Sharing confidential information with privacy using a mobile phone

• US 10,891,939 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2018
• Issued: 01/12/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Humad, Chitwan V., Joshi, Prasanna R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Parth
• Application Number:
  US16/199,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20200168203A1
• Time in Patent Office: 778 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/027 Concept to speech synthesisers; Generation of natural phrases from machine-based concepts generation of parameters for speech synthesis out of text G10L13/08
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/033 Voice editing, e.g. manipulating the voice of the synthesiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/39 using speech synthesis speech synthesis per se G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/609 Secret communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages

Abstract

Provided are techniques for sharing confidential information with privacy using a mobile phone. A voice preference and language preferences are received for an information provider profile of an information provider, where the language preferences include a first language for typing text and a second language for speaking the text. During an on-going live phone call between the information provider and an information requester, selection of a text to talk feature is received. Text is received in the first language, where the text includes confidential information. The text is converted from the first language to text in the second language. The text in the second language is converted to a voice message that is spoken in a voice identified by the voice preference through the on-going live phone call to provide the confidential information with privacy. Then, control is returned to the on-going live phone call.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of a mobile phone, comprising:

storing a plurality of information provider profiles for an information provider on the mobile phone; and

during an on-going live phone call between the information provider and an information requester,

receiving selection of a text to talk feature from a mobile phone display screen of the mobile phone;

receiving selection of an information provider profile from the plurality of information provider profiles, wherein the information provider profile indicates a voice preference and language preferences, wherein the language preferences include a first language for typing text and a second language for speaking the text;

displaying a type-in text window on the mobile phone display screen;

receiving text in the type-in text window in the first language, wherein the text includes confidential information;

converting the text in the first language to text in the second language;

converting the text in the second language to a voice message;

speaking the voice message in a voice identified by the voice preference through the on-going live phone call to provide the confidential information with privacy; and

returning control to the on-going live phone call.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the voice preference indicates one of a voice of the information provider and a neutral voice, and wherein for the neutral voice, the voice preference indicates one of a male voice and a female voice.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the text to talk feature is provided as a new feature of the mobile phone.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the confidential information is requested using the text to talk feature.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein a Software as a Service (SaaS) is configured to perform method operations.

6. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by at least one processor of a mobile phone to perform:

storing a plurality of information provider profiles for an information provider on the mobile phone; and

during an on-going live phone call between the information provider and an information requester,

receiving selection of a text to talk feature from a mobile phone display screen of the mobile phone;

receiving selection of an information provider profile from the plurality of information provider profiles, wherein the information provider profile indicates a voice preference and language preferences, wherein the language preferences include a first language for typing text and a second language for speaking the text;

displaying a type-in text window on the mobile phone display screen;

receiving text in the type-in text window in the first language, wherein the text includes confidential information;

converting the text in the first language to text in the second language;

converting the text in the second language to a voice message;

speaking the voice message in a voice identified by the voice preference through the on-going live phone call to provide the confidential information with privacy; and

returning control to the on-going live phone call.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the voice preference indicates one of a voice of the information provider and a neutral voice, and wherein for the neutral voice, the voice preference indicates one of a male voice and a female voice.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the text to talk feature is provided as a new feature of the mobile phone.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the confidential information is requested using the text to talk feature.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein a Software as a Service (SaaS) is configured to perform computer program product operations.

11. A computer system of a mobile phone, comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices; and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, to perform operations comprising;

storing a plurality of information provider profiles for an information provider on the mobile phone; and

during an on-going live phone call between the information provider and an information requester,

receiving selection of a text to talk feature from a mobile phone display screen of the mobile phone;

receiving selection of an information provider profile from the plurality of information provider profiles, wherein the information provider profile indicates a voice preference and language preferences, wherein the language preferences include a first language for typing text and a second language for speaking the text;

displaying a type-in text window on the mobile phone display screen;

receiving text in the type-in text window in the first language, wherein the text includes confidential information;

converting the text in the first language to text in the second language;

converting the text in the second language to a voice message;

speaking the voice message in a voice identified by the voice preference through the on-going live phone call to provide the confidential information with privacy; and

returning control to the on-going live phone call.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the voice preference indicates one of a voice of the information provider and a neutral voice, and wherein for the neutral voice, the voice preference indicates one of a male voice and a female voice.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the text to talk feature is provided as a new feature of the mobile phone.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the confidential information is requested using the text to talk feature.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein a Software as a Service (SaaS) is configured to perform computer system operations.