Method and apparatus for enhanced telecommunication interface

• US 20090088140A1
• Filed: 09/27/2007
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. (Atos SE)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. (Atos SE)
• Inventors: Beyda, William J., Caspi, Rami
• Application Number:
  US11/904,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20090088140A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/578 associated with a synthesized vocal announcement
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection

Abstract

A telecommunications system including a telephone including a calling party identification receiver and a peripheral device transceiver; and a headset configured to communication with the telephone via the peripheral device transceiver and configured to deliver calling party identification information to a user as audio information.

Claims

1. A telecommunications system, comprising:

a telephone including a calling party identification receiver and a peripheral device transceiver;

a headset configured to communication with the telephone via the peripheral device transceiver and configured to deliver calling party identification information to a user as audio information.

2. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, said peripheral device transceiver comprising a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver.

3. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, said telephone further including a text-to-speech engine configured to convert calling party identification information from text to speech and transmit speech calling party identification information to the headset.

4. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, said telephone further configured to transmit text calling party identification information to the headset.

5. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 4, said headset further including a text-to-speech engine configured to convert text calling party identification information from text to speech.

6. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, further including an address book at said telephone, said telephone configured to identify a name corresponding to a received calling party identification telephone number and provide said name as said calling party identification information.

7. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, further including an address book at said telephone, said headset configured to identify a name corresponding to a received calling party identification telephone number and receive said name as said calling party identification information.

8. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1, said telephone comprising a cellular telephone.

9. A telecommunications method, comprising:

receiving text-based calling party identification information at a telephone;

converting said text-based calling party identification information to speech; and

delivering calling party identification information as speech to a remote headset associated with the telephone.

10. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 9, said converting including transmitting the text-based calling party identification information to the headset and performing a text-to-speech conversion at said headset.

11. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 9, said converting including converting the text-based calling party identification to speech at the telephone and transmitting the speech-converted calling party identification information to the headset.

12. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 9, said headset comprising a Bluetooth-compatible headset.

13. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 9, further including accessing an address book for a name corresponding to a number received as said text-based calling party identification information.

14. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 13, said accessing an address book for a name corresponding to a number received as said text-based calling party identification information including said headset accessing the telephone for the address book.

15. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 13, said accessing an address book for a name corresponding to a number received as said text-based calling party identification information including said telephone accessing a telephone address book.

16. A telecommunications system including a cellular telephone and a Bluetooth compatible headset, said cellular telephone including a calling party identification unit configured to determine a calling party number, wherein the cellular telephone is configured to provide calling party identification information to the Bluetooth-compatible headset for audio delivery.

17. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 16, wherein the cellular telephone is configured to convert text-based calling party identification information to speech prior to delivery to the headset.

18. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 16, wherein the cellular telephone is configured to provide text-based calling party identification information to the headset and the headset is configured to convert the text to speech prior to delivery to the headset.

19. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 16, further including an address book, wherein the headset is configured to access the address book for a name corresponding to a number received as calling party identification information.

20. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 16, further including an address book, wherein the cellular telephone is configured to access the address book for a name corresponding to a number received as calling party identification information.