DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR RECORDED DATA MANAGEMENT

• US 20090245480A1
• Filed: 03/28/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: OGURA, Kanae
• Granted Patent: US 8,208,607 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/85
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form

Abstract

There is provided a device for managing recorded data, comprising: a recording unit configured to record a telephone communication; a designation unit configured to designate a time delimiting point to be set to recorded data being recorded by the recording unit; a receiving unit configured to receive a signal indicating a time delimiting point from an external device of a party on the other side; a setting unit configured to set the designated time delimiting point designated through the designation unit and the received time delimiting point received from the external device to the recorded data.

Claims

1. A device for managing recorded data, comprising:

a recording unit configured to record a telephone communication;

a designation unit configured to designate a time delimiting point to be set to recorded data being recorded by the recording unit;

a receiving unit configured to receive a signal indicating a time delimiting point from an external device of a party on the other side; and

a setting unit configured to set the designated time delimiting point designated through the designation unit and the received time delimiting point received from the external device to the recorded data.

2. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal indicating the designated time delimiting point to the external device.

3. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 1, further comprising an accepting unit configured to accept an allowance command for allowing setting of the received time delimiting point to the recorded data,

wherein the setting unit sets the received time delimiting point to the recorded data in response to a fact that the accepting unit accept the allowance command.

4. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit is configured to cancel one of the designated time delimiting point and the received time delimiting point if an time interval between a time indicated by the time delimiting point and a time indicated by the received time delimiting point is smaller than a predetermined time period.

5. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 2, wherein:

the transmission unit transmits a tone signal as the signal indicating the time delimiting point; and

the setting unit is configured such that when the receiving unit receives the time signal, the setting unit sets the received time delimiting point to the recorded data at a position on the recorded data corresponding to a time when the tone signal is received.

6. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 2, wherein:

the signal transmitted by the transmission unit contains time data for specifying the time delimiting point; and

the setting unit is configured to set the received time delimiting point to the recorded data based on the time data received through the receiving unit.

7. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 2, further comprising a keyword designation unit configured to designate a keyword, wherein:

the setting unit stores the recorded data while associating the designated keyword designated through the keyword designation unit with partial recorded data of which end point is defined by the designated time delimiting point; and

the transmission unit transmits the signal indicating the designated time delimiting point, to the external device, together with the designated keyword designated through the keyword designation unit.

8. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 1, wherein:

the signal received by the receiving unit further indicates a keyword; and

the setting unit stores the recorded data and a received keyword received by the receiving unit while associating the received keyword with partial recorded data of which end point is defined by the received time delimiting point.

9. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit is configured such that in response to end of recording of the telephone communication, the setting unit stores the recorded data formed of one or more of particle recorded data while associating a keyword to the recorded data.

10. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 1, further comprising a first search unit configured to search for partial recorded data associated with an inputted keyword.

11. The device for managing recorded data according to claim 1, further comprising a second search unit configured to search for entire recorded data containing partial recorded data associated with an inputted keyword.

12. A method to be implemented on a device for managing recorded data, comprising the steps of:

recording a telephone communication;

designating a time delimiting point to be set to recorded data being recorded;

receiving a signal indicating a time delimiting point from an external device of a party on the other side; and

setting the designated time delimiting point and the received time delimiting point received from the external device to the recorded data.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of transmitting a signal indicating the designated time delimiting point to the external device.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the step of setting comprises the step of canceling one of the designated time delimiting point and the received time delimiting point if an time interval between a time indicated by the time delimiting point and a time indicated by the received time delimiting point is smaller than a predetermined time period.

15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of designate a keyword,

wherein:

in the step of setting, the recorded data is stored while associating the designated keyword with partial recorded data of which end point is defined by the designated time delimiting point; and

in the step of transmitting, the signal indicating the designated time delimiting point is transmitted to the external device, together with the designated keyword.

16. A computer readable medium having computer readable instruction stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor of a device for managing recorded data, configures the processor to perform the steps of:

recording a telephone communication;

designating a time delimiting point to be set to recorded data being recorded;

receiving a signal indicating a time delimiting point from an external device of a party on the other side; and

setting the designated time delimiting point and the received time delimiting point received from the external device to the recorded data.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the method further comprises the step of transmitting a signal indicating the designated time delimiting point to the external device.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the step of setting comprises the step of canceling one of the designated time delimiting point and the received time delimiting point if an time interval between a time indicated by the time delimiting point and a time indicated by the received time delimiting point is smaller than a predetermined time period.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 17, wherein:

the method further comprises the step of designate a keyword;

in the step of setting, the recorded data is stored while associating the designated keyword with partial recorded data of which end point is defined by the designated time delimiting point; and

in the step of transmitting, the signal indicating the time delimiting point designated by the user is transmitted to the external device, together with the designated keyword.

20. In combination, a first device and a second device, the first device comprising:

a designation unit configured to designate a time delimiting point; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal indicating the designated time delimiting point to the second device,

the second device comprising;

a recording unit configured to record a telephone communication with the first device;

a second designation unit configured to designate a time delimiting point to be set to recorded data being recorded by the recording unit;

a receiving unit configured to receive the signal from the first device; and

a setting unit configured to set the designated time delimiting point designated through the second designation unit and the received time delimiting point received from the first device to the recorded data.