Device Independent Text Captioned Telephone Service

• US 20150078537A1
• Filed: 11/25/2014
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kevin R. Colwell, Robert M. Engelke, Troy D. Vitek
• Original Assignee: Kevin R. Colwell, Robert M. Engelke, Troy D. Vitek
• Inventors: Engelke, Robert M., Colwell, Kevin R., Vitek, Troy D.
• Granted Patent: US 10,015,311 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/52
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2473 Telephone terminals interfacing a personal computer, e.g. using an API (Application Programming Interface) details of API H04M7/0021
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2475 for a hearing impaired user
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/14 Delay circuits; Timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42195 Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy H04M3/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42391 where the subscribers are hearing-impaired persons, e.g. telephone devices for the deaf
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

A system and method for presenting caller ID information related to a caption assisted telephone call incorporating a first party Network appliance, a first party telephone service/terminal, and a relay linkable to the first party Network appliance via the Internet.

Claims

1. A system for presenting caller ID information related to a caption assisted telephone call, the system comprising:

(a) at least a first party Network appliance that includes a Network appliance display;

(b) a first party telephone service;

(c) a relay linkable to the first party Network appliance via the Internet, the relay including a processor and programmed to notify the first party that a second party is attempting to communicate with the first party by, when a second party links to the relay to commence a communication with the first party via the first party telephone service and the first party Network appliance, presenting both relay service identifying information and second party identifying information to the first party via at least one of the first party network appliance and the first party telephone service.