User profile based speech to text conversion for visual voice mail

• US 8,509,399 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2012
• Issued: 08/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson M., Evora, Robert Z.
• Primary Examiner(s): ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K
• Application Number:
  US13/626,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20130023287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 321 Days
• Field of Search: 379 8804- 8823, 704/235, 704/251, 704/270, 704/260, 704/275, 709/206, 4554121-466
• US Class Current: 379/88.23
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Messages in a message system are converted from one format to another format in accordance with preferred message formats and/or conditions. Message formats can include text messages, multimedia messages, visual voicemail messages, and/or other audio/visual messages. Based on conditions such as recipient device location or velocity and a preferred message format a message can be converted into an appropriate transmission format and transmitted and/or communicated to the recipient in its appropriate format (e.g., text, multimedia, audio, etc. . . . ).

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, on a network messaging device, a user preference indicative of being received from a recipient wireless communications device, the user preference comprising a message size;

receiving, on a network messaging device, a first message intended for delivery to the recipient wireless communications device;

determining, on the network messaging device, a first size of the first message;

determining, on the network messaging device, a transmission format of a converted message associated with the first message based on a comparison of the first size of the first message to the message size of the user preference;

generating the converted message on the network messaging device by converting the first message to the transmission format; and

transmitting the converted message from the network messaging device to the recipient wireless communications device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first size of the first message comprises determining a temporal length of the first message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first size of the first message comprises determining a quantity of alphanumeric characters in the first message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining at least one of a location or a velocity of the recipient wireless communications device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the transmission format of the converted message is further based on at least one of the location or the velocity of the recipient wireless communications device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the converted message further comprises:

determining personal communication information of the first message; and

including an interactive link that highlights the personal communication information in the converted message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

when the personal communication information comprises a telephone number, the telephone number is dialed when the interactive link is activated on the recipient wireless communications device; and

when the personal communication information comprises an address, directions to the address are displayed when the interactive link is activated on the recipient wireless communications device.

8. A network messaging device comprising:

a memory comprising computer instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein, when executing the computer instructions, the processor effectuates operations comprising;

receiving a user preference indicative of being received from a recipient wireless communications device, the user preference comprising a message size;

receiving a first message intended for delivery to the recipient wireless communications device;

determining a first size of the first message;

determining a transmission format of a converted message associated with the first message based on a comparison of the first size of the first message to the message size of the user preference;

generating the converted message by converting the first message to the transmission format; and

transmitting the converted message to the recipient wireless communications device.

9. The network messaging device of claim 8, wherein the operation of determining the first size of the first message comprises determining a temporal length of the first message.

10. The network messaging device of claim 9, wherein the operation of determining the first size of the first message comprises determining a quantity of alphanumeric characters in the first message.

11. The network messaging device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise determining at least one of a location or a velocity of the recipient wireless communications device.

12. The network messaging device of claim 11, wherein the operation of determining the transmission format of the converted message is further based on at least one of the location or the velocity of the recipient wireless communications device.

13. The network messaging device of claim 9, wherein the operation of generating the converted message further comprises:

determining personal communication information of the first message; and

including an interactive link that highlights the personal communication information in the converted message.

14. The network messaging device of claim 13, wherein:

when the personal communication information comprises a telephone number, the telephone number is dialed when the interactive link is activated on the recipient wireless communications device; and

when the personal communication information comprises an address, directions to the address are displayed when the interactive link is activated on the recipient wireless communications device.

15. A computer-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

receiving a user preference indicative of being received from a recipient wireless communications device, the user preference comprising a message size;

receiving a first message intended for delivery to the recipient wireless communications device;

determining a first size of the first message;

determining a transmission format of a converted message associated with the first message based on a comparison of the first size of the first message to the message size of the user preference;

generating the converted message by converting the message to the transmission format; and

transmitting the converted message to the recipient wireless communications device.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operation of determining the first size of the first message comprises determining a temporal length of the first message.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operation of determining the first size of the first message comprises determining a quantity of alphanumeric characters in the first message.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, further comprising the operation of determining at least one of a location or a velocity of the recipient wireless communications device.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the operation of determining the transmission format of the converted message is further based on at least one of the location or the velocity of the recipient wireless communications device.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operation of generating the converted message further comprises:

determining personal communication information of the first message; and

including an interactive link that highlights the personal communication information in the converted message, wherein;

when the personal communication information comprises a telephone number, the telephone number is dialed when the interactive link is activated on the recipient wireless communications device; and

when the personal communication information comprises an address, directions to the address are displayed when the interactive link is activated on the recipient wireless communications device.