Automated digital voice recorder to personal information manager synchronization

• US 7,584,094 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2006
• Issued: 09/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Teplansky, Stephen, Laronne, Shai A.
• Primary Examiner(s): ABEBE, DANIEL DEMELASH
• Application Number:
  US11/545,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20070033051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• Field of Search: 704/201, 704/270, 379/88.22, 379/88.25, 369/30.04, 369/30.07
• US Class Current: 704/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816

Abstract

Apparatus and methods are presented for Automated Digital voice recorder to Personal information manager Synchronization (ADPS) message creation that allow a user to indicate that an ADPS message is to be created, select and ADPS type selection relating the ADPS message to be created to a type of Personal Information. Manager (PIM) application, record audio content for the ADPS message, and create an ADPS message by organizing the ADPS type selection and the audio content into the ADPS message and store the ADPS message in the memory. Apparatus and methods are presented for downloading ADPS messages directly to a target PIM application. Apparatus and methods are presented for uploading configuration modifications and informational lists to the DVR. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract without departing from certain embodiments of the invention.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process of:

receiving at least one voice file containing audio content and related information from a digital voice recorder (DVR);

reading information in the voice file that associates audio content within the voice file with at least one personal information manager (PIM) application executed by the programmed processor, where the at least one PIM application comprises a user productivity enhancing application; and

processing the voice file by transferring the voice file to the at least one PIM application.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, further storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process of:

processing the audio content through at least one enhancement filter to create enhanced audio content prior to transferring the voice file to a PIM application.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 2, further storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process of:

reformatting the voice file along with the enhanced audio content to interface the voice file with a PIM application thereby creating a reformatted voice file.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 3, further storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process of transferring the reformatted voice file to a PIM application.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 4, further storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process of copying the reformatted voice file to a DVR Dedicated Software Application (DSA).

6. The computer readable medium of claim 5, further storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process of sending a command to the DVR instructing the DVR to delete the voice file from the DVR.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6, further creating a log entry to record transferring the reformatted voice file to the PIM application and copying the reformatted voice file to the DVR Dedicated Software Application (DSA).

8. An apparatus for Automated Digital voice recorder to Personal information manager Synchronization (ADPS), comprising:

an interface that receives at least one voice file containing audio content and related information from a digital voice recorder (DVR);

a memory; and

a programmed processor that reads information in the voice file that associates audio content within the voice file with a personal information manager (PIM) application executed by the programmed processor, that processes the voice file by transferring the voice file to at least one PIM application, where the PIM application comprises a user productivity enhancing application.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the programmed processor further stores the voice file in the memory.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the programmed processor processes the audio content using at least one enhancement filter to create enhanced audio content prior to transferring the voice file to a PIM application.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the enhancement filter comprises at least one of a transcription filter, an enhanced audio filter, and a transcoding filter.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the programmed processor:

reformats the voice file to interface the voice file with a PIM application to create a reformatted voice file; and

transfers the reformatted voice file to the PIM application.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the programmed processor copies the reformatted voice file to a DVR Dedicated Software Application (DSA).

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the programmed processor sends a command to the DVR instructing the DVR to delete the voice file from the DVR.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the programmed processor creates a log entry to record transferring the reformatted voice file to the PIM application and copying the reformatted voice file to the DVR Dedicated Software Application (DSA).

16. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the programmed processor copies the voice file to a DVR Dedicated Software Application (DSA).

17. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the programmed processor sends a command to the DVR instructing the DVR to delete the voice file from the DVR.

18. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the programmed processor creates a log entry to record transferring the voice file to the at least one PIM application.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the programmed processor:

stores the voice file in the memory;

processes the audio content through at least one enhancement filter to create enhanced audio content;

reformats the voice file along with the enhanced audio content to interface the voice file with a PIM application to create a reformatted voice file;

transfers the reformatted voice file to a PIM application;

copies the reformatted voice file to a DVR Dedicated Software Application (DSA);

sends a command to the DVR instructing the DVR to delete the voice file from the DVR; and

creates a log entry to record transferring the reformatted voice file to the PIM application and copying the reformatted voice file to the DVR Dedicated Software Application (DSA).

20. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the interface comprises one of a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a serial interface, a parallel interface, an IEEE-1394 compliant interface, an infrared interface, an Ethernet interface, and a wireless interface.

21. An apparatus for Automated Digital voice recorder to Personal information manager Synchronization (ADPS), comprising:

an interface that enables file transfer to a Digital Voice Recorder (DVR); and

a programmed processor that transfers at least one voice file containing audio content and related information from a Personal Information Manager (PIM) application across the interface to the DVR, where the PIM application comprises a user productivity enhancing application.

22. A data structure stored on a computer readable storage medium, comprising:

a segment of data representing a digital voice message; and

a header containing information that defines an association between the digital voice message and a personal information manager (PIM) application, where the PIM application comprises a user productivity enhancing application.

23. The computer readable data structure stored on the computer readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein the header contains a message type field that determines if the digital voice message is an ADPS (Automated Digital voice recorder to Personal information manager Synchronization) message or a non-ADPS message, wherein ADPS messages have an association with a PIM program.

24. The computer readable data structure stored on the computer readable storage medium according to claim 23, wherein, if the digital voice message is designated as an ADPS message, the header contains an ADPS type field that defines a specific PIM program associated with the digital voice message.

25. The computer readable data structure stored on the computer readable storage medium according to claim 24, wherein the specific PIM program comprises at least one of an email program, a schedule program, a task manager program, time management, responsibility tracking, address management, to-do list, and a calendar program.

26. The computer readable data structure stored on the computer readable storage medium according to claim 24, further comprising at least one parameter field containing parameters associated with the specific PIM program.

27. The computer readable data structure stored on the computer readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein the header contains a log field that identifies logged events associated with the digital voice message.