Headset Derived Real Time Presence And Communication Systems And Methods
First Claim
1. A method for digital messaging, comprising:
- monitoring a condition related to a wireless headset associated with a user, wherein the condition is related to user specific voice activity detection using audio signals detected by a wireless headset microphone;
estimating from the condition, a potential for the user to receive and immediately respond to a digital instant communication upon receipt; and
automatically directing an incoming digital instant communication to the user via the wireless headset when the potential indicates that the user is likely to immediately respond thereto.
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Abstract
A method for real time digital instant messaging includes monitoring a condition of a wireless headset, estimating a potential for the user to receive and immediately respond to a real time digital message, such as an instant communications or a VoIP message, and then selectively directing a real time digital message, when received, to the user via the headset when the estimated potential indicates that the user is reasonably likely to immediately respond to the real time digital message. A sensor in the headset may be used to determine if a recent action of the user was don the headset by putting it on, doff the headset by taking it off, dock the headset by placing it in a charging station, move while wearing the headset, leave the headset on a desktop or other surface or carry the headset.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for digital messaging, comprising:
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monitoring a condition related to a wireless headset associated with a user, wherein the condition is related to user specific voice activity detection using audio signals detected by a wireless headset microphone; estimating from the condition, a potential for the user to receive and immediately respond to a digital instant communication upon receipt; and automatically directing an incoming digital instant communication to the user via the wireless headset when the potential indicates that the user is likely to immediately respond thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A headset-derived presence and communication system, comprising:
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a wireless headset comprising a user specific voice activity detector operable to determine whether speech detected at a wireless headset microphone matches a previously stored user voice spectral template; and a computing device wirelessly coupled to the wireless headset, the computing device having a real-time messaging program installed thereon, wherein the computing device and the real-time messaging program are adapted to receive and process headset usage characteristics of the wireless headset. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless headset, comprising:
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a headphone; a wireless receiver coupled to the headphone configured to receive a signal over a wireless link from a computing device or computer system adapted to execute a real-time messaging system, the signal representing that a real-time message has been received by the computing device or the computer system; one or more detectors or sensors operable to determine whether the wireless headset is being carried or is donned by a user; a user specific voice activity detector operable to determine whether speech detected at a wireless headset microphone matches a previously stored user voice spectral template. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of communicating in real-time, comprising:
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determining a usage state of a communication headset associated with a first real-time messaging member, wherein determining the usage state comprises determining whether speech detected at a wireless headset microphone matches a previously stored user voice spectral template; generating presence information using the usage state; and communicating the presence information to other real-time messaging members. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-readable storage medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to generate presence information based on one or more usage states of a communication headset by a method comprising:
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receiving usage data characterizing the use of a communication headset by a real-time messaging user associated with the headset, comprising receiving data characterizing whether speech detected at a communication headset microphone matches a previously stored user voice spectral template; and using the usage data to generate presence information in a real-time messaging system. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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