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DEVICE INDEPENDENT TEXT CAPTIONED TELEPHONE SERVICE

  • US 20170187873A1
  • Filed: 01/05/2016
  • Published: 06/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication system, comprising:

  • an appliance including a display configured to display text captions corresponding to voice communications between a mobile wireless device and a hearing user'"'"'s device that is located remotely from the appliance to enable an assisted user using the mobile device to participate in communication sessions with a hearing user using the hearing user'"'"'s device, wherein the appliance has a specific appliance network address and the mobile device is associated with a specific device address that is different than the appliance network address and wherein the appliance is independent of the mobile device, the appliance comprising;

    at least one communication component configured to enable the appliance to communicate with a relay;

    a display; and

    a processor operably coupled to the at least one communication component and the display, the processor configured to;

    without physically connecting the mobile device to the appliance and without acoustically coupling the mobile device to the appliance, enable the assisted user to establish an association between the appliance and the mobile device;

    while the mobile device is used by the assisted user to communicate via voice signals with the hearing user'"'"'s device, receive text originating at the relay, the text corresponding to a transcript of the hearing user'"'"'s voice signal originating at the hearing user'"'"'s device, wherein the text signal is received from the relay; and

    cause text captions corresponding to the received text to be displayed on the display.

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