Captioning communication systems

• US 9,525,830 B1
• Filed: 06/17/2016
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sorenson Ip Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Captioncall LLC
• Inventors: Roylance, Shane, Boehme, Kenneth, Walker, Merle Lamar III, Nola, Pat
• Primary Examiner(s): El-Zoobi, Maria
• Application Number:
  US15/185,459
• Time in Patent Office: 186 Days
• Field of Search: 379 37- 52
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/009 Teaching or communicating with deaf persons G09B21/04 takes precedence; deaf and dumb persons G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72478 for hearing-impaired users
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/278 Subtitling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/141 between two video terminals, e.g. videophone telephonic communication systems combined with television receiver for reception of entertainment or information matter H04M11/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

A method to generate a contact list may include receiving an identifier of a first communication device at a captioning system. The first communication device may configured to provide first audio data to a second communication device. The second communication device may be configured to receive first text data of the first audio data from the captioning system. The method may further include receiving and storing contact data from each of multiple communication devices at the captioning system. The method may further include selecting the contact data from the multiple communication devices that include the identifier of the first communication device as selected contact data and generating a contact list based on the selected contact data. The method may also include sending the contact list to the first communication device to provide the contact list as contacts for presentation on an electronic display of the first communication device.

Claims

1. A method to generate a contact list in a video captioning communication system, the method comprising:

receiving an identifier of a first communication device at a video captioning system, the first communication device configured to provide video data and audio data to a second communication device during a first video communication session between the first communication device and the second communication device, the second communication device configured to receive first text data of the audio data from the video captioning system and to receive the video data and audio data during the first video communication session, the first communication device being associated with a hearing capable user that is not authorized to receive text data from the video captioning system during the first video communication session;

receiving contact data from each of a plurality of communication devices at the video captioning system, the contact data retrieved from contact entries stored in the plurality of communication devices, the plurality of communication devices not including the first communication device and being configured to receive text data from the video captioning system during video communication sessions;

selecting, by the video captioning system, the contact data from the plurality of communication devices that include the identifier of the first communication device as selected contact data;

generating, by the video captioning system, a contact list based on the selected contact data such that communication devices of the plurality of communication devices associated with contacts in the contact list include a contact entry for the first communication device;

sending the contact list to the first communication device; and

providing the contact list as contacts for presentation on an electronic display of the first communication device with which the first communication device is capable to establish a second video communication session.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the first communication device is a contact number associated with the first communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of communication devices include the second communication device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting, by the first communication device, a second communication session with a third communication device of the plurality of communication devices using a contact entity for the third communication device in the contact list received by the first communication device; and

communicating first text data from the video captioning system to a third communication device of the plurality of communication devices after the first communication device and the third communication device establish a second video communication session, the first text data based on audio data from the first communication device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending a notification to the plurality of communication devices that include the identifier of the first communication device to indicate that the first communication device is configured for video communications sessions.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein for each of the plurality of communication devices the contact data includes a contact number from one or more of the contact entries.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending an invitation from the second communication device to the first communication device based on the second communication device including a contact entry for the first communication device, the invitation regarding downloading of a video call application and registration with the video captioning system.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the identifier of the first communication device is received at the video captioning system in response to the registration of the first communication device with the video captioning system.

9. A method to generate a contact list, the method comprising:

receiving an identifier of a first communication device at a captioning system, the first communication device configured to provide first audio data to a second communication device during a first communication session between the first communication device and the second communication device, the second communication device configured to receive first text data of the first audio data from the captioning system and to receive the first audio data during the first communication session;

receiving and storing contact data from each of a plurality of communication devices in a database at the captioning system, the contact data retrieved from contact entries stored in the plurality of communication devices, the plurality of communication devices not including the first communication device;

selecting, by the captioning system, the contact data from the plurality of communication devices that include the identifier of the first communication device as selected contact data;

generating, by the captioning system, a contact list based on the selected contact data such that communication devices of the plurality of communication devices associated with contacts in the contact list include the first communication device as a contact entry; and

sending the contact list to the first communication device to provide the contact list as contacts for presentation on an electronic display of the first communication device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first communication device is configured to receive second audio data from the second communication device during the first communication session, wherein the first communication device is configured to receive second text data of the second audio data from the captioning system and to receive the second audio data during the first communication session.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first communication device is associated with a hearing capable user that is not authorized to receive text data from the captioning system during the first communication session.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising sending an invitation from the second communication device to the first communication device based on the second communication device including a contact entry for the first communication device, the invitation regarding downloading of a video call application and registration with the captioning system.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the identifier of the first communication device is received at the captioning system in response to the registration of the first communication device with the captioning system.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising sending a notification to the communication devices of the plurality of communication devices associated with contacts in the contact list that include the first communication device as a contact entry that the first communication device is configured for video communications sessions.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the identifier of the first communication device is a contact number associated with the first communication device that is used to establish communications sessions with the first communication device.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein for each of the plurality of communication devices the contact data includes a contact number from one or more of the contact entries.

17. A communication device for use by a hearing-impaired user, the communication device comprising:

a microphone configured to generate first audio;

a communication element configured to;

communicate the first audio during a communication session between the communication device and a second communication device;

receive second audio generated by the second communication device during the communication session;

receive text data from a captioning system, the text data including a text transcription of the second audio;

send an identifier of the communication device to the captioning system; and

receive a contact list from the captioning system, the contact list generated by the captioning system using contact data from each of a plurality of communication devices received by the captioning system that is selected by the captioning system based on the contact data including the identifier of the communication device;

an electronic display configured to;

display the text data as text captions; and

display contact entries based on the contact list from the captioning system; and

a processor operably coupled with the microphone, the communication element, and the electronic display, and configured to;

control the communication device to communicate with the second communication device and the captioning system during the communication session; and

construct the contact entries based on the contact list and provide the contact entries to the electronic display.

18. The communication device of claim 17, further comprising a camera configured to generate first video, wherein the communication element is further configured to:

communicate the first video during a communication session between the communication device and a second communication device; and

receive second video generated by the second communication device during the communication session.

19. The communication device of claim 17, wherein the identifier is a contact number associated with the communication device that is used to established communication sessions with the communication device.

20. The communication device of claim 17, wherein the communication element is further configured to receive an invitation from the second communication device based on the second communication device including a contact entry for the communication device, wherein in response to the invitation, the communication element sends the identifier of the communication device to the captioning system.