Hands-Free System and Method for Retrieving and Processing Phonebook Information from a Wireless Phone in a Vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for creating a phonebook for a hands-free telephone system in a vehicle using phonebook entries retrieved from a remote phonebook of a wireless phone over a wireless communication link between a control module of the hands-free telephone system and the wireless phone, the method comprising:
- receiving a remote phonebook from the wireless phone, the remote phonebook including a plurality of entries, each entry including text data and numeric data;
identifying the text data in each entry;
generating an acoustic baseform for each entry based on the text data for each entry;
storing the acoustic baseform for each entry in a baseform list; and
storing the plurality of entries in a mobile phonebook associated with the baseform list.
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Abstract
A method is provided for creating a phonebook for a hands-free telephone system in a vehicle using phonebook entries retrieved from a remote phonebook of a mobile phone over a wireless communication link between a control module of the hands-free telephone system and the mobile phone. The method includes receiving a remote phonebook from the mobile phone, the remote phonebook including a plurality of entries, each entry including text data and numeric data, identifying the text data in each entry, generating an acoustic baseform for each entry based on the text data for each entry, storing the acoustic baseform for each entry in a baseform list, and storing the plurality of entries in a mobile phonebook associated with the baseform list.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for creating a phonebook for a hands-free telephone system in a vehicle using phonebook entries retrieved from a remote phonebook of a wireless phone over a wireless communication link between a control module of the hands-free telephone system and the wireless phone, the method comprising:
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receiving a remote phonebook from the wireless phone, the remote phonebook including a plurality of entries, each entry including text data and numeric data; identifying the text data in each entry; generating an acoustic baseform for each entry based on the text data for each entry; storing the acoustic baseform for each entry in a baseform list; and storing the plurality of entries in a mobile phonebook associated with the baseform list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A hands-free telephone system in a vehicle for retrieving phonebook entries from a wireless phone over a communication link, the system comprising:
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a communication module for establishing a wireless communication link with the wireless phone, the communication module being configured to receive a plurality of entries of a remote phonebook from the wireless phone, wherein each of the entries includes text data and numeric data; a data processing module coupled to the communication module, the data processing module being configured to identify the text data of each entry and generate a phonemic representation of the text data of each entry; and a memory module configured to store the plurality of entries received from the remote phonebook and the phonemic representation of the text data of each of the plurality of entries. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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