Voice-controlled wireless communications system and method
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1. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicate using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access points adjacent the badge;
wherein the badge further comprises an unassigned state and an assigned state such that the badge is initially in the unassigned state when it has not been assigned to a user, the badge enters the assigned state when the badge has been assigned to a user and the badge returns to the unassigned state when the user has finished using the badge so that the badge is dynamically bound to the user while the user is using the badge; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge and a user database containing a user profile for each user of the system and wherein the user profile database further comprises an alternative name field for each user containing alternative spoken names of the particular user wherein the voice recognition system recognizes the alternative spoken names of the user.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system has a central computer, one or more wireless access points and one or more personal badges that communicate wirelessly with the one or more wireless access points. The badges provide the user with a communications device that permits the user to initiate telephone calls and conferences, receive telephone calls, receive pages and be located within a particular environment.
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1. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicate using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access points adjacent the badge;
wherein the badge further comprises an unassigned state and an assigned state such that the badge is initially in the unassigned state when it has not been assigned to a user, the badge enters the assigned state when the badge has been assigned to a user and the badge returns to the unassigned state when the user has finished using the badge so that the badge is dynamically bound to the user while the user is using the badge; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge and a user database containing a user profile for each user of the system and wherein the user profile database further comprises an alternative name field for each user containing alternative spoken names of the particular user wherein the voice recognition system recognizes the alternative spoken names of the user.
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2. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicate using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access points adjacent the badge;
wherein the badge further comprises an unassigned state and an assigned state such that the badge is initially in the unassigned state when it has not been assigned to a user, the badge enters the assigned state when the badge has been assigned to a user and the badge returns to the unassigned state when the user has finished using the badge so that the badge is dynamically bound to the user while the user is using the badge; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge and a user database containing a user profile for each user of the system and wherein the user database further comprises a genie configuration field that contains a particular personality of the voice recognition system chosen by a particular user wherein each user may choose a different genie personality.
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3. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicate using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access points adjacent the badge;
wherein the badge further comprises an unassigned state and an assigned state such that the badge is initially in the unassigned state when it has not been assigned to a user, the badge enters the assigned state when the badge has been assigned to a user and the badge returns to the unassigned state when the user has finished using the badge so that the badge is dynamically bound to the user while the user is using the badge; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge and a user database containing a user profile for each user of the system and wherein the voice recognition system further comprises a learn name command wherein a user spells the name of the person whose name is to be learned by the voice recognition system. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicate using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access points adjacent the badge;
wherein the badge further comprises an unassigned state and an assigned state such that the badge is initially in the unassigned state when it has not been assigned to a user, the badge enters the assigned state when the badge has been assigned to a user and the badge returns to the unassigned state when the user has finished using the badge so that the badge is dynamically bound to the user while the user is using the badge; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge, a user database containing a user profile for each user of the system and a begin tour command wherein a user walks around the system so that the voice recognition system announces each access point as the user enter the range of the access point and wherein the user names each access point when it is announced.
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24. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicates using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access adjacent the badge;
wherein the central computer further comprises a database containing a user profile for each user of the wireless communications system, each user profile containing information about the operation of a badge that has been assigned to a particular user and wherein the user profile for a particular user is capable of being changed so that the operation of the badge currently assigned to the user is also changed based on the user profile; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge and wherein the user profile database further comprises an alternative name field for each user containing alternative spoken names of the particular user wherein the voice recognition system recognizes the alternative spoken names of the user. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicates using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access adjacent the badge;
wherein the central computer further comprises a database containing a user profile for each user of the wireless communications system, each user profile containing information about the operation of a badge that has been assigned to a particular user and wherein the user profile for a particular user is capable of being changed so that the operation of the badge currently assigned to the user is also changed based on the user profile; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge and wherein the user database further comprises a genie configuration field that contains a particular personality of the voice recognition system chosen by a particular user wherein each user may choose a different genie personality.
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46. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicates using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access adjacent the badge;
wherein the central computer further comprises a database containing a user profile for each user of the wireless communications system, each user profile containing information about the operation of a badge that has been assigned to a particular user and wherein the user profile for a particular user is capable of being changed so that the operation of the badge currently assigned to the user is also changed based on the user profile; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge and wherein the voice recognition system further comprises a learn name command wherein a user spells the name of the person whose name is to be learned by the voice recognition system.
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47. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicates using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access adjacent the badge;
wherein the central computer further comprises a database containing a user profile for each user of the wireless communications system, each user profile containing information about the operation of a badge that has been assigned to a particular user and wherein the user profile for a particular user is capable of being changed so that the operation of the badge currently assigned to the user is also changed based on the user profile; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a voice recognition system that receives voice commands from a user through the badge and a begin tour command wherein a user walks around the system so that the voice recognition system announces each access point as the user enter the range of the access point and wherein the user names each access point when it is announced.
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