Pictorial identification of a communication event

• US 20070133875A1
• Filed: 12/12/2005
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.à.r.l. (f/k/a Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.) (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Lindroos, Sanna, Jokinen, Paivi
• Granted Patent: US 8,571,320 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/181
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/289 Phrasal analysis, e.g. finite state techniques or chunking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for pictorial identification of a communication event using speech or text recognition in an electronic device. The communication can be (but is not limited to) a telephone call, an electronic mail message, MMS, SMS, an instant message, etc. Words from the communication event are identified using the speech or text recognition by the electronic device and at least one picture out of a library of reference pictures is identified by comparing the identified words with the key picture words using a predetermined criterion. Color background of the identified standard picture can be also identified using the identified words and a further predetermined criterion. The identified picture can be displayed during the communications event or can be stored so the user can identify the topic of the communication event later on.

Claims

1. A method for a pictorial identification of a communication event in an electronic device, comprising the steps of:

starting a communication event using the electronic device;

identifying words from said communication event by the electronic device using a speech or a text recognition; and

identifying by said electronic device at least one picture out of a library of reference pictures by comparing said identified words with the key picture words, wherein each at least one picture out of the library of the reference pictures is uniquely identified by at least one of the key picture words.

2. The method of claim 1, said library of reference pictures and said key picture words are stored in said electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

identifying by said electronic device a background color out of a library of reference colors for the identified at least one picture by comparing said identified words with the key color words using a further predetermined criteria, wherein each background color out of the library of the reference colors is uniquely identified by at least one of the key color words.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, if said background color is not identified, a predefined default background color is used for said identified standard picture.

5. The method of claim 3, said library of reference colors and said key color words are stored in said electronic device.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising at least one step out of:

displaying said identified picture with said identified background color or said predefined default background color on a display of said electronic device during said communication event; and

storing said identified picture with said identified background color or with said predefined default background color in said electronic device after said communication event is terminated.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein said library of reference colors or said key color words can be altered by a user of said electronic device.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein said further predetermined criterion can be altered by a user of said electronic device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one step out of:

displaying said identified picture on a display of said electronic device during said communication event, and

storing said identified picture in a said electronic device after said communication event is terminated.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said communication event is one event out of:

a telephone call;

an electronic mail message,

a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message,

a short message service (SMS) message, and

an instant message.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said library of reference pictures and said key picture words can be altered by a user of said electronic device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said predetermined criterion can be altered by a user of said electronic device.

13. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage structure embodying computer program code thereon for execution by a computer processor with said computer program code characterized in that it includes instructions for performing the steps of the method of claim 1 indicated as being performed by the electronic device.

14. An electronic device capable of a pictorial identification of a communication event, comprising:

means for starting a communication event;

a speech/text recognition block, for identifying words from said communication event using a speech or a text recognition and for providing the identified words; and

a picture and color comparator, responsive to said identified words, for identifying at least one picture out of a library of reference pictures by comparing said identified words with the key picture words using a predetermined criteria, wherein each at least one picture out of the library of the reference pictures is uniquely identified by at least one of the key picture words.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein said picture and color comparator is for identifying a background color out of a library of reference colors for the identified at least one picture by comparing said identified words with the key color words using a further predetermined criteria, wherein each background color out of the library of the reference colors is uniquely identified by at least one of the key color words.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein, if said background color is not identified, a predefined default background color is used for said identified standard picture.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising at least one out of:

a display, for displaying said identified picture with said identified background color or said predefined default background color during said communication event, and

a communication event storage area, for storing said identified picture with said identified background color or with said predefined default background color after said communication event is terminated.

18. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein said communication event is one event out of:

a telephone call;

an electronic mail message,

a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message,

a short message service (SMS) message, and

an instant message.

19. The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising at least one out of:

a display, for displaying said identified picture during said communication event, and

a communication event storage area, for storing said identified picture after said communication event is terminated.

20. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein said electronic device is a computer, a communication device, a wireless communication device, a potable electronic device, a mobile electronic device or a mobile phone.