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Internet protocol text relay for hearing impaired users

  • US 8,526,581 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2010
  • Issued: 09/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for communication, comprising:

  • a transceiving device for registering a telephone user for voice transcribing services based on user information received by the transceiving device through a website, and upon registration, the transceiving device is capable of automatically connecting to a telephone of the registered user via an IP connection, wherein the user information comprises a user primary telephone number and the transceiving device assigns a telephone number to the registered user telephone that is matched to the user primary telephone number,and the transceiving device is also capable of automatically establishing telephone calls originated by the registered user telephone and telephone calls originated by another telephone calling the registered user telephone wherebyin establishing a telephone call between the registered user telephone and another telephone in which the transceiving device is connected to the registered telephone via an IP connection, the transceiving device provides caller id information of the other telephone to the registered user telephone and provides caller id information of the registered user telephone to the other telephone, and after having established the telephone call and during the established telephone call between the telephones in which the transceiving device is connected to the registered user telephone via an IP connection, the transceiving device relays voice communications between the registered telephone and the other telephone, and further the transceiving device transcribes voice communications from the other telephone into text and transmits such text along with the voice communications from the other telephone to the registered user telephone via the IP connection.

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