Transcription of communications through a device

• US 10,033,865 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2017
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sorenson Ip Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Sorenson Ip Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: Pan, Jasper Cheekeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan, Kiet
• Application Number:
  US15/821,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20180097936A1
• Time in Patent Office: 244 Days
• Field of Search: 4555561, 455417, 455466, 455566, 379 52, 379 68, 704235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72478 for hearing-impaired users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42391 where the subscribers are hearing-impaired persons, e.g. telephone devices for the deaf
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4936 Speech interaction details speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method to transcribe communications is provided. The method may include obtaining first communication data during a communication session between a first communication device and a second communication device and transmitting the first communication data to the second communication device by way of a mobile device that is locally coupled with the first communication device. The method may also include receiving, at the first communication device, second communication data from the second communication device through the mobile device and transmitting the second communication data to a remote transcription system. The method may further include receiving, at the first communication device, transcription data from the remote transcription system, the transcription data corresponding to a transcription of the second communication data, the transcription generated by the remote transcription system and presenting, by the first communication device, the transcription of the second communication data.

Claims

1. A method to transcribe communications, the method comprising:

obtaining, at a first communication device, first communication data during a communication session between the first communication device and a second communication device;

transmitting the first communication data to the second communication device by way of a device that is locally coupled with the first communication device;

receiving, at the first communication device, second communication data from the second communication device through the device;

transmitting, by the device, the second communication data to a remote transcription system;

receiving, at the device, transcription data from the remote transcription system, the transcription data corresponding to a transcription of the second communication data, the transcription generated by the remote transcription system; and

presenting the transcription of the second communication data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second communication data includes audio data or the audio data and video data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein when the second communication data includes the audio data and the video data, only the audio data is transmitted to the remote transcription system.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing local communication between the first communication device and the device in a sync mode.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein establishing the local communication between the first communication device and the device in the sync mode is responsive to at least one of the device or the first communication device automatically detecting a presence of another of the at least one of the device or the first communication device without user input.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising disabling communication between the first communication device and the device responsive to exiting the sync mode while maintaining communication between the second communication device and the device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising routing, by the device, the transcription data to the first communication device, wherein the first communication device presents the transcription of the second communication data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile device.

9. A method to transcribe communications, the method comprising:

establishing a communication session between a first device and a remote communication device;

obtaining, by the first device, first communication data;

transmitting, by the first device, the first communication data to the remote communication device during the communication session;

receiving, at the first device, second communication data from the remote communication device;

transmitting, from the first device, the second communication data to a remote transcription system;

receiving, at the first device, transcription data from the remote transcription system, the transcription data corresponding to a transcription, generated by the remote transcription system, of the second communication data;

transmitting the transcription data to a second device that is locally coupled with the first device; and

presenting, by the second device, the transcription of the second communication data.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising presenting the second communication data by the first device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first device obtains the first communication data from the second device.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting, from the first device, the second communication data to the second device; and

presenting, by the second device, the second communication data.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first device and the second device are locally coupled before the communication session is established between the first device and the remote communication device.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the second communication data includes audio data or the audio data and video data.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein when the second communication data includes the audio data and the video data, only the audio data is transmitted to the remote transcription system.

16. A method to transcribe communications, the method comprising:

establishing a local communication between a first device and a second device;

establishing a communication session between the first device and a remote communication device;

receiving, at the first device, communication data from the remote communication device;

transmitting the communication data to a remote transcription system;

transmitting the communication data to the second device;

presenting, by the second device, the communication data; and

receiving, at the first device, transcription data from the remote transcription system, the transcription data corresponding to a transcription, generated by the remote transcription system, of the communication data.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the communication data includes audio data or the audio data and video data.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising presenting the transcription of the communication data.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the transcription of the communication data is presented by the second device.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the communication session between the first device and the remote communication device is established after the local communication between a first device and a second device is established.