CONTROLLING MUTE FUNCTION ON TELEPHONE
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a mute function in a telephone device, the method comprising the steps of:
- while the mute function is active, voice recognition software in the telephone device processing sound detected by a microphone in the telephone device to recognize and identify one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, the telephone device activating an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active, wherein the voice recognition software was trained, prior to the sound having been detected, to differentiate the one or more specific words spoken by the specific person from the same one or more specific words spoken by other people.
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Abstract
A telephone device and a method and for controlling a mute function in the telephone device. While the mute function is active, voice recognition software in the telephone device processes sound detected by a microphone in the telephone device to recognize and identify one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, the telephone device activates an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active. The voice recognition software was trained, prior to the sound having been detected, to differentiate the one or more specific words spoken by the specific person from the same one or more specific words spoken by other people.
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1. A method for controlling a mute function in a telephone device, the method comprising the steps of:
while the mute function is active, voice recognition software in the telephone device processing sound detected by a microphone in the telephone device to recognize and identify one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, the telephone device activating an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active, wherein the voice recognition software was trained, prior to the sound having been detected, to differentiate the one or more specific words spoken by the specific person from the same one or more specific words spoken by other people. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer program product for controlling a mute function in a telephone device, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage device in the telephone device and program code stored on the storage device, wherein the program code comprises:
program instructions (i) to process, by voice recognition software while the mute function is active, sound detected by a microphone in the telephone device and (ii) to recognize and identify, while the mute function is active, one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, (iii) to activate, while the mute function is active, an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active, wherein the voice recognition software was trained, prior to the sound having been detected, to differentiate the one or more specific words spoken by the specific person from the same one or more specific words spoken by other people. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A telephone device, comprising:
- a mute function, a microphone for sensing sound reaching the telephone device, a processor, a memory, a computer-readable storage device and program code stored on the storage device for execution by the processor via the memory, wherein the program code comprises;
program instructions (i) to process, by voice recognition software while the mute function is active, sound detected by the microphone in the telephone device and (ii) to recognize and identify, while the mute function is active, one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, (iii) to activate, while the mute function is active, an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active, wherein the voice recognition software was trained, prior to the sound having been detected, to differentiate the one or more specific words spoken by the specific person from the same one or more specific words spoken by other people. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
- a mute function, a microphone for sensing sound reaching the telephone device, a processor, a memory, a computer-readable storage device and program code stored on the storage device for execution by the processor via the memory, wherein the program code comprises;
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