Katherine G. August
University of Zurich
47 Papers
2.3K Citations
Katherine G. August is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Telephone network & Signal. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 47 publications. Previous affiliations of Katherine G. August include Bell Labs & Alcatel-Lucent.
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Papers
Patent
System and method for providing interactive dialogue and iterative search functions to find information
Katherine G. August,Chin-Sheng Chuang,Michelle McNerney,Elizabeth Shriver,Mark Hansen,Ping-Wen Ong,Daniel D. Lee,Craig R. Nohl,Sizer Ii Theodore +8 more
- 01 Sep 2000
TL;DR: In this article, a system and method for information searching comprising determination of, in fine granularity, a Community of Interest (COI), further data mining in search results, using at least one of COI and expert preferences to identify important knowledge, formulation and manipulation of results, and summarization of search results into a document like entity with dynamic attributes described.
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Integrating digital data with perceptible signals
Katherine G. August,Gregory Alan Wright,Sizer Ii Theodore +2 more
- 30 Mar 1998
TL;DR: In this article, a method for combining digital data with a perceptible program signal is proposed, where the data stream is modulated onto an electromagnetic signal encoding the perceptible signal; the modulating employs a spread spectrum encoding of the data streams.
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Apparatus and method for initiating a telephone transaction using a scanner
Sizer Ii Theodore,Katherine G. August,Mark Logan Tuomenoksa +2 more
- 28 Mar 1997
TL;DR: In this article, an apparatus initiates a transaction and includes a capture device for capturing transaction data from marks contained on an object, where the marks have a code corresponding to transaction data for initiating a transaction.
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An interactive system for communications between a cordless telephone and a remotely operated device
Katherine G. August,Charles David Caldwell,Anthony J. Grewe,Steven M. Herbst,Howard M. Singer,II Theodore Sizer +5 more
- 30 Dec 1994
TL;DR: An interactive communication system includes a portable unit of a cordless telephone for providing wireless telephone communications and integrating telephone functions and control of remotely operated devices, such as television sets, video cassette recorders and cable converters as mentioned in this paper.
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A method and apparatus for interactive language instruction
Katherine G. August,Nadine Blackwood,Qi P. Li,Michelle McNerney,Chi-Lin Shih,Arun Chandrasekaran Surendran,Jialin Zhong,Qiru Zhou +7 more
- 29 Aug 2000
TL;DR: In this paper, a method and apparatus for interactive language instruction is provided that displays text files for processing, provides key features and functions for interactive learning, displays facial animation, and provides a workspace for language building functions.
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