Next generation cell phone

• US 8,412,203 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2008
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Ricci, Christopher P, Speight, Howard L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Zhiyu
• Application Number:
  US12/262,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20100113034A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,614 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/440
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/642 storing speech in digital form

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed. The system includes a wireless headset. The wireless headset includes a network receiver to receive beacon signals from wireless access points. A beacon table contains data extracted from the received beacon signals. A wireless network selector selects a wireless access point based on the data in the beacon table. The system further includes a voice agent application coupled to the wireless headset and a special-purpose application coupled to the voice agent application.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a wireless headset, comprising;

an audio circuit adapted to convert a spoken command into a command signal;

a network receiver adapted to receive beacon signals from wireless access points and not to otherwise communicate with the wireless access points, wherein the network receiver is further adapted to extract data from the received beacon signals;

a processor adapted to create a beacon table, wherein the beacon table contains data extracted from the received beacon signals;

a wireless network selector adapted to select a wireless access point based on a table that indicates a coverage of access points in the vicinity that has been measured by another wireless headset;

wherein the selected wireless access point includes a plurality of wireless access points, wherein each of the plurality of wireless access points are each in a basic service set, wherein each of the basic service sets are grouped into an extended service set that has a single service set identifier, and wherein selecting the wireless access point further comprises selecting an access point that belongs to the extended service set with the broadest coverage discernible from the beacon table;

a wireless network transceiver adapted to communicate with the selected wireless access point, the wireless network transceiver being a separate piece of hardware from the network receiver;

a server in communication with the wireless headset, the server adapted to execute a voice agent application;

a special-purpose application coupled to the voice agent application;

the voice agent application comprising;

a receiver adapted to receive the command signal from the wireless headset through the selected wireless access point;

logic adapted to determine that responding to the command signal requires sending a command to the special-purpose application;

a transmitter adapted to transmit the command to the special-purpose application; and

a location application to determine a trajectory of the wireless headset, the location application providing the trajectory to the wireless network selector to be used in selecting the wireless access point.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the wireless headset is coupled to the voice agent application through the selected wireless access point.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a network selector to select between a network accessed by the selected wireless access point and a second network; and

the wireless headset being coupled to the voice agent through the network selected by the network selector.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the second network is selected from the group consisting of a cellular network and a BlueTooth network.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

the location application to determine a location of the wireless headset;

the location application providing the location to the wireless network selector to be used in selecting the wireless access point.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the special-purpose application is configured to produce a response upon processing the command; and

the system further comprises;

a text-to-voice application to;

receive the response;

convert the response into an audio signal; and

transmit the audio signal to the wireless headset; and

the audio circuit further to convert the audio signal to an audible response.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the special-purpose application is selected from a group consisting of an email application and a database application.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the special-purpose application is selected from a group consisting of a voice-mail application, an email application, a database application, an entertainment application, and a PBX application.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the beacon table further comprises a moving average of the data extracted from the beacon signals.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the beacon table further comprises a windowed average of the data extracted from the beacon signals.

9. A system comprising:

a wireless headset, comprising;

an audio circuit adapted to convert a spoken command into a command signal;

a network receiver adapted to receive beacon signals from wireless access points and not to otherwise communicate with the wireless access points, wherein the network receiver is further adapted to extract data from the received beacon signals;

a processor adapted to create a beacon table, wherein the beacon table is adapted to contain data extracted from the received beacon signals;

a wireless network selector adapted to select a wireless access point based on a table that indicates a coverage of access points in the vicinity that has been measured by another wireless headset;

wherein the selected wireless access point includes a plurality of wireless access points, wherein each of the plurality of wireless access points are each in a basic service set, wherein each of the basic service sets are grouped into an extended service set that has a single service set identifier, and wherein selecting the wireless access point further comprises selecting an access point that belongs to the extended service set with the broadest coverage discernible from the beacon table;

a wireless network transceiver adapted to transmit and receive with the selected wireless access point, the wireless network transceiver being a separate piece of hardware than the network receiver;

a special-purpose application coupled to the wireless headset, the special-purpose application comprising;

a receiver adapted to receive the command signal from the wireless headset through the selected wireless access point;

logic adapted to determine that responding to the command signal requires performing a function of the special-purpose application;

logic adapted to perform the function; and

a location application to determine a trajectory of the wireless headset, the location application providing the trajectory to the wireless network selector to be used in selecting the wireless access point.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the special-purpose application is coupled to the wireless headset through the selected wireless access point.

11. The system of claim 9 further comprising:

a network selector to select between the selected wireless access point and a second network,

the wireless headset being coupled to the voice agent through the network selected by the network selector.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the second network is selected from the group consisting of a cellular network and a BlueTooth network.

13. The system of claim 9 further comprising:

the location application to determine a location of the wireless headset;

the location application providing the location to the wireless network selector to be used in selecting the wireless access point.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein:

the special-purpose application is configured to produce a response upon processing the command; and

the system further comprises;

a text-to-voice application to;

receive the response,

convert it to an audio signal; and

transmit the audio signal to the wireless headset; and

the audio circuit to convert the audio signal to an audible response.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the special-purpose application is selected from a group consisting of an email application and a database application.

16. The system of claim 9 wherein the special-purpose application is selected from a group consisting of a voice-mail application, an email application, a database application, an entertainment application, and a PBX application.