Method and message server for routing a speech message
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1. A method, performed in a message server, for routing a speech message to at least one recipient in a communication network, the method comprising:
- receiving the speech message sent from a user equipment in audio form when a sending user has spoken the speech message into the user equipment;
obtaining a text version created by speech recognition of the received speech message;
obtaining contextual information comprising at least one contextual factor regarding the sending user;
identifying the at least one recipient based on the obtained text version; and
routing the speech message to the identified at least one recipient;
wherein the received speech message is processed based on the contextual information regarding the sending user;
wherein processing the received speech message comprises modifying the received speech message by adding information deduced by analysis of the obtained text version and the contextual information.
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Abstract
A method and message server (204) for routing a speech message, received (2:1) from a user equipment (200) of a sending user, to at least one recipient (208, 210) in a communication network. After obtaining (2:2) a text version created by speech recognition (206) of the received speech message, the at least one recipient is identified (2:3) by the message server based on the obtained text version, and the speech message is then routed (2:5) to the identified at least one recipient.
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1. A method, performed in a message server, for routing a speech message to at least one recipient in a communication network, the method comprising:
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receiving the speech message sent from a user equipment in audio form when a sending user has spoken the speech message into the user equipment; obtaining a text version created by speech recognition of the received speech message; obtaining contextual information comprising at least one contextual factor regarding the sending user; identifying the at least one recipient based on the obtained text version; and routing the speech message to the identified at least one recipient; wherein the received speech message is processed based on the contextual information regarding the sending user;
wherein processing the received speech message comprises modifying the received speech message by adding information deduced by analysis of the obtained text version and the contextual information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A message server configured to route a speech message to at least one recipient in a communication network, the message server comprising a processing circuit and a memory circuit containing computer program instructions for execution by the processing circuit, the computer program instructions comprising instructions for:
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receiving the speech message sent from a user equipment in audio form when a sending user has spoken the speech message into the user equipment; obtaining a text version created by speech recognition of the received speech message; obtaining contextual information comprising at least one contextual factor regarding the sending user; identifying the at least one recipient based on the obtained text version; routing the speech message to the identified at least one recipient; and processing the received speech message based on the contextual information regarding the sending user;
wherein the memory circuit further comprises programming instructions for processing the received speech message by modifying the received speech message by adding information deduced by analysis of the obtained text version and the contextual information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, a computer program comprising computer readable code units that, when run on a message server, cause the message server to:
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receive the speech message sent from a user equipment in audio form when a sending user has spoken the speech message into the user equipment, obtain a text version created by speech recognition of the received speech message, obtain contextual information comprising at least one contextual factor regarding the sending user; identify the at least one recipient based on the obtained text version, and route the speech message to the identified at least one recipient, wherein the received speech message is processed based on the contextual information regarding the sending user;
wherein processing the received speech message comprises modifying the received speech message by adding information deduced by analysis of the obtained text version and the contextual information.
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