COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20130029643A1
• Filed: 10/04/2012
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sun Ryang, Huh, Ji Young, Kim, Woong Chang
• Granted Patent: US 8,510,114 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/02 Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

The application discloses a communication device and method of processing a text message in the communication device. An aspect of the present application is a method of processing text message in a communication device, the method including receiving a text message from an external sender, receiving a request to transform the text message into voice data, transforming the received text message into voice data according to the request, and transmitting the voice data to an external sound reproduction device through a wireless communication module.

Claims

1. A method of processing a text message in a communication device, the method comprising:

storing voice information corresponding to a counterpart during a telephone conversation with the counterpart if the voice information of counterpart has not been stored;

receiving a text message from the counterpart;

determining whether to transform the received text message into voice data according to control information, wherein the control information corresponds to a condition for transforming a text message into voice data,

selectively transforming the received text message into voice data using the stored voice information of counterpart according to a result of the determining step; and

transmitting the transformed voice data to a sound reproduction device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the counterpart is a person whose telephone number has been stored in the storage.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprising;

recording the voice of counterpart during a telephone conversation with the counterpart.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprising;

sampling the recorded voice of counterpart to be stored in the storage as the voice information of counterpart.

5. A communication device comprising:

a storage configured to store voice information corresponding to a counterpart during a telephone conversation with the counterpart if the voice information of counterpart has not been stored;

a receiver configured to receive a text message from the counterpart; and

a controller configured to;

determine whether to transform the received text message into voice data according to control information, wherein the control information corresponds to a condition for transforming a text message into voice data,

selectively transform the received text message into voice data using the stored voice information of counterpart according to a result of the determining; and

transmit the transformed voice data to a sound reproduction device.

6. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the counterpart is a person whose telephone number has been stored in the storage.

7. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the controller records the voice of counterpart during a telephone conversation with the counterpart.

8. The communication device of claim 7, wherein the controller samples the recorded voice of counterpart to be stored in the storage as the voice information of counterpart.