Voice recognition script for headset setup and configuration

• US 20070207767A1
• Filed: 03/02/2006
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Edward Reuss
• Inventors: Reuss, Edward
• Granted Patent: US 7,676,248 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/403
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/39 using speech synthesis speech synthesis per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/10 Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/107 Monophonic and stereophonic headphones with microphone for two-way hands free communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/033 Headphones for stereophonic communication details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10

Abstract

A wireless local area network system and a headset for the system. The headset uses voice input information to set up parameters needed to connect the headset to the corresponding access point and then start the connection process. When the connection fails or succeeds an appropriate voice prompt or visible signal tells the user the headset'"'"'s connection status.

Claims

15. A wireless headset for use in a wireless local area network system connected to a communication network, and including an access point and the headset, the access point having a unique access point parameter associated to and stored therein, and comprising a transceiver for wireless connection to the headset;

the headset adapted for wireless connection to the access point and comprising a transceiver, a microphone, a speaker, a memory, a microprocessor, voice synthesis means for issuing voice prompts, and speech recognition means for processing a user response to said voice prompts.

1. A wireless local area network system for connecting a user to a communication network, said wireless local area network including:

a) an access point having a unique access point parameter associated to and stored in said access point, said access point adapted for connection to a network and comprising a transceiver for wireless connection to a headset; and

b) a headset adapted for wireless connection to the access point and comprising a transceiver, a microphone, a speaker, a memory, a microprocessor, voice synthesis means for issuing voice prompts, and speech recognition means for processing a user response to said voice prompts.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the voice synthesis means comprises a microprocessor, a memory, and voice synthesis code.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the speech recognition means comprises a microprocessor, a memory, and speech recognition code.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said voice synthesis means comprises a microprocessor, a memory, and voice synthesis code, and the speech recognition means comprises said microprocessor, said memory, and speech recognition code.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said memory is non-volatile memory.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the non-volatile memory is selected from a flash memory, a PROM, and an EEPROM.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the unique access point parameter comprises at least one of an encryption key, a network address, an arbitrary number, or concatenations thereof.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the unique access point parameter is represented by one of a hexadecimal number, a binary coded digital number, an octal number, or ASCII text.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein said headset is adapted to audibly query a user for the access point parameter.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein said headset is adapted to receive, decode, and store a verbal response from the user.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein said system is adapted to utilize said parameter code to carry out communications between the access point and the headset.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the access point is a PSTN terminal.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the access point is a VoIP terminal.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the access point is a repeater.

16. The wireless headset of claim 15 wherein the voice synthesis means comprises a microprocessor, a memory, and voice synthesis code.

17. The wireless headset of claim 15 wherein the speech recognition means comprises a microprocessor, a memory, and speech recognition code.

18. The wireless headset of claim 15 wherein said voice synthesis means comprises a microprocessor, a memory, and voice synthesis code, and the speech recognition means comprises said microprocessor, said memory, and speech recognition code.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein said memory is non-volatile memory.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the non-volatile memory is selected from a flash memory, a PROM, and an EEPROM.

21. The headset of claim 20 wherein said headset is adapted to audibly query a user for the access point parameter.

22. The headset of claim 21 wherein said headset is adapted to receive, decode, and store a verbal response from the user.

23. The headset of claim 22 wherein said system is adapted to utilize said parameter code to carry out communications between the access point and the headset.

20-1. The headset of claim 15 wherein the unique access point parameter is represented by one of a hexadecimal number, a binary coded digital number, an octal number, or ASCII text.

24. Method of instantiating a wireless headset to a network access point, said access point having a unique access point parameter for granting access thereto, said method comprising:

a) said wireless headset presenting a voice prompt for said unique access point parameter to a user;

b) receiving a verbal response to the voice prompt from a user;

c) decoding the verbal response and storing the decoded verbal response;

d) transmitting the decoded verbal response to the access point as an access parameter; and

e) the access point either;

i) accepting the decoded verbal response as an access parameter, or

ii) declining the decoded verbal response as an access parameter and transmitting an indication thereof to the headset.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the unique access point parameter comprises at least one of an encryption key, a network address, an arbitrary number, or concatenations thereof.

26. The method of claim 25 comprising storing the unique access point parameter as a binary number, an octal number, a binary coded decimal number, or a hexadecimal number.

27. The method of claim 24 comprising storing the voice prompt in a memory in the headset and serving the voice prompt to the user in response to a user action.

28. The method of claim 24 comprising receiving, and decoding a user response to the voice prompt and transmitting from a transmitter in the headset the decoded user response to the access point.