10, 2016

Sep 5, 2014

14/478696

- Cambridge MA, US
Thomas J. Lazay - Cambridge MA, US

Silouet, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G06Q 20/38

A payment system that securely identifies transactions using a transaction identifier that may be set by the parties to the transaction, such that the parties may interact regarding the transaction with one another and with the payment system using that identifier rather than personal identification information. In embodiments, funds may be transferred between individuals that are anonymous to one another, or transferred with limited exchange of personal identification information. When a first individual (the “payer”) seeks to pay a second individual, the first may obtain from the second (the “payee”) an identifier for the transaction. The payer may register the transaction with the payment system, including by providing this transaction identifier. The second individual may subsequently “claim” the transaction by providing that transaction identifier to the system and thereby demonstrating that he/she is the payee of the transaction, after which the system may transfer funds to the second individual.

20160071099, Mar 10, 2016

Sep 5, 2014

14/478629

- Cambridge MA, US
Thomas J. Lazay - Cambridge MA, US

Silouet, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G06Q 20/38
G06Q 20/40
G06Q 20/10

A payment system that securely identifies transactions using a transaction identifier that may be set by the parties to the transaction, such that the parties may interact regarding the transaction with one another and with the payment system using that identifier rather than personal identification information. In embodiments, funds may be transferred between individuals that are anonymous to one another, or transferred with limited exchange of personal identification information. When a first individual (the “payer”) seeks to pay a second individual, the first may obtain from the second (the “payee”) an identifier for the transaction. The payer may register the transaction with the payment system, including by providing this transaction identifier. The second individual may subsequently “claim” the transaction by providing that transaction identifier to the system and thereby demonstrating that he/she is the payee of the transaction, after which the system may transfer funds to the second individual.

20160071109, Mar 10, 2016

Sep 5, 2014

14/478509

- Cambridge MA, US
Thomas J. Lazay - Cambridge MA, US

Silouet, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G06Q 20/40
G06Q 20/38

A payment system that securely identifies transactions using a transaction identifier that may be set by the parties to the transaction, such that the parties may interact regarding the transaction with one another and with the payment system using that identifier rather than personal identification information. In embodiments, funds may be transferred between individuals that are anonymous to one another, or transferred with limited exchange of personal identification information. When a first individual (the “payer”) seeks to pay a second individual, the first may obtain from the second (the “payee”) an identifier for the transaction. The payer may register the transaction with the payment system, including by providing this transaction identifier. The second individual may subsequently “claim” the transaction by providing that transaction identifier to the system and thereby demonstrating that he/she is the payee of the transaction, after which the system may transfer funds to the second individual.

20160071110, Mar 10, 2016

Sep 5, 2014

14/478553

- Cambridge MA, US
Thomas J. Lazay - Cambridge MA, US

Silouet, Inc. - Cambridge MA

G06Q 20/40

A payment system that securely identifies transactions using a transaction identifier that may be set by the parties to the transaction, such that the parties may interact regarding the transaction with one another and with the payment system using that identifier rather than personal identification information. In embodiments, funds may be transferred between individuals that are anonymous to one another, or transferred with limited exchange of personal identification information. When a first individual (the “payer”) seeks to pay a second individual, the first may obtain from the second (the “payee”) an identifier for the transaction. The payer may register the transaction with the payment system, including by providing this transaction identifier. The second individual may subsequently “claim” the transaction by providing that transaction identifier to the system and thereby demonstrating that he/she is the payee of the transaction, after which the system may transfer funds to the second individual.