Adaptive instant messaging
First Claim
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1. A method, comprising:
- determining whether a speech option is selected at an origin device; and
when the speech option is selected, converting input speech to text and transmitting an instant message comprising the text.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for communicating an instant message where the destination of the instant message may select whether to receive the instant message as text or speech independent of the origin of the instant message.
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29 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining whether a speech option is selected at an origin device; and
when the speech option is selected, converting input speech to text and transmitting an instant message comprising the text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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receiving an instant message at a destination-client device, wherein the instant message comprises text; and
determining whether a speech option at the destination-client device is selected and if true converting the text to speech. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 12, 13)
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10. A computing device, comprising:
a text-to-speech converter to convert text in a received instant message to speech when a speech option is selected, independent of whether a sender of the instant message performed speech input. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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14. An instant-messaging system, comprising:
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an instant-messaging server;
a controller to determine whether a speech option is selected at an origin-client device and to send an instant message to the instant-messaging server; and
a speech-to-text converter to convert speech to text when the speech option is selected, wherein the instant message comprises the text. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An instant-messaging system, comprising:
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an instant messaging server;
an origin-client device, comprising;
an origin controller to determine whether an origin-speech option is selected at the origin-client device and to send an instant message to the instant-messaging server, a speech-to-text converter to convert speech to text when the origin-speech option is selected, wherein the instant message comprises the text; and
a destination-client device, comprising;
a destination controller to determine whether a destination-speech option is selected at the destination-client device and to receive the instant message from the instant-messaging server, and a text-to-speech converter to convert the text to speech when the destination-speech option is selected. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A signal-bearing medium comprising instructions, wherein the instructions when read and executed by a processor comprise:
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determining whether a speech option is selected at an origin device; and
when the speech option is selected, converting input speech to text and transmitting an instant message to an instant-messaging server, wherein the instant message comprises the text. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A pager, comprising:
a text-to-speech converter to convert text in a received instant message to speech when a speech option is selected, independent of whether a sender of the instant message performed speech input. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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