Transcribing audio communication sessions

• US 9,497,315 B1
• Filed: 07/27/2016
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sorenson Ip Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Captioncall LLC
• Inventors: Pakidko, Nicholas N., Pan, Jasper
• Primary Examiner(s): Nealon, William
• Application Number:
  US15/221,278
• Time in Patent Office: 111 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2281 Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42391 where the subscribers are hearing-impaired persons, e.g. telephone devices for the deaf
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/55 Communication between hearing aids and external devices via a network for data exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/554 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A computer-implemented method to provide transcriptions of an audio communication session is disclosed. The method may include receiving audio data at a first device from a second device over a first wireless network connection of a first wireless network type and providing the audio data to a speaker of the first device for output of the audio data. The method may further include encoding the audio data at the first device based on a second wireless network type and transmitting the encoded audio data from the first device over a second wireless network of the second wireless network type.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method to provide transcriptions of an audio communication session, the method comprising:

receiving audio data at an audio output device from a mobile device over a BLUETOOTH wireless network, the audio data received by the mobile device over a cellular wireless network;

providing the audio data to a speaker of the audio output device for output of the audio data;

encoding the audio data at the audio output device based on a wireless communication protocol;

transmitting the encoded audio data from the audio output device to the mobile device over a wireless communication network using the wireless communication protocol, the wireless communication network being different from the BLUETOOTH wireless network;

obtaining, from the mobile device at a transcription system, the audio data transmitted over the wireless communication network;

generating, at the transcription system, a transcript of the audio data; and

providing the transcript to the mobile device for output of the transcript on the mobile device, the transcript of the audio data being provided in real time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a smartphone, laptop, or tablet.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio data is provided from the mobile device to the transcription system at least partially over the cellular wireless network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio output device is a BLUETOOTH wireless headset that is paired with the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein audio data is received by the mobile device over the cellular wireless network as cellular voice data.