A TELEPHONE USING A CONNECTION NETWORK FOR PROCESSING DATA REMOTELY FROM THE TELEPHONE
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Abstract
A system of connection between computers. First and second computers are connected over a network. The network preferably uses an existing channel, such as a wireless connection or a telephone line. The first computer may be a PDA or a cell phone. One aspect may take speech into the telephone, send it over the network connection to the second computer, where it is recognized, and return the recognized speech to the first computer.
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30 Claims
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11. A method, comprising:
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detecting an incoming telephone call; detecting a name that is spoken by a caller and automatically recognizing the name; preventing a plurality of telephones from ringing if said recognized name is not on a predetermined list, otherwise allowing said plurality of telephones to ring; and wherein said preventing comprises allowing some, but not all, of said telephones to ring, and preventing others of said telephones from ringing.
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12. (canceled)
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13. A system, comprising:
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a first electronically operated device, receiving a voice to be recognized; and said first electronically operated device including a connection to a network that extends between said first electronically operated device and a second computer, wherein said first -electronically operated device operates to receive said voice to be recognized, and to send information indicative of said voice to be recognized over said network, and receive a document that includes text that represents a result of recognizing said voice to be recognized, and where said text in said document represents only said voice having been recognized by the second computer and does not include results of recognizing any other voice. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 17, 18, 27, 28)
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16. (canceled)
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19. A system, comprising:
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a first electronic device, having a microphone, and capable of communicating sound received by said microphone; a computer, remote from said first electronic device; said first electronic device and said computer having connection capability parts that allow forming a connection between said first electronic device and said computer, said connection using a protocol which does not require a dedicated wire connection between said first electronic device and said computer, said connection operative to allow data received from said microphone to be sent from said first electronic device to said computer for processing said data, to produce voice recognized text that is based on only on said data and not on any voices other than those included in said data, and to return said voice recognized text from said computer to said first electronic device, wherein said data is spoken voice requests, said computer recognizes said spoken voice and returns said voice recognized text in a document that represents only said spoken voice to said first electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 29)
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24. A telephone system, comprising:
a computer, having a connection capability part that allow forming a connection to a remote part, said connection using a protocol which does not require a dedicated wire connection, said connection operative to allow voice data to be received, to recognize said voice data to produce voice recognition information that is based on said voice data, where said voice data includes only a single voice, and said voice recognition data is based only on said single voice and to return processed information to the remote part, said processed information including document information that is representative of said voice recognition information, and in a form that allows said voice recognition information to be displayed as words that represent said voice data, on said remote part. - View Dependent Claims (25, 30)
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