Speech and text messaging system with distributed speech recognition and speaker database transfers

• US 6,067,516 A
• Filed: 05/09/1997
• Issued: 05/23/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Unify Inc. (Atos SE)
• Original Assignee: Communication Networks, Inc., Siemens Information
• Inventors: Levay, Robert Joseph, King, Neal J., Sassin, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Hudspeth, David R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZINTEL, HAROLD ALBERT
• Application Number:
  US08/853,977
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: 704/235, 704/270, 704/260, 704/221, 704/222, 704/223, 704/231, 704/246, 704/251, 704/244, 379/456, 379/900
• US Class Current: 704/244
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• 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 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• 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: Y10S 379/90 Internet, e.g. Internet phone, webphone, internet-based telephony

Abstract

A system for automatically storing a message comprises a first telecommunication device for transmitting and/or receiving an audio message to a second telecommunication device. Both devices are coupled through a first network for transmitting and receiving telephone calls. A first data processing system with a speaker dependent data base and a second data processing system are provided, both are coupled through a second network for data communication. The first data processing system is coupled with the first telecommunication device and the second data processing system is coupled with the second telecommunication device. At least the first data processing system has a speech recognition system, the second telecommunication device has a control unit which generates a signal after receiving the audio message from said first telecommunication device and has a compare unit. Upon generating the signal the second data processing system converts the audio message into digital data and the compare unit compares the size of the digital data with the size of the data base, whichever is smaller is sent to the other data processing system, which converts the digital data into a text file.

Claims

1. A system for automatically storing a message comprising:

a first telecommunication device for transmitting and/or receiving an audio message to a second telecommunication device, both devices being coupled through a first network for transmitting and receiving telephone calls, a first data processing system with a speaker dependent data base and a second data processing system, both being coupled through a second network for data communication, said first data processing system being coupled with said first telecommunication device and said second data processing system being coupled with said second telecommunication device, at least said first data processing system having a speech recognition system, said second telecommunication device having a control unit which generates a signal after receiving said audio message from said first telecommunication device and having a compare unit, upon generating said signal said second data processing system converting said audio message into digital data and said compare unit comparing the size of said digital data with the size of the data base, whichever is smaller being sent to the other data processing system, which converts the digital data into a text file.

2. A system for automatically storing an audio message according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said telephone sets is formed within one of said data processing systems.