Integrating a cellular phone with a speech-enabled softphone
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- establishing via a personal area network i) a first connection between a first telecommunications device and a headset device, wherein the first connection is configured to support telephony, and ii) a second connection between the first telecommunications device and a second telecommunications device;
receiving, at the first telecommunications device via the personal area network, an indication that the second telecommunications device is handling a first telephone call;
receiving, at the first telecommunications device from the headset device, i) a control signal generated by the headset device as the result of an actuation of an answer/end-call button at the headset device, followed by ii) a voice signal that conveys an utterance made by a user of the headset device, wherein the utterance is a command directed at the second telecommunications device, and wherein the voice signal is conveyed via a pairing of the headset device to the first telecommunications device then via a pairing of the first telecommunications device to the second telecommunications device;
invoking, at the first telecommunications device, a speech-recognition function to recognize the command in the utterance received, based on the receiving of i) the indication and ii) the control signal; and
transmitting the command by the first telecommunications device to the second telecommunications device via the personal area network.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed that enables access to the paired combination of a personal computer and cellular telephone, the access being provided through voice commands from a Bluetooth headset or other type of wireless headset. Through the headset, a user is able to invoke a speech-recognition engine during a call in progress that involves the cell phone with which the personal computer has been paired. The set of phrases that can be recognized by the engine, which is resident at the personal computer, are based on the current call-processing state of the call that is being handled by the paired cell phone. Some of the phrases correspond to commands to retrieve one or more entries from a database, such as one stored at the cell phone. One or more of the commands can be for controlling the cell phone or a softphone application that executes at the personal computer.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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establishing via a personal area network i) a first connection between a first telecommunications device and a headset device, wherein the first connection is configured to support telephony, and ii) a second connection between the first telecommunications device and a second telecommunications device; receiving, at the first telecommunications device via the personal area network, an indication that the second telecommunications device is handling a first telephone call; receiving, at the first telecommunications device from the headset device, i) a control signal generated by the headset device as the result of an actuation of an answer/end-call button at the headset device, followed by ii) a voice signal that conveys an utterance made by a user of the headset device, wherein the utterance is a command directed at the second telecommunications device, and wherein the voice signal is conveyed via a pairing of the headset device to the first telecommunications device then via a pairing of the first telecommunications device to the second telecommunications device; invoking, at the first telecommunications device, a speech-recognition function to recognize the command in the utterance received, based on the receiving of i) the indication and ii) the control signal; and transmitting the command by the first telecommunications device to the second telecommunications device via the personal area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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establishing a first Bluetooth connection between a first telecommunications device and a headset device, the first telecommunications device being capable of telephony and the first Bluetooth connection being capable of telephony; establishing a second Bluetooth connection between the first telecommunications device and a cellular telephone; receiving, at the first telecommunications device; i) a control signal from the headset device, wherein the control signal is generated by the headset device as the result of an actuation of an answer/end-call button at the headset device, ii) an indication that a call that is incoming at the cellular telephone, and iii) a voice signal from the headset device, wherein the voice signal conveys an utterance made by a user of the headset device, wherein the utterance is a command directed at the cellular telephone, and wherein the voice signal is conveyed via a pairing of the headset device to the first telecommunications device then via a pairing of the first telecommunications device to the cellular telephone; interpreting, at the first telecommunications device, the receiving of the control signal as being one of a plurality of possible interpretations that includes i) a stimulus to answer the call and ii) a stimulus to invoke a speech-recognition function to recognize the command in the utterance received, the particular interpretation being based on the call-processing state of the call at the time that the control signal is received; and transmitting the command to the cellular phone from the first telecommunications device via the second Bluetooth connection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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