HANDS FREE CONTACT DATABASE INFORMATION ENTRY AT A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20110276595A1
• Filed: 07/18/2011
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Kirkland, Dustin, Paranjape, Ameet M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,328,089 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2753 providing data content
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/68 with means for recording information, e.g. telephone number during a conversation recording of telephone conversations H04M1/656

Abstract

A method, system, and program provides for hands free contact database information entry at a communication device. A recording system at a communication device detects a user initiation to record. Responsive to detecting the user initiation to record, the recording system records the ongoing conversation supported between the communication device and a second remote communication device. The recording system converts the recording of the conversation into text. Next, the recording system extracts contact information from the text. Then, the recording system stores the extracted contact information in an entry of the contact database, such that contact information is added to the contact database of the communication device without manual entry of the contact information by the user.

Claims

1. A method for entry of contact information for storage in a contact database, the method comprising:

responsive to detecting, at a communication device, an indication from a user of the communication device to record, recording at least a portion of a communication between the communication device and a second remote communication device, prompting the user to speak a contact name, and recording at least a portion of speech spoken by the user in response to the prompting as a recording of the contact name;

automatically converting the recording of the at least a portion of the communication and the recording of the contact name into text;

automatically extracting the contact name and at least one other type of contact information from the text; and

storing the extracted contact name and the at least one other type of contact information in an entry of the contact database without their manual entry by the user of the communication device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the indication from the user of the communication device to record, wherein the detecting comprises detecting a predesignated keystroke and/or a voice command.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the automatically converting comprises:

automatically converting responsive to detecting, at the communication device, an indication from the user to terminate the recording of the at least a portion of the communication.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the recording the at least a portion of the communication consists of:

recording a local voice spoken at the communication device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the extracting the contact name and the at least one other type of contact information from the text comprises:

detecting a tag within the text;

searching the text for a portion of the text matching a textual characteristic associated with the tag; and

responsive to identifying the portion of the text matching the textual characteristic, assigning the portion of the text to a field of the entry of the contact database, wherein the field is associated with the tag.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the extracting the contact name and the at least one other type of contact information from the text comprises:

detecting a lack of a tag within the text;

inferring information for the tag from other information collectable at the communication device about a second user of the second remote communication device; and

assigning the inferred information to a field of the entry of the contact database, wherein the field is associated with the tag.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

presenting the extracted contact name and the at least one other type of contact information to the user of the communication device for approval prior to storing the extracted contact name and the at least one other type of contact information in the entry of the contact database.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

muting output of the user'"'"'s speech to the second remote communication device prior to the prompting.

9. A communication device comprising:

at least one input configured to record speech; and

a processor configured to implement;

responsive to detecting, at the communication device, an indication from a user of the communication device to record, recording at least a portion of a communication between the communication device and a second remote communication device, prompting the user to speak a contact name, and recording at least a portion of speech spoken by the user in response to the prompting as a recording of the contact name;

automatically converting the recording of the at least a portion of the communication and the recording of the contact name into text;

automatically extracting the contact name and at least one other type of contact information from the text; and

storing the extracted contact name and the at least one other type of contact information in an entry of the contact database without their manual entry by the user of the communication device.

10. The communication device according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

detecting the indication from the user of the communication device to record, wherein the detecting comprises detecting a predesignated keystroke and/or a voice command.

11. The communication device according to claim 9, wherein the automatically converting comprises:

automatically converting responsive to detecting, at the communication device, an indication from the user to terminate the recording of the at least a portion of the communication.

12. The communication device according to claim 9, wherein the recording the at least a portion of the communication consists of:

recording a local voice spoken at the communication device.

13. The communication device according to claim 9, wherein the extracting the contact name and the at least one other type of contact information from the text comprises:

detecting a tag within the text;

searching the text for a portion of the text matching a textual characteristic associated with the tag; and

responsive to identifying the portion of the text matching the textual characteristic, assigning the portion of the text to a field of the entry of the contact database, wherein the field is associated with the tag.

14. The communication device according to claim 9, wherein the extracting the contact name and the at least one other type of contact information from the text comprises:

detecting a lack of a tag within the text;

inferring information for the tag from other information collectable at the communication device about a second user of the second remote communication device; and

assigning the inferred information to a field of the entry of the contact database, wherein the field is associated with the tag.

15. The communication device according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

presenting the extracted contact name and the at least one other type of contact information to the user of the communication device for approval prior to storing the extracted contact name and the at least one other type of contact information in the entry of the contact database.

16. The communication device according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

muting output of the user'"'"'s speech to the second remote communication device prior to the prompting.

17. A program embodied in a computer-readable medium, said program comprising computer-executable instructions which cause a computer to perform a method comprising:

responsive to detecting, at the communication device, an indication from a user of the communication device to record, recording at least a portion of a communication between the communication device and a second remote communication device, prompting the user to speak a contact name, and recording at least a portion of speech spoken by the user in response to the prompting as a recording of the contact name;

automatically converting the recording of the at least a portion of the communication and the recording of the contact name into text;

automatically extracting the contact name and at least one other type of contact information from the text; and

storing the extracted contact name and the at least one other type of contact information in an entry of the contact database without their manual entry by the user of the communication device.

18. The program according to claim 17, wherein the recording the at least a portion of the communication consists of:

recording a local voice spoken at the communication device.

19. The program according to claim 17, wherein the extracting the contact name and the at least one other type of contact information from the text comprises:

detecting a tag within the text;

searching the text for a portion of the text matching a textual characteristic associated with the tag; and

responsive to identifying the portion of the text matching the textual characteristic, assigning the portion of the text to a field of the entry of the contact database, wherein the field is associated with the tag.

20. The program according to claim 17, wherein the extracting the contact name and the at least one other type of contact information from the text comprises:

detecting a lack of a tag within the text;

inferring information for the tag from other information collectable at the communication device about a second user of the second remote communication device; and

assigning the inferred information to a field of the entry of the contact database, wherein the field is associated with the tag.