Apparatus and method for processing call services in mobile terminal

• US 9,986,397 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2017
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jeong, Jinhong
• Primary Examiner(s): Mizrahi, Diane
• Application Number:
  US15/672,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20170339540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

An apparatus and method for processing call services in a mobile terminal are provided. The method for processing call services in a mobile terminal includes entering into, when a call is generated, a call handling mode, recognizing and analyzing voice signals sent and received in the call to produce speech analysis information, detecting a state change of the mobile terminal using a sensing unit to produce user behavior information, and predicting, when a state change of the mobile terminal is detected, an application corresponding to the speech analysis information, and activating the application as a follow-up service.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

communication circuitry to establish a communication connection;

memory to store a specified voice command information; and

a processor adapted to;

establish, using the communication circuitry, the communication connection between the electronic device and an external electronic device;

perform a call with the external electronic device via the communication connection established using the communication circuitry;

receive a voice input before the call is ended;

determine whether at least part of the voice input received before the call is ended corresponds to the specified voice command information associated with a function performable by the processor and stored in the memory; and

perform the function associated with the specified voice command information based at least in part on a determination that the at least part of the voice input corresponds to the specified voice command information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

perform the call as at least part of a voice communication in real-time.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

establish a packet-based communication connection as at least part of the communication connection; and

perform the call via the packet-based communication connection.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

establish a wireless communication connection as at least part of the communication connection; and

perform the call via the wireless communication connection.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an input device, wherein the processor is adapted to:

receive the voice input from a user using the input device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

receive the voice input from another external device connected to the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

refrain from transmitting the voice input to the external electronic device based at least in part on the determination.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

as at least part of the determining, identify an identifier corresponding to the electronic device from the at least part of the voice input.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an input device, wherein the processor is adapted to:

receive a touch input via the input device; and

activate, in response to the touch input, a voice recognition to identify the specified voice command information.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the memory stores first contact information corresponding to a first user and second contact information corresponding to a second user, and wherein the processor is adapted to:

select contact information from the first contact information and the second contact information based at least in part on the voice input; and

perform the function with respect to the external electronic device or another external electronic device corresponding to the selected contact information.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

display, as at least part of the performing of the function, a user interface corresponding to the specified voice command information via a display operably coupled with the electronic device.

12. An electronic device comprising:

communication circuitry to establish a communication connection; and

a processor adapted to;

establish, using the communication circuitry, the communication connection between the electronic device and an external electronic device;

perform a call with the external electronic device via the communication connection established using the communication circuitry;

receive a specified voice command information associated with a function performable by the processor as at least part of a voice input before the call is ended; and

perform the function associated with the specified voice command information in response to the specified voice command information.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor is adapted to:

transmit the at least part of the voice input to a server;

receive, from the server, an indication indicating that at least one portion of the at least part of the voice input transmitted to the server corresponds to the specified voice command information; and

perform the function based at least in part on the receiving of the indication from the server.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor is adapted to:

refrain from transmitting the specified voice command information identified from the at least part of the voice input to the external electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 12, further comprising an input device, wherein the processor is adapted to:

receive a touch input via the input device; and

activate, in response to the touch input, a voice recognition to identify the specified voice command information.

16. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the memory stores first contact information corresponding to a first user and second contact information corresponding to a second user, and wherein the processor is adapted to:

select contact information from the first contact information and the second contact information based at least in part on the voice input; and

perform the function with respect to the external electronic device or another external electronic device corresponding to the selected contact information.

17. An electronic device comprising:

communication circuitry to establish a communication connection; and

a processor adapted to;

perform, using the communication circuitry, a call with an external electronic device via the communication connection established between the electronic device and an external electronic device;

determine whether at least part of a voice input received before the call is ended corresponds to a specified voice command information associated with a function performable by the processor; and

perform the function associated with the specified voice command information based at least in part on a determination that the at least part of the voice input corresponds to the specified voice command information.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the processor is adapted to:

establish a wireless communication connection as at least part of the communication connection; and

perform the call via the wireless communication connection.

19. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the processor adapted to:

refrain from transmitting the voice input to the external electronic device based at least in part on the determination.

20. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the processor is adapted to:

display, as at least part of the performing of the function, a user interface corresponding to the specified voice command information via a display operably coupled with the electronic device.

21. An electronic device comprising:

communication circuitry;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory storing one or more computer programs configured to be executed by the at least one processor, the one or more computer programs including instructions for;

establishing, using the communication circuitry, the communication connection between the electronic device and an external electronic device;

performing a call with the external electronic device via the communication connection established using the communication circuitry;

receiving a voice input before the call is ended;

determining whether at least part of the voice input received before the call is ended corresponds to the specified voice command information associated with a function performable by the processor and stored in the memory; and

performing the function associated with the specified voice command information based at least in part on a determination that the at least part of the voice input corresponds to the specified voice command information.