Cordless phone system with speech recognition alarm

• US 6,373,374 B1
• Filed: 02/28/2001
• Issued: 04/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens Information And Communication Mobile LLC (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Information And Communication Mobile LLC (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Siemens, Gerhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Lefkowitz, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Goins, Davetta W.
• Application Number:
  US09/796,882
• Time in Patent Office: 412 Days
• Field of Search: 340/309.15, 340/692, 340/7.1, 340/825.72, 381/41, 381/110, 367/197, 367/198, 367/199, 368/1, 368/10, 368/12, 368/13, 368/243, 368/244, 455/412, 455/413, 455/414, 455/463, 455/466, 455/79, 455/563, 455/404, 455/426, 455/556, 455/555, 700/94
• US Class Current: 340/309.8
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/02 at preselected times, e.g. alarm clocks
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/06 using voice
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line

Abstract

A method for transmitting an alarm over a cordless broadcast system having a base station in communication with a mobile unit and a computer. The computer includes a speech recognition system. The method includes requesting an alarm setting for a specified time with a voice command at the mobile unit and storing the requested alarm setting in the computer. The alarm is broadcast at the specified time to the mobile unit.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting an alarm over a cordless broadcast system having a base station in communication with a mobile unit and a computer, the computer including a speech recognition system, the method comprising:

requesting an alarm setting for a specified time with a voice command at the mobile unit;

storing the requested alarm setting in the computer; and

broadcasting the alarm at the specified time to the mobile unit.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile unit is a cordless telephone and the base station is in communication with a phone network.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving a phone call on the mobile unit.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising placing the mobile unit in a broadcast receiving mode at the specified time.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising setting the base station to a broadcast mode at the specified time.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein requesting an alarm setting further comprises requesting an audio signal for the alarm.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein requesting an audio signal comprises requesting streaming audio.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein requesting an audio signal comprises requesting a live audio broadcast from the Internet.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein requesting an audio signal comprises requesting a prerecorded file.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the prerecorded file is a WAV file stored on the computer.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the broadcast system comprises a plurality of mobile units.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein each of said plurality of mobile units has a specific mobile unit identifier.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein requesting an alarm setting comprises specifying the mobile unit identifier.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein broadcasting the alarm comprises transmitting the alarm to two or more of said plurality of mobile units.

15. An alarm system for use in a cordless broadcast system, comprising:

a plurality of mobile units;

a base station operable to broadcast an audio alarm signal to said plurality of mobile units; and

a computer coupled to the base station and having a speech recognition system configured to recognize speech commands to enter an alarm setting, the computer operable to store said alarm setting and initiate a broadcast of the alarm from the base station to a specified mobile unit.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the base station is in communication with a telephone network and said plurality of mobile units are cordless telephones.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the base station includes a controller operable to select a channel to transmit the alarm and select a channel for receiving a phone call.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein the alarm setting includes a selected audio signal.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the selected audio signal is a streaming audio signal.

20. The system of claim 18 wherein the selected audio signal is a live audio broadcast from the Internet.

21. The system of claim 18 wherein the selected audio signal is a prerecorded file.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the prerecorded file is a WAV file stored on the computer.

23. The system of claim 15 wherein each of said plurality of mobile units has a specific mobile unit identifier.

24. The system of claim 15 wherein the alarm setting includes the mobile unit identifier.