Voice talk system, voice talk control apparatus, voice talk control method, and voice talk control program
First Claim
1. A voice talk system in which a plurality of voice talk apparatuses and a voice talk control apparatus are connected to each other via a network so that the plurality of voice talk apparatuses and the voice talk control apparatus communicate with each other, wherein the plurality of voice talk apparatuses include a sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus capable of transmitting a group talk and one or more receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses capable of receiving a group talk, and the voice talk control apparatus controls a group talk established between the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus and the at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses, the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus comprises:
- a talk starting section operable to start a group talk;
a microphone operable to receive a voice input while the talk starting section is being operated;
an additional information obtaining section operable to obtain additional information required to group the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses; and
a talk apparatus'"'"'s transmission section operable to transmit the voice received through the microphone and the additional information obtained by the additional information obtaining section to the network, and the voice talk control apparatus comprises;
a control apparatus'"'"'s reception section operable to receive the voice and the additional information transmitted via the network from the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus;
a search section operable to search a database configured to search the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses, using at least one of the voice and the additional information received by the control apparatus'"'"'s reception section, to specify at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses with which the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus can currently have a group talk; and
a grouping section operable to group the at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses specified by the search section, and hold at least the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses registered in the group until a group talk between the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus and the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses is ended.
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Abstract
A voice talk system 1 comprises a voice talk apparatus 11, and a voice talk control apparatus 13 which controls a talk between a sender'"'"'s user and a receiver'"'"'s user. In the voice talk control apparatus 13, after voice and additional information are received via a network 14, a database is searched using the received voice and additional information as search keys to specify a receiver'"'"'s user. A grouping section groups the specified receiver'"'"'s user(s) together. Further, a priority setting section is provided which assigns ordinal numbers as priorities for establishing a connection, to the receiver'"'"'s users grouped by the grouping section.
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27 Claims
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1. A voice talk system in which a plurality of voice talk apparatuses and a voice talk control apparatus are connected to each other via a network so that the plurality of voice talk apparatuses and the voice talk control apparatus communicate with each other, wherein
the plurality of voice talk apparatuses include a sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus capable of transmitting a group talk and one or more receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses capable of receiving a group talk, and the voice talk control apparatus controls a group talk established between the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus and the at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses, the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus comprises: -
a talk starting section operable to start a group talk;
a microphone operable to receive a voice input while the talk starting section is being operated;
an additional information obtaining section operable to obtain additional information required to group the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses; and
a talk apparatus'"'"'s transmission section operable to transmit the voice received through the microphone and the additional information obtained by the additional information obtaining section to the network, and the voice talk control apparatus comprises;
a control apparatus'"'"'s reception section operable to receive the voice and the additional information transmitted via the network from the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus;
a search section operable to search a database configured to search the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses, using at least one of the voice and the additional information received by the control apparatus'"'"'s reception section, to specify at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses with which the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus can currently have a group talk; and
a grouping section operable to group the at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses specified by the search section, and hold at least the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses registered in the group until a group talk between the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus and the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses is ended. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A voice talk control apparatus of controlling a group talk established between a plurality of voice talk apparatuses connected via a network, comprising:
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a control apparatus'"'"'s reception section operable to receive a voice and additional information transmitted via the network from a sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus;
a search section operable to search a database configured to search receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses, using at least one of the voice and the additional information received by the control apparatus'"'"'s reception section, to specify at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses with which the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus can currently have a group talk; and
a grouping section operable to group the at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses specified by the search section, and hold at least the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses registered in the group until a talk between the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus and the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A voice talk control method of controlling a group talk established between a plurality of voice talk apparatuses connected via a network, comprising:
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a talk starting step performed by a sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus in response to an operation for starting a group talk;
a voice input step of receiving a voice input while the talk starting step is being operated, the voice input step being performed by the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus;
an additional information obtaining step of obtaining additional information required to group receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses, the additional information obtaining step being performed by the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus;
a transmission step of transmitting the voice received in the voice input step and the additional information obtained in the additional information obtaining step to the network, the transmission step being performed by the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus;
a reception step of receiving a voice and additional information transmitted via the network from the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus, the reception step being performed by the voice talk control apparatus;
a search step of searching a database configured to search the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses, using at least one of the voice and the additional information received by the reception step, to specify at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses with which the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus can currently have a group talk, the search step being performed by the voice talk control apparatus; and
a grouping step of grouping the at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses specified by the search step, and holding at least the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses registered in the group until a group talk between the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus and the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses is ended, the grouping step being performed by the voice talk control apparatus.
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27. Avoice talk control program of controlling a group talk established between a plurality of voice talk apparatuses connected via a network, wherein
a sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus comprises: -
a talk starting section operable to start a group talk;
a microphone operable to receive a voice input while the talk starting section is being operated;
an additional information obtaining section operable to obtain additional information required to group receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses; and
a talk apparatus'"'"'s transmission section operable to transmit the voice received through the microphone and the additional information obtained by the additional information obtaining section to the network, and the voice talk control program comprises;
a reception step of receiving the voice and the additional information transmitted via the network from the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus, the reception step being performed by the voice talk control apparatus;
a search step of searching a database configured to search the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses, using at least one of the voice and the additional information received by the reception step, to specify at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses with which the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus can currently have a group talk, the search step being performed by the voice talk control apparatus; and
a grouping step of grouping the at least one of the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses specified by the search step, and holding at least the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses registered in the group until a group talk between the sender'"'"'s voice talk apparatus and the receiver'"'"'s voice talk apparatuses is ended, the grouping step being performed by the voice talk control apparatus.
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