Method of transmitting voice data

• US 20040028024A1
• Filed: 08/06/2002
• Published: 02/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances
• Inventors: Ding, Hung, Gu, Yong-Chian, Lai, Cheng-Shing
• Application Number:
  US10/064,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20040028024A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/04 Large scale networks; Deep hierarchical networks

Abstract

A method for transmitting audio data between a computer and a GPRS card. The computer is connected to the GPRS card through corresponding connectors. The method includes after the computer receives an audio signal, transforming the audio signal into a digital signal, and packeting the digital signal into a plurality of audio units, then transmitting the plurality of audio units to the GPRS card through the connectors. Finally, the plurality of audio units are transformed to become the original digital signal, and the digital signal is transformed to become the original audio signal.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting voice data between a computer system and a General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) card, the computer system and the GPRS card connected over a Universal Serial Bus (USB), the method comprising:

after the computer system receives voice sounds, converting the voice sounds to a voice packet;

sending the voice packet over the USB to the GPRS card; and

using the GPRS card to convert the voice packet to a voice signal, the voice signal transmitted wirelessly away.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

after the GPRS receives a wirelessly transmitted voice signal, converting the wirelessly transmitted voice signal to a voice packet;

sending the voice packet over the USB to the computer system; and

using the computer system to convert the voice packet to voice sounds, and playing the voice sounds.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer system further comprises a microphone used to record voice sounds of a user.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer system further comprises a speaker system that plays the voice sounds.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer system further comprises a sound card, the method further comprising using the sound card to convert voice sounds inputted by a user to pulse-code modulation (PCM) voice data, or to convert PCM voice data to voice sounds.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the computer system further comprises a central processing unit (CPU), the method further comprising using the CPU to convert a PCM signal from the sound card to a voice packet or using the CPU to convert a voice packet from the USB to a PCM voice signal.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the GPRS card further comprises an antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless voice signals.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the GPRS card further comprises a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) module for transmitting and receiving voice signals through the antenna.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the GPRS card further comprises a compressor/decompressor module (CODEC), the method further comprising using the CODEC to convert voice signals from the GSM module to voice data, or to convert voice data to voice signals.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the GPRS card further comprises a central processing unit (CPU), the method further comprising using the CPU to convert voice data received from the CODEC to voice packets, or to convert voice packets received over the USB to voice data.