Controller for use with communications systems for converting a voice message to a text message
First Claim
1. A non-realtime messaging system comprising:
- a messaging controller that is operable to receive oral messages from callers into said non-realtime messaging system and operable to transmit text messages to communications devices associated with subscribers of said non-realtime messaging system;
a data repository that is operable to store data patterns that represent oral phrases specific to said non-realtime messaging system; and
a translating controller, associated with said messaging controller and said data repository, that is operable to process said received oral messages using said stored data patterns and to generate said text messages in response thereto.
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Abstract
The principles of the present invention introduce non-realtime messaging systems (and controllers for use therewith) that are capable of converting received oral messages from callers into at least substantially equivalent text messages for transmission to subscribers thereof. This may be accomplished by processing the received oral messages using data patterns representing oral phrases specific to non-realtime messaging systems. An exemplary messaging system includes each of a messaging controller, a data repository and a translating controller. The messaging controller is capable of receiving oral messages from callers and transmitting text messages to communications devices associated with subscribers of the non-realtime messaging system. The data repository is capable of storing data patterns that represent oral phrases specific to the non-realtime messaging system. The translating controller, which is associated with the messaging controller and data repository, is operable to process the received oral messages using the stored data patterns and to generate at least substantially equivalent text messages in response thereto.
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1. A non-realtime messaging system comprising:
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a messaging controller that is operable to receive oral messages from callers into said non-realtime messaging system and operable to transmit text messages to communications devices associated with subscribers of said non-realtime messaging system;
a data repository that is operable to store data patterns that represent oral phrases specific to said non-realtime messaging system; and
a translating controller, associated with said messaging controller and said data repository, that is operable to process said received oral messages using said stored data patterns and to generate said text messages in response thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of operating a non-realtime messaging system that is operable to receive oral messages from callers into said non-realtime messaging system and operable to transmit text messages to communications devices associated with subscribers of said non-realtime messaging system, said method of operation comprising the steps of:
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storing data patterns that represent oral phrases specific to said non-realtime messaging system in a data repository; and
controlling a translating controller, associated with said data repository, that is operable to process said received oral messages using said stored data patterns and generating said text messages in response thereto. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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- 15. For use in a messaging paging system that includes a paging controller that is operable to receive oral messages from callers into said message paging system and operable to transmit text messages to message paging devices associated with subscribers of said message paging system, a translating controller that is associated with a data repository that stores data patterns that represent oral phrases specific to said message paging system and is operable to process said received oral messages using said stored data patterns and to generate said text messages in response thereto.
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