Message capturing device

• US 20030050776A1
• Filed: 09/07/2001
• Published: 03/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Blair, Barbara A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,418,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4527 Voicemail attached to other kind of message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

The present invention provides an automatic message capturing system including a recording device in a first location adapted to receive a spoken message and preserve the spoken message as a recorded message, a translation device adapted to automatically translate the recorded message into a text format, and at least one presentation device in a second location adapted to automatically display the text format of the message as a viewable message.

Claims

1. A message capturing system comprising:

a recording device in a first location adapted to receive a spoken message and preserve the spoken message as a recorded message;

a translation device adapted to automatically translate the recorded message into a text format; and

at least one presentation device in a second location adapted to automatically display the text format of the message as a viewable message.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the recorded message is transmitted to the translation device via a wireless transmission.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the wireless transmission is made by use of a Bluetooth-compatible chip.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the text-based message is sent to the presentation device via a wireless transmission.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the wireless transmission is made by use of a Bluetooth-compatible chip.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the recording device is a digital recorder.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the presentation device is a printer.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the presentation device is a computer adapted to display the text-based message in a viewable form.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the presentation device is a handheld device adapted to display the text-based message in a viewable form.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the recording device has a filter adapted to reduce or remove background noise.

11. The method of claim 1 further including the step of transmitting the digital recording of the spoken message from the first device to the second device.

12. The method of claim 1 further including the step of transmitting the text-based format of the message from the second device to the third device.

13. A method for capturing messages comprising:

digitally recording a spoken message with a recording device in a first location to provide a recorded message;

automatically translating the recorded message of the spoken message into a text-based format of the message with a translation device; and

automatically presenting the text-based format of the message as a viewable message by at least one presentation device in a second location.

14. The method of claim 13 further including the step of transmitting the digital recording of the spoken message from the recording device to the translation device.

15. The method of claim 13 further including the step of transmitting the text-based format of the message from the translation device to the presentation device.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the recording and translation devices are combined into a single device.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the translation and presentation devices are combined into a single device.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the presentation device is a printer.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein the presentation device is a computer.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein the presentation device is a handheld device.