System and method for voice prompt of third-party call

• US 10,666,797 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2017
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhejiang Geely Automobile Research Institute Company Limited (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.), Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Shufu
• Primary Examiner(s): Zewdu, Meless N
• Application Number:
  US16/093,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20190132445A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/578 associated with a synthesized vocal announcement
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6016 in the receiver circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4288 Notifying a called subscriber of an incoming call during an ongoing call, e.g. Call Waiting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and a method for voice prompt of a third-party call. The system includes a contact identification module, a hands-free control module and a voice broadcast module. The contact identification module is for identifying whether a third-party incoming call number exists in an address book of a communication device. The hands-free control module is for extracting a current call status when a third-party call dials in to help judge whether the current call is in hands-free mode. The voice broadcast module is for voice broadcasting information of the incoming call according to the identification result of the contact identification module when the current call is in hands-free mode. The present system could broadcast the information of the third-party incoming call without breaking off the current call so that prevents missing important content of the current call as well as an important incoming call.

Claims

1. A system for voice prompt of a third-party call, comprising:

a contact identification module configured for identifying whether a third-party incoming call number exists in an address book of a communication device;

a hands-free control module configured for extracting a status of a current call, when a third-party caller dials in, to judge whether the current call is in a hands-free mode or in a handset mode of the communication device, if the communication device is in the hands-free mode, a content of the current call is broadcasted by a loudspeaker of the communication device, if the communication device is in the handset mode, the content of the current call is broadcasted by a handset of the communication device;

a voice broadcast module configured for voice broadcasting an information of the third-party incoming call according to an identification result of the contact identification module when the current call is in the handset mode; and

a display module configured for displaying the information of the third-party incoming call according to the identification result of the contact identification module when the current call is in the hands-free mode.

2. The system for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 1, wherein the voice broadcast module broadcasts a contact name corresponding to the third-party incoming call number when the third-party incoming call number exists in the address book of the communication device, or broadcasts the third-party incoming call number or broadcasts the third-party incoming call as a stranger call when the third-party incoming call number does not exist in the address book of the communication device.

3. The system for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 2, wherein the voice broadcast module further broadcasts a business name of the contact and/or a business position of the contact when the third-party incoming call number exists in the address book of the communication device.

4. The system for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 2, wherein the system further comprises a call log statistics module, the call log statistics module is configured for recording a cumulative number of dialing-in and/or a cumulative number of answering of the incoming call, and the voice broadcast module further broadcasts the cumulative number of dialing-in and/or the cumulative number of answering of the incoming call when the incoming call number does not exist in the address book of the communication device.

5. The system for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 1, wherein the display module is configured for displaying a contact name corresponding to the incoming call number when the third-party incoming call number exists in the address book of the communication device and the current call is in hands-free mode, or displaying the third-party incoming call number or displaying the third-party incoming call as a stranger call when the third-party incoming call number does not exist in the address book of the communication device and the current call is in hands-free mode.

6. The system for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 5, wherein the display module further displays a business name of the contact and/or a business position of the contact when the third-party incoming call number exists in the address book of the communication device.

7. The system for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 5, wherein the system further comprises a call log statistics module, the call log statistics module is configured for recording a cumulative number of dialing-in and/or a cumulative number of answering of the incoming call, and the display module further displays the cumulative number of dialing-in and/or the cumulative number of answering of the third-party incoming call when the third-party incoming call number does not exist in the address book of the communication device.

8. The system for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a volume control module, the volume control module is configured for obtaining a volume of the current call and controlling the volume output of the voice broadcast module to make the volume broadcasted by the voice broadcast module less than the volume of the current call.

9. A method for voice prompt of a third-party call comprising:

identifying whether a third-party incoming call number exists in an address book of a communication device by a contact identification module;

determining whether a current call is in a hands-free mode or in a handset mode of the communication device by a hands-free control module, if the communication device is in the hands-free mode, a content of the current call is broadcasted by a loudspeaker of the communication device, if the communication device is in the handset mode, the content of the current call is broadcasted by a handset of the communication device;

broadcasting an information of the third-party incoming call by a voice broadcast module and based on an identification result of the contact identification module when the current call is in the handset mode; and

displaying an information of the third-party incoming call by a display module and based on the identification result of the contact identification module when the current call is in the hands-free mode.

10. The method for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 9, wherein in the step of broadcasting the information of the third-party incoming call by the voice broadcast module and based on the identification result of the contact identification module when the current call is in the handset mode:

when the third-party incoming call number exists in the address book of the communication device, the voice broadcast module broadcasts a contact name of the third-party incoming call; and

when the third-party incoming call number does not exist in the address book of the communication device, the voice broadcast module broadcasts the third-party incoming call number or broadcasts the third-party incoming call as a stranger call.

11. The method for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 10, wherein when the third-party incoming call number exists in the address book of the communication device, the method further comprises the steps of:

extracting a business name and/or a business position of the contact from the address book of the communication device by the contact identification module; and

broadcasting the business name and/or the business position of the contact by the voice broadcast module.

12. The method for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 9, wherein in the step of displaying the information of the third-party incoming call by the display module when the current call is in the hands-free mode:

when the third-party incoming call number exists in the address book of the communication device, the display module displays a contact name of the third-party incoming call; and

when the third-party incoming call number does not exist in the address book of the communication device, the display module displays the third-party incoming call number or displays the third-party incoming call as a stranger call.

13. The method for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 12, wherein when the third-party incoming call number exists in the address book of the communication device, the method further comprises the steps of:

extracting a business name and/or a business position of the contact from the address book of the communication device by the contact identification module; and

displaying the business name and/or the business position of the contact by the display module.

14. The method for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

recording a cumulative number of dialing-in and/or a cumulative number of answering of the third-party incoming call by a call log statistics module; and

broadcasting or displaying the cumulative number of dialing-in and/or the cumulative number of answering of the third-party incoming call by the voice broadcast module or by the display module when the third-party incoming call number does not exist in the address book of the communication device.

15. The method for the voice prompt of the third-party call according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

obtaining a volume of the current call by a volume control module; and

controlling the volume output of the voice broadcast module by the volume control module, making the volume broadcasted by the voice broadcast module less than the volume of the current call.