METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCROLLING TEXT DISPLAY OF VOICE CALL OR MESSAGE DURING VIDEO DISPLAY SESSION

• US 20100057466A1
• Filed: 09/17/2008
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc., Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (University of Pennsylvania)
• Original Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)
• Inventors: Poddar, Manish, Garg, Dinesh Kumar
• Granted Patent: US 8,180,644 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440236 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures, audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/602 for digital sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

A method and communication device disclosed includes displaying a video on a display, converting voice audio data to textual data by applying voice-to-text conversion, and displaying the textual data as scrolling text displayed along with the video on the display and either above, below or across the video. The method may further include receiving a voice call indication from a network, providing the voice call indication to a user interface where the voice call indication corresponds to an incoming voice call; and receiving a user input for receiving the voice call and displaying the voice call as scrolling text. In another embodiment, a method includes displaying application related data on a display; converting voice audio data to textual data by applying voice-to-text conversion; converting the textual data to a video format; and displaying the textual data as scrolling text over the application related data on said display.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

converting audio data to textual data by applying a voice-to-text conversion to said audio data; and

displaying said textual data as scrolling text, said scrolling text being displayed on a display along with video.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying said textual data as said scrolling text, further comprises:

displaying said scrolling text in a portion of said display near said display'"'"'s bottom wherein said scrolling text scrolls over said video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying said textual data as scrolling text, further comprises:

displaying said scrolling text in a separate scrolling text display portion of said display, either above or below said video.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a voice call indication from a network, and providing said voice call indication to a user interface, said voice call indication corresponding to an incoming voice call; and

receiving a user input for receiving said voice call and displaying said voice call as said scrolling text wherein said audio data is received from said network and corresponds to said voice call.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

detecting that said video is being displayed on said display;

diverting said audio data from an audio logic, to a voice-to-text converter logic, for conversion of said audio data to said textual data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a voice mail indication from a network, and providing said voice mail indication to a user interface, said voice mail indication corresponding to at least one stored voice audio message;

receiving a user input for retrieving said at least one stored voice audio message and displaying said at least one stored voice audio message as said scrolling text; and

retrieving said at least one stored voice audio message wherein said audio data corresponds to said at least one stored voice audio message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein converting said audio data to said textual data by applying said voice-to-text conversion to said audio data;

and displaying said textual data as said scrolling text, said scrolling text being displayed on said display along with said video, is in response to receiving one of a voice call indication or a voice mail indication from a network.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

retrieving said voice audio message from one of a remote storage or from a memory.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein receiving said voice mail indication further comprises:

producing an audio indication or displaying a voice mail message icon on said display.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a communication message indication from a network and providing a communication message indication to a user interface, said communication message indication corresponding to an incoming communication message;

receiving a user input for receiving said communication message and displaying said communication message as scrolling text on a display; and

displaying said communication message as said scrolling text in response to said user input, said scrolling text displayed along with other application related data on said display.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said communication message includes audio data, further comprising:

converting said audio data to textual data by applying a voice-to-text conversion to said audio data; and

displaying said textual data as said scrolling text.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said communication message further includes a video portion, further comprising:

stripping said audio portion from said video portion, to obtain said audio data, prior to said converting said audio data to said textual data by applying said voice-to-text conversion to said audio data; and

displaying said video portion in a picture-in-picture portion of said display.

13. A method comprising:

converting received messaging data to a video format to create video formatted messaging data, said video formatted messaging data including textual data corresponding to at least a portion of said messaging data; and

displaying said video formatted messaging data as scrolling text over other application related data on said display.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

stripping audio data from said messaging data;

diverting said audio data from an audio logic to a voice-to-text converter logic; and

obtaining said textual data from said voice-to-text converter logic.

15. A communication device comprising:

scrolling text logic, operative to;

receive audio data;

convert said audio data to textual data by applying a voice-to-text conversion to said audio data;

convert said textual data to a video format; and

display said textual data as scrolling text over an application related data on said display.

16. The communication device of claim 15, further comprising:

voice-to-text converter logic operatively coupled to said scrolling text logic, and wherein said scrolling text logic is further operative to;

detect said application related data on said display; and

divert said audio data from an audio logic to said voice-to-text converter logic in response to detecting said application related data on said display.

17. The communication device of claim 16, wherein said scrolling text logic is further operative to:

receive a voice call indication from a network, while said application related data is displayed on said display;

provide said voice call indication to a user interface, said voice call indication corresponding to an incoming voice call; and

receive a user input for receiving said voice call and displaying said voice call as said scrolling text wherein said audio data is received from a network and corresponds to said voice call.

19. The communication device of claim 15, further comprising:

an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), said ASIC comprising said scrolling text logic.

18. The communication device of claim 18, further comprising:

voice mail retriever logic operatively coupled to said scrolling text logic, and wherein said scrolling text logic is further operative to;

receive a voice mail indication from a network, and providing said voice mail indication to a user interface, said voice mail indication corresponding to at least one stored voice audio message;

receive a user input for retrieving said at least one stored audio message and displaying said at least one stored voice audio message as said scrolling text; and

sending a command to said voice mail retriever logic to retrieve said at least one stored audio message wherein said voice audio data corresponds to said at least one stored audio message.

20. A computer readable media comprising:

executable instructions for execution by at least one processor, that when executed cause said at least one processor to;

display a video on a display;

convert a voice audio data to textual data by applying a voice-to-text conversion to said voice audio file; and

display said textual data as scrolling text, said scrolling text being displayed on said display along with said video.