System, method, and computer program product for content delivery in a push-to-talk communication system

• US 20060047511A1
• Filed: 09/01/2004
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation (Perspecta, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hussain, Mohammad S.
• Application Number:
  US10/931,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20060047511A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for real-time content delivery in a communication system utilizing push-to-talk wireless capabilities for voice interaction with a wide range of data processing system applications. By utilizing a vocalizer voice-to-text translation system, various embodiments allow real-time, push-to-talk interaction with conventional voice-response systems, conventional data processing system applications, and other text-based applications such as instant-messaging applications.

Claims

1. A method delivering content over a push-to-talk wireless network, comprising:

receiving a voice transmission from a user, the voice transmission originating as a push-to-talk transmission;

performing a voice-to-text translation of the voice transmission to product a data request;

delivering a message, corresponding to the data request, to a target application;

receiving an application response, corresponding to the data request, from the target application; and

transmitting a response message, corresponding to the application response, to be delivered to the user as a push-to-talk transmission.

2. The method of claim 1, further-comprising determining a target application corresponding to the voice transmission.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice-to-text translation is a complete text translation of the voice transmission.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a text-to-speech translation of the application response to produce the response message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the response message includes delivering the response message to a wireless carrier for wireless transmission to the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the voice transmission includes receiving the voice transmission from a wireless carrier, the wireless carrier having received the voice transmission over a wireless connection.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice transmission includes information identifying the target application.

8. A data processing system having at least a processor and accessible memory, comprising:

means for receiving a voice transmission from a user, the voice transmission originating as a push-to-talk transmission;

means for performing a voice-to-text translation of the voice transmission to product a data request;

means for delivering a message, corresponding to the data request, to a target application;

means for receiving an application response, corresponding to the data request, from the target application; and

means for transmitting a response message, corresponding to the application response, to be delivered to the user as a push-to-talk transmission.

9. The data processing system of claim 8, further comprising means for determining a target application corresponding to the voice transmission.

10. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the voice-to-text translation is a complete text translation of the voice transmission.

11. The data processing system of claim 8, further comprising means for performing a text-to-speech translation of the application response to produce the response message.

12. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein means for transmitting the response message includes means for delivering the response message to a wireless carrier for wireless transmission to the user.

13. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein means for receiving the voice transmission includes means for receiving the voice transmission from a wireless carrier, the wireless carrier having received the voice transmission over a wireless connection.

14. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the voice transmission includes information identifying the target application.

15. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a machine-readable medium, comprising:

instructions for receiving a voice transmission from a user, the voice transmission originating as a push-to-talk transmission;

instructions for performing a voice-to-text translation of the voice transmission to product a data request;

instructions for delivering a message, corresponding to the data request, to a target application;

instructions for receiving an application response, corresponding to the data request, from the target application; and

instructions for transmitting a response message, corresponding to the application response, to be delivered to the user as a push-to-talk transmission.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions for determining a target application corresponding to the voice transmission.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the voice-to-text translation is a complete text translation of the voice transmission.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions for performing a text-to-speech translation of the application response to produce the response message.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the instructions for transmitting the response message includes instructions for delivering the response message to a wireless carrier for wireless transmission to the user.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the instructions for receiving the voice transmission includes instructions for receiving the voice transmission from a wireless carrier, the wireless carrier having received the voice transmission over a wireless connection.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the voice transmission includes information identifying the target application.