METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE CONTROL IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20080097759A1
• Filed: 10/10/2007
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SHIN, Jeong-Ho
• Application Number:
  US11/870,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20080097759A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/246
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/31 Voice input
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2474 Telephone terminals specially adapted for disabled people user interfaces for cordless or mobile telephones specially adapted for disabled users H04M1/72475; network based special services or facilities for hearing-impaired persons H04M3/42391; devices for conversing with the deaf-blind G09B21/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/007 with remote control systems remote control in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/10 with dictation recording and playback systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00

Abstract

Provided is a method and apparatus for remotely controlling a second-party terminal in a portable terminal during call communication. The method includes transmitting a screen displayed in a display unit to the second-party terminal when a remote control event is created, and recognizing a speech signal transmitted from the second-party terminal and executing an operation corresponding to the speech signal.

Claims

1. A method of receiving in a portable terminal a remote control from a second-party portable terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting a screen displayed in a display unit of the portable terminal to the second-party terminal; and

recognizing a speech signal received from the second-party terminal and executing an operation corresponding to the speech signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a second screen displayed in the display unit after the executing of the operation to the second-party terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the recognizing of the speech signal comprising:

outputting the speech signal received from the second-party terminal through a speaker;

receiving the speech signal output from the speaker through a microphone; and

analyzing and recognizing the speech signal input through the microphone based on a speech recognition function.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the screen is transmitted using one of video communication and multimedia message service.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing authentication to check whether the second-party terminal is capable of executing the remote control.

6. A method for remotely controlling a second-party portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a screen of the second-party terminal received from the second-party terminal in a display unit; and

transmitting a speech signal input from a user of a first portable terminal to the second-party terminal.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a screen obtained as a result of the speech signal transmission from the second-party terminal and displaying the received screen in a predetermined position of the display unit.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the screen is received using one of video communication and multimedia message service.

9. A portable terminal capable of being remotely controlled by a second-party portable terminal, the portable terminal comprising:

a display unit for displaying information generated during an operation of the portable terminal;

a controller for outputting a screen displayed in the display unit to a transceiver, recognizing a speech signal transmitted from the second-party terminal, and executing an operation corresponding to the speech signal; and

the transceiver for transmitting/receiving the screen and the speech signal to/from the second-party terminal.

10. The portable terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller further comprises a speech recognition unit for recognizing and analyzing the received speech signal based on a speech recognition function.

11. The portable terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller executes an authentication process for checking whether the second-party terminal is capable of remotely controlling the portable terminal.

12. The portable terminal of claim 9, further comprising:

a speech output unit for outputting the speech signal received in the transceiver through a speaker; and

a speech input unit for receiving the speech signal output from the speaker through a microphone and providing the speech signal to the controller.

13. The portable terminal of claim 9, wherein the screen is transmitted using one of video communication and multimedia message service.

14. A portable terminal capable of remotely controlling a second-party portable terminal, the portable terminal comprising:

a transceiver for transmitting/receiving a screen and a speech signal to/from the second-party terminal;

a display unit for displaying a screen of the second-party terminal transmitted from the second-party terminal; and

a speech input unit for receiving a speech signal from a user and outputting the speech signal to the transceiver.

15. The portable terminal of claim 14, wherein the screen is transmitted using one of video communication and multimedia message service.