DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING

• US 20090240673A1
• Filed: 03/16/2009
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Nagasaki, Takeshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,751,471 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting

Abstract

There is provided an information processing system comprising a device and a terminal. The device comprises a recording unit to record telephone communication; a voice obtaining unit to obtain voice in response to detection of disconnection from a phone line; a transmission unit to transmit recorded data; a transmission unit to transmit voice data; a reception unit to receive a keyword candidate; a display control unit to display the keyword candidate; a selection unit to select a keyword candidate; and a transmission unit to transmit the selected keyword candidate. The terminal comprises a reception unit to receive the recorded data; a keyword generation unit to generate the keyword candidate based on the voice data; a transmission unit to transmit the keyword candidate; a registration unit to register the keyword candidate as a search keyword while associating the keyword candidate with the recorded data.

Claims

1. An information processing system, comprising:

a device having a telephone function; and

a terminal communicatably connected to the device,

the device comprising;

a recording unit configured to record telephone communication conducted through the telephone function;

a voice obtaining unit configured to obtain voice externally in response to detection of disconnection from a phone line;

a first transmission unit configured to transmit recorded data which is recorded by the recording unit, to the terminal;

a second transmission unit configured to transmit voice data obtained by the voice obtaining unit to the terminal;

a device side reception unit configured to receive keyword candidate data from the terminal;

a display control unit configured to display the received keyword candidate data;

a selection unit configured to select at least one keyword candidate from among the displayed keyword candidate data; and

a third transmission unit configured to transmit the selected at least one keyword candidate to the terminal,

the terminal comprising;

a terminal side reception unit configured to receive the recorded data from the device;

a keyword generation unit configured to generate the keyword candidate data based on the voice data received from the device;

a terminal side transmission unit configured to transmit the generated keyword candidate data to the device;

a registration unit configured to register the at least one keyword candidate received from the device in a content database as a search keyword for searching for the recorded data while associating the received at least one keyword candidate with the recorded data in the content database.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the terminal device comprises a predetermined database storing a plurality of words,

wherein the keyword generation unit is configured to:

extract a word contained in the voice data from the predetermined database;

extract a search keyword including the extracted word from the content database; and

adopt the extracted search keyword as the keyword candidate data to be transmitted to the device.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2,

wherein the keyword generation unit is configured to adopt the word extracted from the predetermined database as the keyword candidate data to be transmitted to the device in response to a fact that no search keyword including the word extracted from the predetermined database is found in the content database.

4. The information processing system according to claim 2,

wherein the keyword generation unit is configured to adopt the word extracted from the predetermined database as well as the search keyword extracted from the content database, as the keyword candidate data to be transmitted to the device.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein the registration unit is configured to register a predetermined keyword in the content database as a search keyword of the recorded data in response to a fact that no keyword candidate is selected through the selection unit.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1,

wherein:

the terminal further comprises a storage unit configured such that in response to a fact that no keyword candidate is selected through the selection unit, the storage unit stores the recorded data for which no keyword candidate is selected while distinguishing the recorded data for which no keyword candidate is selected from the recorded data to which the search keyword has been assigned;

the device further comprises a list display control unit configured to display a list of the recorded data for which no search keyword is registered;

wherein the selection unit selects a piece of recorded data from among the displayed list; and

the registration unit registers a selected keyword selected through the selection unit in the content database, as the search keyword for the piece of recorded data selected through the selection unit.

7. An information processing system, comprising:

a device having a telephone function,

the device comprising;

a recording unit configured to record telephone communication conducted through the telephone function;

a voice obtaining unit configured to obtain voice externally in response to detection of disconnection from a phone line;

a first transmission unit configured to transmit recorded data which is recorded by the recording unit;

a second transmission unit configured to transmit voice data obtained by the voice obtaining unit;

a device side reception unit configured to receive keyword candidate data;

a display control unit configured to display the received keyword candidate data;

a selection unit configured to select at least one keyword candidate from among the displayed keyword candidate data; and

a third transmission unit configured to transmit the selected at least one keyword candidates,

the information processing system further comprising;

a target side reception unit configured to receive the recorded data from the device;

a keyword generation unit configured to generate the keyword candidate data based on the voice data received from the device;

a target side transmission unit configured to transmit the generated keyword candidate data to the device;

a registration unit configured to register the at least one keyword candidate received from the device in a content database as a search keyword for searching for the recorded data while associating the received at least one keyword candidate with the recorded data in the content database.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7, further comprising a first terminal and a second terminal;

wherein;

the target side reception unit and the registration unit are provided in the first terminal; and

the keyword generation unit and the target side transmission unit are provided in the second terminal.

9. The information processing system according to claim 7, further comprising a terminal,

wherein:

the target side reception unit and the registration unit are provided in the terminal; and

the keyword generation unit and the target side transmission unit are provided in the device.

10. An information processing device having a telephone function, comprising:

a recording unit configured to record telephone communication conducted through the telephone function;

a voice obtaining unit configured to obtain voice externally in response to detection of disconnection from a phone line;

a keyword generation unit configured to generate keyword candidate data based on the voice data;

a display control unit configured to display the keyword candidate data;

a selection unit configured to select at least one keyword candidate from among the displayed keyword candidate data; and

a registration unit configured to register the at least one keyword candidate selected through the selection unit in a content database as a search keyword for searching for the recorded data while associating the at least one keyword candidate with the recorded data in the content database.

11. A method to be implemented on an information processing device having a telephone function, comprising the steps of:

recording telephone communication conducted through the telephone function;

obtaining voice externally in response to detection of disconnection from a phone line;

generating keyword candidate data based on the voice data;

displaying the keyword candidate data;

selecting at least one keyword candidate from among the displayed keyword candidate data; and

registering the selected at least one keyword candidate in a content database as a search keyword for searching for the recorded data while associating the at least one keyword candidate with the recorded data in the content database.

12. A computer readable medium having computer readable instruction stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor of an information processing device having a telephone function, configures the processor to perform the steps of:

recording telephone communication conducted through the telephone function;

obtaining voice externally in response to detection of disconnection from a phone line;

generating keyword candidate data based on the voice data;

displaying the keyword candidate data;

selecting at least one keyword candidate from among the displayed keyword candidate data; and

registering the selected at least one keyword candidate in a content database as a search keyword for searching for the recorded data while associating the at least one keyword candidate with the recorded data in the content database.