Framework for user-created device applications

• US 9,380,142 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2011
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Sathish, Sailesh K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chawan, Vijay B
• Application Number:
  US13/268,063
• Publication Number:
  US 20130090923A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,726 Days
• Field of Search: 704/235, 704/270, 704/257, 704/251, 704/270.1, 704/9, 704/254, 704/252, 704/278, 704/260, 704/275, 704/246, 704/231, 704/228, 704/10, 704/233, 704/243, 704/230, 379/88.14, 379/75, 379/88.01, 715/255, 719/328
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

A method to provide an interface for launching applications is described. The method includes receiving information indicative of a record stored in an electronic device application. The method also includes determining whether the record is associated with a software application command. In response to determining that the record is associated with a software application command, the software application command is activated. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device, via a user interface of the mobile device information indicative of a phonebook record stored in the mobile device, where the information comprises a user-selected software application command and at least one application parameter specific to the user-selected software application command;

determining, by the mobile device, that the user-selected software application command is associated with a phonebook record assigned to a software application command of the mobile device; and

in response to determining that the user-selected software application command is associated with the phonebook record assigned to the software application command, activating with the phonebook record the software application command, where activating the software application command comprises activating the software application command using the at least one application parameter specific to the user-selected software application command.

2. The method of claim 1, where the information is received via the user interface using a speech recognition component of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, where the software application command is one of:

launching a map application, starting a voice recorder and stopping a voice recorder.

4. The method of claim 1, where assigning the phonebook record to the software application command comprises:

displaying, via the user interface, a list of software applications;

receiving, via the user interface, a user-selected software application of the list and a name for the user-selected software application, where the name comprises the user-selected software application command;

generating a phonebook record using the name;

associating the phonebook record with the user-selected software application; and

storing the phonebook record in a phonebook application of mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving, via the user interface, a selection of at least one application parameter;

and associating the at least one application parameter with the phonebook record.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising assigning an identifier to the phonebook record, where the user-defined software application command is used by the mobile device to determine the identifier assigned to the phonebook record which is assigned to the software application.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising exporting at least a portion of the phonebook record to the speech recognition component.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving, via the user interface, at least one additional user-selected software application command and using a timing sequence in which to activate in a predetermined order a plurality of software application commands comprising the user-selected software application command and the at least one additional user-selected software application command.

18. The method of claim 1, where the information is received wirelessly by the mobile device.

19. The method of claim 1, where the information is received wirelessly from an external device paired with the mobile device.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least to;

receive, with a user interface of a mobile device, information indicative of a phonebook record stored in the mobile device, where the information comprises a user-selected software application command and at least one application parameter specific to the user-selected software application command;

determine that the user-selected software application command is associated with a phonebook record assigned to a software application command of the mobile device; and

in response to determining that the user-selected software application command is associated with the phonebook record assigned to the software application command, activate with the phonebook record the software application command, where activating the software application command comprises activating the software application command using the at least one application parameter specific to the user-selected software application command.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured with the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

display, via the user interface, a list of software applications and application specific parameters of the apparatus;

receive, via the user interface, a user-selected software application command of the list and a name for the software application, where the name comprises the user-selected software application command;

generate a phonebook record using the name;

associate the phonebook record with the user-defined software application; and

store the phonebook record in the a phonebook application of the apparatus.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to cause the apparatus to export at least a portion of the phonebook record to a speech recognition component.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly encoded with a computer program executable by a processor to perform actions comprising:

receiving, via a user interface of a mobile device, information indicative of a phonebook record stored in the mobile device, where the information comprises a user-selected software application command and at least one application parameter specific to the user-selected software application command;

determining that the user-selected software application command is associated with a phone book record assigned to a software application command of the mobile device; and

in response to determining that the user-selected software application command is associated with the phone book record assigned to the software application command, activating with the phonebook record the software application command, where activating the software application command comprises activating the software application using the at least one application parameter specific to the user-selected software application command.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, where assigning the phonebook record to the software application command comprises:

displaying, via the user interface, a list of software applications

receiving, via the user interface, a user-selected software application of the list and a name for the user-selected software application, where the name comprises the user-selected software application command;

generating a phonebook record using the name;

associating the phonebook record with the user-selected software application; and

storing the phonebook record in a phonebook application of the mobile device.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising exporting at least a portion of the phonebook record to a speech recognition component.

15. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving, via a user interface of a mobile device, information indicative of a phonebook record stored in the mobile device, where the information comprises a user-selected software application command and at least one application parameter specific to the user-selected software application command;

means for determining that the user-selected software application command is associated with a phonebook record assigned to a software application command; and

means for activating with the phonebook record the software application command in response to determining that the user-selected software application command is associated with the phonebook record assigned to the software application command, where activating the software application command comprises activating the software application command using the at least one application parameter specific to the user-selected software application command.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, where assigning the phonebook record to the software application command comprises:

means for display, via the user interface, a list of software applications and application specific parameters of the apparatus;

means for receiving, via the user interface, a user-selected software application of the list and a name for the user-selected software application;

means for generating a phonebook record using the name;

means for associating the phonebook record with the user-selected software application; and

means for storing the phonebook record in a phonebook of the apparatus.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising means for exporting at least a portion of the phonebook record to a speech recognition component.