Method to select and send text messages with a mobile

• US 20020142787A1
• Filed: 03/26/2002
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Huber, Karin, Holley, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 6,934,552 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means

Abstract

To send text messages, a text together with a transmit address being input into a transmitting device (1; 31; 41) and the text message being sent to the stated transmit address by means of the transmitting device, it is proposed, to simplify the inputting and transmission process, that the text be input by voice input, processed in a speech recognition unit (5; 35; 45) and compared with predefined text patterns stored in memory means (8; 38; 48), a predefined text pattern which is the closest match to the text being selected and displayed, whereupon, once it has been confirmed, it is used as the text for the text message to be sent.

Claims

1. A method of sending text messages, a text being input together with a transmit address into a transmitting device (1;

31;

41) and the text message being sent by means of the transmitting device (1;

31;

41) to the stated transmit address, characterized in that the text is input by voice input, processed in a speech recognition unit (5;

35;

45) and compared with stored, predefined text patterns, a predefined text pattern which is the closest match to the text being selected and displayed, whereupon, once it has been confirmed, it is used as the text for the text message to be sent.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that predefined text patterns with variable text portions are used.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that variable text portions are replaced by corresponding portions of the spoken text, e.g. place and/or time information.

4. A method as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that variable text portions are replaced by data, e.g. names, taken from a database (7).

5. A method as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that variable text portions are replaced by manually input text.

6. A method as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that, for data taken from the database (7) and representing a name, transmit address data associated with these data are automatically read from the database (7) and displayed for confirmation.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the spoken text is examined in the speech recognition unit (4) for keywords, which are compared with stored keywords to determine the text pattern which is the respective closest match.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the spoken text in the speech recognition unit (4) is processed in speaker-dependent manner.

9. A device (1) for sending a text message to a transmit address, comprising text input means (3, 4) for inputting a text, transmission means (9) associated therewith for sending a text message on the basis of the input text, voice input means (4) and a speech recognition unit (4), and display means (2), characterized in that the text input means (3, 4) comprise the voice input means (4), from which the spoken text is supplied to the speech recognition unit (5), which, for supplying text data derived from the spoken text, is connected with a comparison unit (6) which is further associated with memory means (7) for predefined text patterns, the comparison unit (6) being designed to compare the text data supplied with predefined text patterns and to select a predefined text pattern which is the closest match to the text or the text data, which text pattern is supplied to the display means (2) for display and, upon confirmation, is supplied via the input means (3, 4) to the transmission means (9) for sending.

10. A device (1) as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the comparison unit (6) takes the form of a processor.

11. A device (1) as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the memory means (7) comprise a memory for storing predefined text patterns with variable text portions.

12. A device (1) as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that the comparison unit (6) is designed to replace variable text portions with corresponding portions of the spoken text, e.g. place and/or time information.

13. A device (1) as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that the comparison unit (6) is designed to replace variable text portions with data taken from a database (7) and representing a name.

14. A device (1) as claimed in claim 13, characterized in that the database (7) contains a database field (7.1) for storing transmit address data associated with the names, which data are displayed for confirmation and, upon confirmation, are supplied to the transmission means (9).

15. A device (1) as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the speech recognition unit (5) is designed to derive keywords from the input spoken text and the memory means (7) associated with the comparison unit (6) contain a memory for keywords, the comparison unit (6) being designed to compare the keywords derived from the speech recognition unit (5) with the stored keywords.

16. A device (1) as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the speech recognition unit (5) and the comparison unit (6) are accommodated together with the text or voice input means (4) and the display means (2) in an integrated apparatus.

17. A device (1) as claimed in claim 16, characterized in that the apparatus is a cell phone apparatus.