Vehicle-Based Message Control Using Cellular IP

• US 20130282375A1
• Filed: 06/14/2013
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Henry, Coulter C. Jr., Gazzard, Daryl
• Granted Patent: US 9,478,215 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Architecture for playing back personal text-based messages such as email and voicemail over a vehicle-based media system. The user can use a cell phone that registers over a cellular network to an IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) to obtain an associated IP address. The personal messages are then converted into audio signals using a remote text-to-voice (TTV) converter and transmitted to the phone based on the IP address. The phone then transmits the audio signals to the vehicle media system for playback using an unlicensed wireless technology (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.). Other alternative embodiments include transmitting converted message directly to the media system, via a satellite channel, converting the messages via a TTV converter on the cell phone, and streaming the converted messages to the phone and/or the media system for playback.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a text-to-audio converter component, from an internet protocol multimedia system being distinct from and in communication with the text-to-audio converter component, a registration request relating to a mobile communication device, the registration request being received following an association, by the internet protocol multimedia system, of an internet protocol address with the mobile communication device;

associating the internet protocol address with the text-to-audio converter component;

receiving, by the text-to-audio converter component, a text-based communication from the internet protocol multimedia system; and

converting, by the text-to-audio converter component, the text-based communication to an audio message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the text-to-audio converter component is included in the mobile communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising transmitting the audio message to a vehicle media system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the text-to-audio converter component is remote to the mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising transmitting the audio message to the mobile communication device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the mobile communication device transmits the audio message a vehicle media system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the internet protocol multimedia system, a subscribe request; and

transmitting, to the internet protocol multimedia system, a subscription notice confirming subscription of the text-to-audio converter component.

8. A text-to-audio converter system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving, from an internet protocol multimedia system being separate from and in communication with the text-to-audio converter system, a registration request including an internet protocol address associated, by the internet protocol multimedia system, with a mobile communication device;

associating the internet protocol address with the text-to-audio converter system;

receiving a text-based communication from the internet protocol multimedia system; and

converting the text-based communication to an audio message.

9. The text-to-audio converter system of claim 8, wherein the text-to-audio converter system is included in the mobile communication device.

10. The text-to-audio converter system of claim 9, wherein the mobile communication device transmits the audio message to a vehicle media system.

11. The text-to-audio converter system of claim 8, wherein the text-to-audio converter system is remote to the mobile communication device.

12. The text-to-audio converter system of claim 11, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to perform transmitting the audio message to the mobile communication device.

13. The text-to-audio converter system claim 12, wherein the mobile communication device transmits the audio message a vehicle media system.

14. The text-to-audio converter system of claim 8, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to perform:

receiving, from the internet protocol multimedia system, a subscribe request; and

transmitting, to the internet protocol multimedia system, a subscription notice confirming subscription of the text-to-audio converter system.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device, for use in a text-to-audio converter component, comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from an internet protocol multimedia system being separate from and in communication with the text-to-audio converter component, a registration request including an internet protocol address associated, by the internet protocol multimedia system, with a mobile communication device;

associating the internet protocol address with the text-to-audio converter component;

receiving a text-based communication from the internet protocol multimedia system; and

converting the text-based communication to an audio message.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the text-to-audio converter component is included in the mobile communication device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the mobile communication device transmits the audio message to a vehicle media system.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the text-to-audio converter component is remote to the mobile communication device, and the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to perform transmitting the audio message to the mobile communication device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the mobile communication device transmits the audio message a vehicle media system.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to perform:

receiving, from the internet protocol multimedia system, a subscribe request; and

transmitting, to the internet protocol multimedia system, a subscription notice confirming subscription of the text-to-audio converter component.