METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING VOICE TAGS THROUGH USER OPERATION

• US 20140207466A1
• Filed: 01/22/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: SMADI, Mohammed Nawaf
• Granted Patent: US 9,148,499 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means

Abstract

A method for automatically identifying voice tags on an electronic device. After failure to initiate a communication using a voice input command, the user may then subsequently contact the recipient using an application program of the electronic device. The original audio of the voice input command may be identified as a potential voice tag for the now-identified recipient. The method includes: receiving, through a voice interface program, a voice input command, the voice input command including a command element and a content element; ending the voice interface program without performing the voice input command; receiving, through an application program, a user input which identifies data for executing an application program command; performing the application program command; and identifying audio of the content element as a voice tag associated with the data identified by the user input.

Claims

1. A method for automatically identifying voice tags on an electronic device configured to execute at least a voice interface program and an application program, the method comprising:

receiving, through the voice interface program, a voice input command, the voice input command including a command element and a content element;

ending the voice interface program without performing the voice input command;

receiving, through the application program, a user input which identifies data for executing an application program command;

performing the application program command; and

identifying audio of the content element as a voice tag associated with the data identified by the user input.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content element comprises at least part of a contact name.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the command element comprises a command for initiating a communication.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the application program receives the user input through a visual user interface.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, after ending the voice interface program, automatically opening the application program on the electronic device based on the received command element.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein receiving the user input is unprompted by the voice interface program.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising presenting the identified audio as a potential voice tag to an output interface, and receiving user confirmation through an input interface that the voice tag is to be stored in memory.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising storing the voice tag in the memory in association with the data identified by the user input.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the voice tag is further associated with a type of audio input device used to receive the voice input command.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, after receiving the voice input command, storing the audio of the content element in a memory buffer.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein identifying the audio as the voice tag comprises determining that the application program is associated with the command element.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein ending the voice interface program is caused by failed execution of the voice input command.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user input is received from at least one of a keyboard, mouse, trackball, scrollball, scrollwheel, touch screen, touch pad, and light pen.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor configured to execute at least a voice interface program and an application program;

memory coupled to the processor;

an input interface including an audio input interface; and

an output interface;

the processor further configured to;

receive, through the voice interface program, a voice input command, the voice input command including a command element and a content element,

end the voice interface program without performing the voice input command,

receive, through the application program, a user input which identifies data for executing an application program command,

perform the application program command, and

identify audio of the content element as a voice tag associated with the data identified by the user input.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the content element comprises at least part of a contact name.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the command element comprises a command for initiating a communication.

17. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the application program receives the user input through a visual user interface.

18. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to, after ending the voice interface program, automatically open the application program on the electronic device based on the received command element.

19. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein receiving the user input is unprompted by the voice interface program.

20. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to present the identified audio as a potential voice tag to the output interface, and receive user confirmation through the input interface that the voice tag is to be stored in the memory.

21. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to store the voice tag in the memory in association with the data identified by the user input.

22. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the voice tag is further associated with a type of audio input device used to receive the voice input command.

23. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the memory comprises a memory buffer, wherein the processor is further configured to, after receiving the voice input command, store the audio of the content element in the memory buffer.

24. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein identifying the audio as the voice tag includes the processor determining that the application program is associated with the command element.

25. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, wherein ending the voice interface program is caused by failed execution of the voice input command.

26. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14, further comprising at least one of a keyboard, mouse, trackball, scrollball, scrollwheel, touch screen, touch pad, and light pen for receiving the user input.

27. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor on an electronic device configured to execute at least a voice interface program and an application program, causes the electronic device to:

receive, through the voice interface program, a voice input command, the voice input command including a command element and a content element;

end the voice interface program without performing the voice input command;

receive, through the application program, a user input which identifies data for executing an application program command;

perform the application program command; and

identify audio of the content element as a voice tag associated with the data identified by the user input.