System and method for transferring phone numbers during a voice call

• US 20040037399A1
• Filed: 08/21/2002
• Published: 02/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Information And Communication Mobile LLC (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Information And Communication Mobile LLC (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Manohar, Bollapragada V.J.
• Application Number:
  US10/225,268
• Publication Number:
  US 20040037399A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A telecommunications device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a handset having a keypad, speaker, and microphone on a face. A memory stores an address book of phone numbers. A controller is adapted to transmit one or more of the phone numbers responsive to a voice command to a connected party. In one embodiment of the telecommunications device, the controller activates the voice command functionality responsive to a function key.

Claims

1. A telecommunications device, comprising:

a memory for storing one or more digits;

voice control means for accessing said one or more digits; and

means for transmitting said one or more digits responsive to said voice control means.

2. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a housing; and

a control device set in said housing for activating said voice control means

3. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 1, said transmitting means comprising means for transmitting said digits as audio signal.

4. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 2, said control device comprising an activation button.

5. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 1, said memory comprising an address book memory.

6. A telecommunications method, comprising:

establishing a connection between a plurality of telephony devices;

retrieving one or more stored digits at one of said telephony devices; and

transmitting the one or more stored digits to another of said plurality of telephony devices.

7. A method in accordance with claim 6, said retrieving comprising retrieving with one or more voice tags.

8. A method in accordance with claim 6, said transmitting comprising playing said one or more stored digits as an audio signal.

9. A telecommunications handset, comprising:

a housing including a speaker and a microphone and having a face;

a keypad positioned on said face;

a memory operably coupled within said housing, said memory adapted to store an address book of phone numbers;

a controller operably coupled within said housing, said controller adapted to transmit one or more of said phone numbers responsive to said voice command to a connected party.

10. A telecommunications handset in accordance with claim 9, said controller being adapted to transmit said phone numbers as one or more audio signals.

11. A telecommunications handset in accordance with claim 9, said controller being adapted to transmit said phone numbers as tone signals.

12. A telecommunications handset in accordance with claim 9, said controller adapted to access said address book via voice command.

13. A telecommunications handset in accordance with claim 9, said controller being adapted to access a voice control functionality via a function key on a face of said housing different from said keypad face.

14. A telecommunications system, comprising:

one or more telecommunications devices, the telecommunications devices comprising a housing including a speaker and a microphone and having a face;

a keypad positioned on said face;

a memory adapted to store an address book of phone numbers; and

a controller adapted to transmit one or more of said phone numbers responsive to said voice command to a connected party.

15. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 14, said controller being adapted to transmit said phone numbers as one or more audio signals.

16. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 15, said controller adapted to access said address book via voice command.

17. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 15, said controller being adapted to access a voice control functionality via a function key on a face of said device different from said keypad face.