Apparatus and method for managing call details using speech recognition

• US 20060093099A1
• Filed: 10/19/2005
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Seung-Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 8,243,888 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.14
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/656 for recording conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing call details using speech recognition are provided. To manage call details, incoming and outgoing voice signals during a call are converted into their written equivalent by speech recognition technology. The details of the call, including the conversation, are stored in text form so that a user can search for them when needed. Accordingly, the user can easily retrieve what was spoken during calls and systematically manage desired information by searching or sorting the call details.

Claims

1. An apparatus for managing call details using speech recognition, comprising:

an audio processor for detecting incoming and outgoing voice signals of a conversation and converting the voice signals into text;

a memory for storing call details including the text of the call conversation; and

a controller for generating the call details including the text of the call conversation, storing the call details when the conversation is completed, searching for call details according to a search condition received from a user, and displaying the searched call details.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a display for displaying a search window for searching for the call details and displaying the searched call details.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the search window is displayed as a pop-up window in which the user enters at least a part of a search keyword to search for intended call details.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the call details include at least one of the conversation, a call time, a caller name, and a caller number.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the search condition is one of call conversation, call time, caller number, and caller name.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein if a number of the searched call details is at least one, the controller sequentially arranges the searched call details in a predetermined order.

7. A method of managing call details using speech recognition, comprising the steps of:

detecting incoming and outgoing voice signals during a call conversation and converting the voice signals into text;

generating call details including the text of the call conversation and storing the call details;

receiving a call details search item selected by a user;

receiving data as a search condition in relation to the selected search item;

searching for call details corresponding to the search condition; and

displaying any corresponding call details.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the search condition is one of call conversation, call time, caller number, and caller name.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the call details include at least one of the call conversation, a call time, a caller name, and a caller number.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of receiving the data as the search condition comprises the steps of:

displaying a search window according to the selected search item; and

receiving the search condition in the search window from the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the search window is a pop-up window in which the user enters the at least part of a search keyword to search for call details.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of displaying the call details comprises the steps of:

if a number of the searched call details is at least one, sequentially arranging the searched call details in a predetermined order; and

displaying the call details.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the call details are stored in a database file.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the call details are stored in a form suitable for e-mail transmission.

15. A method of managing call details using speech recognition, comprising the steps of:

detecting incoming and outgoing voice signals during a call conversation;

converting the voice signals into text;

generating call details including the text of the call conversation;

storing a list of the call details;

receiving a call details sort condition selected by a user;

arranging the call details list according to the sort condition; and

displaying the arranged call details list.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the sort condition is one of call end time, caller name, caller group, and caller number.