Method and system for creating audio identification messages

• US 20070042758A1
• Filed: 08/11/2005
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Bozzone, Stephen
• Granted Patent: US 8,295,449 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/413
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2474 Telephone terminals specially adapted for disabled people user interfaces for cordless or mobile telephones specially adapted for disabled users H04M1/72475; network based special services or facilities for hearing-impaired persons H04M3/42391; devices for conversing with the deaf-blind G09B21/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/578 associated with a synthesized vocal announcement
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72475 specially adapted for disabled users

Abstract

The invention concerns a system (100) and method (200, 300, 400) for creating audio identification messages for a first communication device (102). In one arrangement, the method can include the step of populating a call list. This can be done by associating a recorded audio identification message with a caller identification (106) of a second communication device (104) that calls the first communication device, and storing (210) the recorded audio identification message in a call list. The audio identification message can be recorded by a user of the second communication device. In another arrangement, the method can include the steps of playing (308) the audio identification message and initiating (314) a call to an entry associated with the audio identification message.

Claims

1. A method of creating an audio identification message for a first communication device, comprising:

adding an entry corresponding to a second communication device in a call list present in the first communication device by;

obtaining a caller identification of a second communication device, the caller identification being obtained by making a call from the second communication device to the first communication device;

recording an audio identification message corresponding to the caller identification, wherein the audio identification message is from a user of the second communication device; and

storing the audio identification message in the call list.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing the caller identification in the call list along with the audio identification message; and

initiating a call to the entry in the call list.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein initiating a call further comprises:

scrolling through entries in the call list in which the audio identification messages associated with various caller identifications are played.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein recording the audio identification message is performed remotely over a call.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the entry in the call list by recording a new audio identification message for the caller identification.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating an alert message when recording of the audio identification message fails.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating an acknowledgement message when recording of the audio identification message is successfully completed.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

playing the audio identification message upon receiving an incoming call from the second communication device.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

playing a default audio identification message if a call is received from another communication device and the caller identification of this communication device cannot be obtained.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein one or both of the first and second communication devices are wireless communication devices.

11. A first communication device, comprising:

a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to obtain a caller identification of a second communication device when a call is received at the first communication device from the second communication device;

a recording module coupled to the processor, wherein the recording module is capable of recording an audio identification message corresponding to the caller identification, wherein the audio identification message is from a user of the second communication device; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores a call list including the corresponding audio identification message.

12. The first communication device according to claim 11, further comprising:

an audio interface coupled to the processor, wherein the audio interface plays the audio identification message.

13. The first communication device according to claim 11, wherein the memory also stores the caller identification and the processor is further programmed to retrieve a stored entry in the call list to initiate a call and wherein the first communication device further comprises a user interface that permits a user to scroll through the stored entries in the call list, wherein the audio identification message associated with the caller identification is played during the scrolling through the stored entries.

14. The first communication device according to claim 11, wherein the user of the second communication device is remotely located from the first communication device.

15. The first communication device according to claim 11, wherein one or both of the first and second communication devices are wireless communication devices.

16. A communication system, comprising:

a first communication device; and

a second communication device, wherein the first communication device is capable of communicating with the second communication device over a communication network or through a point-to-point communication process, the first communication device comprising;

a processor programmed to obtain a caller identification of the second communication device when a call is received at the first communication device from the second communication device;

a recording module coupled to the processor, wherein the recording module is capable of recording an audio identification message corresponding to the caller identification, wherein the audio identification message is from a user of the second communication device; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores a call list including the corresponding audio identification message.

17. The communication system according to claim 16, wherein the communication network is a push-to-talk communication network.

18. The communication system according to claim 16, wherein one or both of the first and second communication devices are wireless communication devices.