Method and system for phonebook transfer

• US 20060149457A1
• Filed: 06/28/2005
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Chengalvarayan, Rathinavelu, Ross, Steven J., Oesterling, Christopher L.
• Granted Patent: US 7,711,358 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/117
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/06 Creation of reference templates; Training of speech recognition systems, e.g. adaptation to the characteristics of the speaker's voice G10L15/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context
• 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 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42136 Administration or customisation of services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment

Abstract

A method for managing user nametags for a vehicle communications system includes receiving a nametag transfer request at a call center from a source, determining a target vehicle based on the request, generating a nametag data file including a text data file, a phoneme set, and an audio data file for each nametag, and transmitting the nametag data file to the target vehicle.

Claims

1. A method of managing user nametags for a vehicle communications system, the method comprising:

receiving a nametag transfer request at a call center from a source;

determining a target vehicle based on the request;

generating a nametag data file including a text data file, a phoneme set, and an audio data file for each nametag; and

transmitting the nametag data file to the target vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

storing the nametag data file at a telematics unit of the target vehicle.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving an enunciated nametag at the telematics unit responsive to a prompt to a user from the telematics unit;

modifying the nametag data file based on the received enunciated nametag; and

storing the modified nametag data file at the telematics unit.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the modifying the nametag data file comprises:

replacing the audio data file of the nametag data file for the prompted nametag with the spoken nametag.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

modifying the nametag data file based on an acoustic profile of the target vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the nametag transfer request comprises a text data file, and wherein generating a nametag data file comprises:

converting the text data file to a phoneme set operable with a speech recognition system in the target vehicle; and

converting the phoneme set to an audio data file operable with a speech recognition system in the target vehicle.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the nametag transfer request comprises an audio data file, and wherein generating a nametag data file comprises:

receiving an enunciated spelling of the nametag at the telematics unit responsive to a prompt from the telematics unit;

generating a text data file based on the received spelling of the nametag; and

generating a phoneme set operable with a speech recognition system in the target vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the nametag transfer request comprises an audio data file, wherein generating a nametag data file comprises:

recognizing a spoken nametag;

generating a phoneme set based on the recognized nametag;

matching the phoneme set to a phoneme set in a dictionary text file; and

announcing the nametag generated from the matched phoneme set in the dictionary text file to prompt a user for confirmation.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the source is a source vehicle, the method further comprising:

storing source vehicle data in a database in the call center, wherein the source vehicle data includes a source identification, an acoustic profile of the source vehicle, and a source vehicle speech recognition identifier.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the source vehicle data further includes the nametag data file.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the source vehicle data are received from a telematics unit of the source vehicle.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the source vehicle data are received via an Internet connection, wherein the Internet connection is initiated by one of a user and a vehicle dealership.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the source is a handset and further comprising:

storing source data in a database in the call center wherein the source data includes a source identification, and a source speech recognition identifier.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing target vehicle data in a database in the call center wherein the target vehicle data includes a target vehicle identifier, the acoustic profile of the target vehicle and a target vehicle speech recognition identifier.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a nametag transfer request at a call center from a source comprises:

receiving a selection of the nametag data file to be transferred from the source to the target vehicle;

receiving a source identification; and

receiving a target vehicle identifier, and

wherein determining a target vehicle associated with the source based on the request comprises;

matching the target vehicle identifier with a target vehicle data in a database in the call center;

retrieving an acoustic profile of the target vehicle and a target vehicle speech recognition identifier based on the matching.

16. A system for managing user nametags for a vehicle communications system, the system comprising:

means for receiving a nametag transfer request at a call center from a source;

means for determining a target vehicle based on the request;

means for generating a nametag data file including a text data file, a phoneme set, and an audio data file for each nametag; and

means for transmitting the nametag data file to the target vehicle.

17. A computer readable medium storing a computer program comprising:

computer readable code for receiving a nametag transfer request at a call center from a source;

computer readable code for determining a target vehicle based on the request;

computer readable code for generating a nametag data file including a text data file, a phoneme set, and an audio data file for each nametag;

computer readable code for transmitting the nametag data file to the target vehicle; and

computer readable code for storing the nametag data file at a telematics unit of the target vehicle.

18. The medium of claim 17, further comprising:

computer readable code for modifying the nametag data file based on an acoustic profile of the target vehicle.

19. The medium of claim 17, further comprising:

computer readable code for receiving an enunciated nametag responsive to a prompt to a user from the telematics unit;

computer readable code for modifying the nametag data file based on the received enunciated nametag; and

computer readable code for storing the modified nametag data file at the telematics unit.