Mobile keyless telephone instruments and wireless telecommunications system having voice dialing and voice programming capabilities

• US 6,917,802 B1
• Filed: 05/17/2001
• Issued: 07/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dot 23 Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Francine Berry
• Inventors: Nilsson, Byard G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perez-Gutierrez, Rafael
• Application Number:
  US09/860,992
• Time in Patent Office: 1,517 Days
• Field of Search: 455/405, 455/406, 455/407, 455/408, 455/409, 455/569.1, 455/567, 455/563, 455/418, 455/419, 455/403, 455/410, 455/411, 379/88.01, 379/88.02, 379/88.03, 379/88.04, 704/231, 704/246, 704/275
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0285 Pen-type handsets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0287 being disposable or recyclable
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/00 Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems using a coded card to authorise calls from a telephone set H04M1/675
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/005 Disposable prepaid communication devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/026 Constructional features
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/20 with provision for recharging the prepaid account or card, or for credit establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42204 Arrangements at the exchange for service or number selection by voice at the terminal H04M1/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A telecommunication system incorporates individual station instruments simplified by wireless operation, voice dialing, prepaid and custom-programmed operating characteristics, all enabled by cooperative operation with supporting central equipment. Wireless operation of the central equipment involves a multiple port wireless platform along with other units for interfacing a multitude of mobile station instruments simultaneously for interactive audio communication to: program the operating characteristics as with respect to language, out call, anti-fraud and available data, as well as to regulate, control, monitor and record operations of the instruments, and bridge communication with selected remote terminals through the public switched telephone network. Message capability, rapid dialing, emergency abort to an operator station and security features supplement the basic system.

Claims

1. A wireless telephone system for communicating with remote telephone terminals through a public switched telephone network, comprising:

a plurality of mobile keyless telephone instruments;

at least one central station for communication with the mobile keyless telephone instruments to interface the mobile keyless telephone instruments with the public switched telephone network for communication with remote telephone terminals, the central station including;

a voice generator for providing voice cues to individual mobile keyless telephone instruments;

a speech recognition unit for receiving spoken number signals from the mobile keyless telephone instruments and converting the spoken number signals into program signals and dial-up signals for actuating the public switched telephone network to attain communication with remote telephone terminals;

a control unit for driving the voice generator and the speech recognition unit in accordance with stored program signals to cue for spoken number signals from the keyless telephone instruments to provide dial-up signals for attaining communication with remote telephone terminals and while in programming communication with an individual mobile keyless telephone instrument to convert the spoken number signals to provide program signals for individual operation of the central station in communicating with the individual mobile keyless telephone instrument; and

a memory for storing the program signals for individual mobile keyless telephone instruments, including program signals directed to the individual programs for the operation of the central station in communicating with the individual mobile keyless telephone instruments.

2. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes acceptance of incoming call control signals.

3. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes rejection of incoming call control signals.

4. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes location tracking control signals.

5. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes voice translation control signals.

6. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes keyword dialing control signals.

7. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes time limitation control signals.

8. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes area limitation control signals.

9. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes use limitation control signals.

10. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes word dialing control signals.

11. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes anti-fraud control signals.

12. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes message control signals.

13. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes language data.

14. A system according to claim 1 wherein the stored control signals directed to the individual programs includes voice data.

15. A system for accommodating a plurality of keyless mobile telephone instruments, to communicate with remote telephone terminals through a public switched telephone network, comprising:

a mobile wireless telephone platform for interfacing the keyless mobile telephone instruments;

a memory for storing cues to be transmitted to the keyless mobile telephone instruments to prompt for operating instructions for individual keyless mobile telephone instruments and for storing audio signals representative of spoken-word operating instruction signals from individual keyless mobile telephone instruments;

a speech recognition unit for converting audio signals to number signals in the forms of programming signals and dial-up signals; and

a control unit operative during programming operations of a keyless mobile telephone instrument;

to selectively actuate the platform to transmit programming cue signals from the memory to keyless mobile telephone instruments and to receive resulting audio program signals, to actuate the speech recognition unit to convert audio program signals to number programming signals, to actuate the memory to store the number programming signals as operating instructions, and operative during dial-up operations of a keyless mobile telephone instrument to selectively actuate the platform to receive audio dial-up signals from the keyless mobile telephone instrument, to actuate the speech recognition unit to convert audio dial-up signals to number dialing signals and to bridge the keyless mobile telephone instrument to a remote terminal in accordance with the number dialing signals.

16. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to acceptance of incoming call control data.

17. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to rejection of incoming call control data.

18. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to keyword dialing control data.

19. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to time limitation control data.

20. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to area limitation control data.

21. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to word dialing control data.

22. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to translation control data.

23. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to anti-fraud control data.

24. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to location tracking control data.

25. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to limitation control data.

26. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to message control data.

27. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to language data.

28. A system according to claim 15 wherein the number programming signals include number programming signals relating to voice data.

29. A process for interfacing a plurality of keyless mobile telephone instruments to accommodate telephonic transactions, as communication with remote telephone terminals through the public switched telephone network, including the steps of:

receiving identification signals from a keyless mobile telephone instrument on preliminary use thereof to initiate at least one programming operation for a keyless mobile telephone instrument;

prompting the keyless mobile telephone instrument for programming data relating to operating instructions for the use of the keyless mobile telephone instrument;

receiving voice word programming data from the keyless mobile telephone instrument;

storing the voice word programming data for controlling the operation of the keyless mobile telephone instrument;

receiving identification signals from a keyless mobile telephone instrument on dial-up use thereof to initiate a telephonic transaction;

receiving voice word transaction data from the keyless mobile telephone instrument to accomplish a telephonic transaction in accordance with the stored programming for the keyless mobile telephone instrument.

30. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to acceptance of incoming call control data.

31. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to rejection of incoming call control data.

32. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to keyword dialing control data.

33. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to location tracking control data.

34. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to time limitation control data.

35. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to area limitation control data.

36. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to word dialing control data.

37. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to translation control data.

38. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to limitation control data.

39. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to anti-fraud control data.

40. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to message control data.

41. A process according to claim 29 wherein the voice programming data relates to voice data.