Hands-free system and method for retrieving and processing phonebook information from a wireless phone in a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for creating a phonebook for a hands-free telephone system in a vehicle using phonebook entries retrieved from a remote phonebook of a wireless phone over a wireless communication link between a control module of the hands-free telephone system and the wireless phone, the method comprising:
- receiving a remote phonebook from the wireless phone, the remote phonebook including a plurality of entries, each entry including text data, a location identifier, and numeric data;
identifying the text data and the location identifier in each entry;
consolidating entries with like text data and different location identifiers;
generating an acoustic baseform for each entry based on the text data for each entry and the location identifier for each entry, wherein the acoustic baseform is configured to facilitate speech recognition of a spoken phrase comprising the text data and the location identifier, wherein the consolidation occurs prior to the generating step such that the generation of an acoustic baseform of the text data is not repeated for a single phonebook contact associated with multiple locations;
storing the acoustic baseform for each entry in a baseform list; and
storing the plurality of entries in a mobile phonebook associated with the baseform list.
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Abstract
A method is provided for creating a phonebook for a hands-free telephone system in a vehicle using phonebook entries retrieved from a remote phonebook of a mobile phone over a wireless communication link between a control module of the hands-free telephone system and the mobile phone. The method includes receiving a remote phonebook from the mobile phone, the remote phonebook including a plurality of entries, each entry including text data and numeric data, identifying the text data in each entry, generating an acoustic baseform for each entry based on the text data for each entry, storing the acoustic baseform for each entry in a baseform list, and storing the plurality of entries in a mobile phonebook associated with the baseform list.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for creating a phonebook for a hands-free telephone system in a vehicle using phonebook entries retrieved from a remote phonebook of a wireless phone over a wireless communication link between a control module of the hands-free telephone system and the wireless phone, the method comprising:
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receiving a remote phonebook from the wireless phone, the remote phonebook including a plurality of entries, each entry including text data, a location identifier, and numeric data; identifying the text data and the location identifier in each entry; consolidating entries with like text data and different location identifiers; generating an acoustic baseform for each entry based on the text data for each entry and the location identifier for each entry, wherein the acoustic baseform is configured to facilitate speech recognition of a spoken phrase comprising the text data and the location identifier, wherein the consolidation occurs prior to the generating step such that the generation of an acoustic baseform of the text data is not repeated for a single phonebook contact associated with multiple locations; storing the acoustic baseform for each entry in a baseform list; and storing the plurality of entries in a mobile phonebook associated with the baseform list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A hands-free telephone system in a vehicle for retrieving phonebook entries from a wireless phone over a communication link, the system comprising:
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a communication module for establishing a wireless communication link with the wireless phone, the communication module being configured to receive a plurality of entries of a remote phonebook from the wireless phone, wherein each of the entries includes text data, a location identifier, and numeric data; a data processing module coupled to the communication module, the data processing module being configured to identify the text data of each entry and to identify the location identifier of each entry, wherein the data processing module is further configured to consolidate entries with like text data and different location identifiers; wherein the data processing module is further configured to generate a phonemic representation of the text data and location identifier of each entry, wherein the data processing module is configured to conduct the consolidation prior to the generating step such that the generation of an acoustic baseform of the text data is not repeated for a single phonebook contact associated with multiple locations; and a memory module configured to store the plurality of entries received from the remote phonebook and the phonemic representation of the text data of each of the plurality of entries. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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