Method for arranging voice feedback to a digital wireless terminal device and corresponding terminal device, server and software devices to implement the method

• US 20030233240A1
• Filed: 05/29/2003
• Published: 12/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kaatrasalo, Antti
• Granted Patent: US 7,672,850 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/00 Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis in musical instruments G10H

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for arranging voice feedback to a digital wireless terminal device (10.1), which includes a voice-assisted user interface (Voice UI), wherein the terminal device (10.1) gives a voice feedback corresponding to its state. The terminal device (10.1) includes memory devices (PPM) for storing the voice feedbacks. In the method, the following stages take place to arrange the said voice feedback in connection with the terminal device (10.1),

one or more voice feedbacks are generated (201, 203),

the generated voice feedbacks are converted into a digital form (202),

the digitalized voice feedbacks are edited with chosen algorithms (ACELP) in order to reduce their file size (205), and

the edited voice feedbacks are stored in a memory (PPM) arranged in connection with the terminal device (10.1) (602).

In addition to the foregoing stages, the method includes the following sub-stages

user-profile-specific file packets are formed of the digitalized voice feedback files edited with the chosen algorithms (ACELP) (206-208),

a voice feedback PPM data packet is compiled of one or more of the said user-profile-specific file packets (301-305),

the said compiled voice feedback PPM data packet is integrated with data packets of the other user interface settings into one PPM file (401-405), and

the said PPM file is stored in memory devices (PPM) of the terminal device (10.1) as regards its chosen user profile parts (501.1-602).

Claims

1. Method for arranging voice feedback to a digital wireless terminal device (10.1) including a voice-assisted user interface (Voice UI), wherein the terminal device (10.1) gives a voice feedback corresponding to its state and wherein the terminal device (10.1) includes memory devices (PPM) for storing the voice feedback, and in which method for arranging the said voice feedback in connection with the terminal device (10.1) the following stages take place,

one or more voice feedbacks are generated (201, 203),

the generated voice feedbacks are converted into a digital form (202),

the digitalized voice feedbacks are edited with chosen algorithms (ACELP) in order to reduce their file size (205), and

the edited voice feedbacks are stored in a memory (PPM) arranged in connection with the terminal device (10.1) (602),

characterized in that

user-profile-specific file packets are formed of the digitalized voice feedback files edited with chosen algorithms (ACELP) (206-208),

a voice feedback PPM data packet is compiled of one or more of the said user-profile-specific file packets (301 305),

the said compiled voice feedback PPM data packet is integrated with the data packets of the other user interface settings into one PPM file (401-405), and

the said PPM file is stored in the terminal device'"'"'s (10.1) memory devices (PPM) as regards its chosen user-profile parts (501.1-602).

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that voice feedbacks are generated at the target terminal device (10.1-10.3).

3. Method according to claim 2, characterized in that the voice feedbacks are supplied to the PPM file formation through a data communication network (11, 12).

4. Method according to any claim 1-3, characterized in that the said digital file format is WAV.

5. Method according to any claim 1-4, characterized in that the said algorithms for reducing the file size of digitalized voice feedbacks and for editing these are selected from the coders used in the target terminal device 10.1-10.3.

6. Method according to any claim 1-5, characterized in that the following stages take place in forming the said user-profile-specific file packet of digitalized voice feedback files

header and suffix information is removed from the said voice feedback files (204),

the achieved raw data files are compressed and edited with the said coder (ACELP) (205),

the compressed raw data files are compiled together (206), and

header information is added to the said one compiled file packet (207).

7. Digital wireless terminal device (10.1) including a voice-assisted user interface (Voice UI), wherein the terminal device (10.1) is adapted to give voice feedbacks corresponding to its state and wherein the terminal device (10.1) includes memory devices (PPM) for storing voice feedbacks, characterized in that the voice feedbacks are adapted to be arranged as user-profile-specific file packets, which are adapted to be integrated in the said data packets of user interface settings adapted for storing in the memory devices (PPM).

8. Server (18) for generating voice feedbacks to a digital wireless terminal device (10.1) including a voice-assisted user interface (Voice UI), characterized in that functionalities are arranged in connection with the server (18)

for receiving voice feedbacks in the established form in the established manner,

for a possible digitalization and editing of voice feedbacks with chosen algorithms (ACELP) in order to reduce their file size and to form one user-profile-specific file packet of them (202-207),

for compiling a voice feedback PPM data packet of one or more of the said user-profile-specific file packets (301-305), and

for integrating the voice feedback PPM data packet with the data packets of the other user interface settings into one PPM file (401-405).

9. Software devices (31) for implementation of the method according to the invention, wherein the devices (31) include interfaces for supplying input data to the devices (31) and for bringing output data from the devices (31), characterized in that the said input data is adapted to include one or more digitalized voice feedbacks and wherein the software devices (31) include

devices to remove header and suffix information from the digitalized voice feedback files,

coder devices (ACELP) for compressing and editing the raw data files,

devices for compiling the compressed raw data files into one voice feedback file packet,

devices for adding header information to the said file packet,

devices for compiling the generated voice feedback file packet into one voice feedback PPM file packet, which is adapted to be brought from the devices (31) as the said output data.

10. Software devices (31) according to claim 9, wherein the devices (31) include interfaces for supplying input data to the devices (31) and for bringing output data from the devices (31), characterized in that the said input data includes user-profile-specific data, a part of which is the said voice feedback PPM file packet, and the software devices (31) further include a functionality for compiling one PPM file of the said user-profile-specific data, which PPM file is adapted to be brought from the devices (31) as the said output data.