Method and apparatus for automated voice dialing setup

• US 7,636,426 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2005
• Issued: 12/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unify Patente GmbH & Co. KG (Atos Se)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Communications Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Korah, Sarah, Vuong, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US11/201,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20070041521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,595 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.13, 379/88.14, 379/207.14, 379/88.01, 379/88.03, 379/88.19, 379/142.01, 369/29.01, 455/557, 455/563, 455/412.1, 455/415, 455/466, 455/575.1, 704/270.1, 704/275, 704/231, 704/236
• US Class Current: 379/88.14
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/553 Data upload
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42204 Arrangements at the exchange for service or number selection by voice at the terminal H04M1/27

Abstract

A telecommunications device includes a voice dialer and a text-to-speech engine. The text-to-speech engine is configured to convert at least a portion of a user contact list information to speech and the voice dialer is configured to receive an audio input and perform a voice recognition, comparing said audio input to converted user contact list information.

Claims

1. A method for use in a telecommunication system, comprising:

providing contact information to a text-to-speech engine incorporated in a wireless telephony device;

using said text-to-speech engine to generate an audio file of at least some of said contact list information;

storing the audio file in a memory; and

providing said stored audio file to a voice recognition unit for use in determining if a voice input corresponding to said stored audio file has been received.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said using said text-to-speech engine comprises using said text-to-speech engine at said wireless telephony device.

3. The method in accordance with claim 2, further including speaking contact information into said wireless telephony device to make a voice call.

4. The method in accordance with claim 3, wherein said wireless telephony device is a cellular telephone.

8. The telecommunications system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said wireless telephony device is a cellular telephone.

14. The method in accordance with claim 1 wherein said contact information comprises a contact list including at least one contact name and at least one telephone number.

15. The method in accordance with claim 14 wherein said using said text-to-speech engine to generate an audio file of at least some of said contact information comprises batch-converting the contact list to generate multiple audio files.

5. A telecommunications system, comprising:

a text-to-speech engine for performing a text-to-speech conversion of contact information to generate at least one audio file, wherein said text-to-speech engine is incorporated in a wireless telephony device;

a memory for storing the audio file; and

a voice dialer configured to receive a voice input and perform a voice recognition on said voice input using the stored audio file generated by said text-to-speech engine.

6. The telecommunications system in accordance with claim 5, wherein said voice dialer is incorporated in the wireless telephony device.

7. The telecommunications system in accordance with claim 5, wherein said wireless telephony device is a cellular telephone.

9. A wireless telephony device including a voice dialer and a text-to-speech engine, wherein the text-to-speech engine is configured to convert at least a portion of a user contact list information to an audio file and store the audio file in a memory, and said voice dialer is configured to receive a voice input and perform a voice recognition, comparing said voice input to the stored audio file.

10. The wireless telephony device in accordance with claim 9, further including a cellular transceiver.

11. The wireless telephony device in accordance with claim 9, said telecommunications device further including an interface for receiving contact list information.

12. The wireless telephony device in accordance with claim 11, configured to receive said contact list information from a personal computer.

13. The wireless telephony device in accordance with claim 12, comprising a cellular telephone.

16. The method in accordance with claim 9 wherein said text-to-speech engine is further configured to batch-convert the contacts list information to generate multiple audio files.