Method and apparatus for programming a voice services system

• US 5,136,631 A
• Filed: 08/20/1990
• Issued: 08/04/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Inventors: Stewart, Jay D., Einhorn, Kenneth H. J.
• Primary Examiner(s): BROWN, THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US07/569,676
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88, 379/89, 379/201, 379/67
• US Class Current: 379/88.22
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems

Abstract

A voice services system (10) uses a pseudo-code stored in a memory associated with a first processing unit (20) to control presentation of the voice services. Under control of the first pseudo-code, a second pseudo-code may be transferred from a second memory (28) to memory associated with a second processing unit to perform telephony control.

Claims

1. A method of programming a voice services system, comprising the steps of:

providing a first pseudo-code in a first memory to control a first processing unit, said first pseudo-code controlling the presentation of the voice services;

storing second pseudo-code in a second memory associated with the first processing unit; and

transferring the second pseudo-code from said second memory to a third memory associated with a second processing unit responsive to said first pseudo-code, said second pseudo-code controlling the second processing unit to perform telephony control.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of providing the first pseudo-code comprises the step of providing a plurality of pseudo-code subroutines.

3. The method of claim 2 and further comprising the step of storing data in said first memory which is retained as said subroutines are stored in said first memory.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of transferring second pseudo-code comprises the step of transferring one or more of a plurality of pseudo-code subroutines stored in said second memory to said third memory responsive to said first pseudo-code.

5. The method of claim 4 and further comprising the step of storing data in said third memory in such a manner that said data is not affected by the transfer of said pseudo-code subroutines from said second memory to said third memory.

6. The method of claim 1 and further comprising the step of providing an interpreter in said first memory to execute said first pseudo-code.

7. The method of claim 6 and further comprising the step of providing an interpreter in said third memory to execute said second pseudo-code.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said first pseudo-code comprises one of a plurality of pseudo-code programs in said first memory, and further comprising the step of multitasking said pseudo-code programs in said first memory.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said first processing unit comprises a microprocessor.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said second processing unit comprises a digital signal processor.

21. The method of claim 2, wherein said plurality of pseudo-code subroutines are independently stored in said first memory.

11. Apparatus for performing voice services, comprising:

a first memory operable to store first pseudo-code to control a first processing unit, said first pseudo-code controlling the presentation of the voice services;

a second memory for storing second pseudo-code, said second memory associated with the first processing unit; and

a second processing unit having an associated third memory, said first processing unit operable to transfer the second pseudo-code from said second memory to said third memory associated with said second processing unit responsive to said first pseudo-code, said second pseudo-code controlling said second processing unit to perform telephony control.

12. The voice services apparatus of claim 11 wherein said first pseudo-code comprises a plurality of pseudo-code subroutines.

13. The voice services apparatus of claim 12 wherein said first memory is operable to store data which is retained as said subroutines are stored in said first memory.

14. The voice services apparatus of claim 11 wherein said second pseudo-code comprises a plurality of pseudo-code subroutines and said first processing unit is operable to transfer one or more of the plurality of pseudo-code subroutines stored in said second memory to said third memory responsive to said first pseudo-code.

15. The voice services apparatus of claim 14 wherein said third memory is operable to store data which is retained as said subroutines are stored in said third memory.

16. The voice services apparatus of claim 11 and wherein said first memory further stores an interpreter to execute said first pseudo-code.

17. The voice services apparatus of claim 16 and wherein said third memory further stores an interpreter in said third memory to execute said second pseudo-code.

18. The voice services apparatus of claim 11 wherein said first pseudo-code comprises one of a plurality of pseudo-code programs in said first memory, and wherein said first memory further stores a multitasking operating system program to allow said first processing unit to multitask said pseudo-code programs in said first memory.

19. The voice services apparatus of claim 11 wherein said first processing unit comprises a microprocessor.

20. The voice services apparatus of claim 11 wherein said second processing unit comprises a digital signal processor.

22. The method of claim 12, wherein said plurality of pseudo-code subroutines are independently stored in said first memory.