MESSAGE INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20160323795A1
• Filed: 04/28/2015
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Braun
• Original Assignee: John Braun
• Inventors: BRAUN, John
• Application Number:
  US14/697,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20160323795A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• 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 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4396 by muting the audio signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/18 for allowing seamless reselection, e.g. soft reselection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A cellular communication device having a processor and a memory, the communication device including a wireless interface unit that transmits and receives communication signals to a second communication device over a wireless network, an application unit operating an application that transmits and receives communication signals from the second communication device over the wireless network, a speaker and a microphone, a switching unit communicatively coupled to the speaker, microphone, application unit and wireless interface unit, wherein, in an assistant mode and in response to a communication request, the application unit transmits an audio communication signal to the second communication device via the switching unit and the wireless interface unit, and the switching unit transfers audio communication signals from the second communication device to the speaker via the wireless interface unit.

Claims

1. A cellular communication device having a processor and a memory, the communication device including:

a wireless interface unit that transmits and receives communication signals to a second communication device over a wireless network;

an application unit operating an application that transmits and receives communication signals from the second communication device over the wireless network;

a speaker and a microphone;

a switching unit communicatively coupled to the speaker, microphone, application unit and wireless interface unit;

wherein,

in an assistant mode and in response to a communication request, the application unit transmits an audio communication signal to the second communication device via the switching unit and the wireless interface unit, and the switching unit transfers audio communication signals from the second communication device to the speaker via the wireless interface unit.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the application unit transmits an audio communication signal that prompts a user of the second communication device with a question.

3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the audio communication signal from the second communication device is simultaneously transmitted to the speaker and the application unit.

4. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the content of the audio communication signal varies based on an identity associated with the second communication device.

5. The communication device of claim 1, wherein a microphone in the communication device is not communicatively connected to the switching unit during the assistant mode.

6. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the assistant mode is disabled by a user of the receiving device after the audio communication signal is transmitted to the speaker.

7. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the microphone is enabled after the assistant mode is disabled.

8. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the speaker is in an external device communicatively connected to the switching unit.

9. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the external device is a headset.

17. The device of claim 1, wherein the speaker is in an external device communicatively connected to the switching unit.

18. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the external device is a headset.

10. A communication device having a processor and a memory, with an application executing in the memory that performs the steps of:

receiving a communication request from a second communication device via a switching unit communicatively coupled to a radio interface unit;

determining whether an assistant mode is active;

transmitting an audio communication signal from the application to the second communication unit via the switching unit and radio interface unit;

receiving an audio communication signal from the second communication device via the radio interface unit; and

transmitting the audio communication signal to a speaker in the communication device via the switching unit.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the audio communication signal from the receiving device prompts a user of the second communication device with a question.

12. The device of claim 10, including the step of simultaneously transmitting the audio communication signal from the second communication device to the speaker and the application unit.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the content of the audio communication signal varies based on an identity associated with the second communication device.

14. The device of claim 10, including the step of disabling a microphone in the receiving device if the device is in the assistant mode.

15. The communication device of claim 10, including the step of prompting a user to disable the assistant mode after the audio communication signal is transmitted to the speaker.

16. The communication device of claim 15, wherein a microphone in the communication device is enabled after the assistant mode is disabled.