Providing text during a live voice conversation over a telephone network
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1. A conversation viewing system, comprising:
- a voice conversion system operable to receive voice traffic from a voice call representing a voice conversation between a first party and a second party over a telephone network, and to convert the voice traffic into text; and
a buffer system operable to receive the text from the voice conversion system, buffer the text representing a recent portion of the voice conversation, and to transmit the buffered text for display on a voice call device responsive to receiving a request to view the portion of the voice conversation from the first party or the second party.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for providing text of a voice conversation of a voice call to one or more parties of the voice call. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a voice conversion system receives voice traffic from the voice call and converts the voice traffic to text. A buffer system buffers the text, which represents the most recent portion of the voice conversation. Responsive to a request from one of the parties, the buffer system provides the buffered text for display on the party'"'"'s voice call device (e.g., cell phone). The party may then view and navigate the text of the portion of the voice conversation.
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1. A conversation viewing system, comprising:
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a voice conversion system operable to receive voice traffic from a voice call representing a voice conversation between a first party and a second party over a telephone network, and to convert the voice traffic into text; and
a buffer system operable to receive the text from the voice conversion system, buffer the text representing a recent portion of the voice conversation, and to transmit the buffered text for display on a voice call device responsive to receiving a request to view the portion of the voice conversation from the first party or the second party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A conversation viewing system, comprising:
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a voice conversion system; and
a buffer system operable to receive voice traffic from a voice call representing a voice conversation between a first party and a second party over a telephone network, to buffer the voice traffic representing a recent portion of the voice conversation, and to transmit the buffered voice traffic to the voice conversion system responsive to receiving a request to view the portion of the voice conversation from the first party or the second party;
wherein the voice conversion system is operable to convert the buffered voice traffic into text, and to provide the text for display on a voice call device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of allowing a party to view a portion of a voice conversation of a voice call placed over a telephone network, the method comprising:
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receiving voice traffic from a voice call representing a voice conversation between a first party and a second party over the telephone network;
converting the voice traffic into text;
buffering the text representing a recent portion of the voice conversation; and
providing the buffered text for display on a voice call device responsive to receiving a request to view the portion of the voice conversation from the first party or the second party. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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