DIGITAL VOICE MEMO TRANSFER AND PROCESSING

• US 20140067362A1
• Filed: 09/01/2012
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sarah Hershenhorn
• Original Assignee: Sarah Hershenhorn
• Inventors: Hershenhorn, Sarah
• Granted Patent: US 8,965,759 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30

Abstract

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer programs for transfer of recorded digital voice memos to a computing system and processing of the transferred digital voice memos by the computing system or another computing system are disclosed. A recording device is configured to record a voice memo from a user and store the voice memo. The recording device is also configured to transfer the recorded voice memo to a computing system. The computing system is configured to translate the transferred voice memo into a computer-readable format and parse the translated voice memo. The computing system is also configured to determine a type of software application to which the voice memo pertains via a preamble, a keyword, or a keyphrase in the translated voice memo. The computing system is further configured to create an item in the determined software application based on the translated voice memo.

Claims

1. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program configured to cause at least one processor to:

record a voice memo from a user via a microphone and store the voice memo in memory;

search for a compatible computing system to transfer the recorded voice memo to; and

when the computing system is detected, transfer the recorded voice memo to the computing system.

2. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the computer program is further configured to cause the at least one processor to:

track a time and date that the voice memo was recorded and a length of playing time of the voice memo.

3. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the transfer of the recorded voice memo occurs via a Bluetooth protocol.

4. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the computer program is further configured to cause the at least one processor to search for the compatible computing system by periodically checking whether the computing system is in range.

5. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the computer program is further configured to cause the at least one processor to search for the computing system responsive to manual input.

6. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the computer program is further configured to cause the at least one processor to:

automatically delete the stored voice memo from memory after transferring the voice memo to the computing system.

7. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

translating a voice memo, by a computing system, into a computer-readable format;

parsing, by the computing system, the translated voice memo;

determining, by the computing system, a type of software application to which the voice memo pertains via a preamble, a keyword, or a keyphrase in the translated voice memo; and

creating, by the computing system, an item in the determined software application based on the translated voice memo.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the translation is performed by another computing system.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining, by the computing system, at least one additional keyword or keyphrase pertaining to the item; and

incorporating, by the computing system, content designated by the at least one additional keyword or keyphrase into the item.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the type of the software application comprises an email application, a calendar application, a notepad application, or a reminder application.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

synchronizing, by the computing system, the created item with a corresponding software application on at least one other computing system.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining, by the computing system, whether a special word or phrase precedes a keyword or keyphrase; and

designating, by the computing system, the keyword or keyphrase as general memo content when the special word or phrase precedes the keyword or keyphrase.

13. A system, comprising:

a computing system; and

a recording device, wherein

the recording device is configured to;

record a voice memo from a user and store the voice memo, and

transfer the recorded voice memo to the computing system, and the computing system is configured to;

translate the transferred voice memo into a computer-readable format,

parse the translated voice memo,

determine a type of software application to which the voice memo pertains via a preamble, a keyword, or a keyphrase in the translated voice memo, and

create an item in the determined software application based on the translated voice memo.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the recording device is further configured to search for the computing system in order to transfer the recorded voice memo.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the recording device is further configured to search for the computing system by periodically checking whether the computing system is in range.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the recording device is further configured to automatically delete the stored voice memo after transferring the voice memo to the computing system.

17. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a server configured to perform the translation of the voice memo for the computing system.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the computing system is further configured to:

determine at least one additional keyword or keyphrase pertaining to the item; and

incorporate content designated by the at least one additional keyword or keyphrase into the item.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the computing system is further configured to synchronize the created item with a corresponding software application on at least one other computing system.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the computing system is further configured to:

determine whether a special word or phrase precedes a keyword or keyphrase; and

designate the keyword or keyphrase as general memo content when the special word or phrase precedes the keyword or keyphrase.