CN1187683C - Portable voice broadcast E-mail device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a portable voice playing electronic mail device and a method thereof. Users can easily listen to and read electronic mails regardless of users' places through the mode of file conversion, the users can remotely listen to the electronic mails without carrying a device of the present invention through an identification unit, and actions of reception and sending are completed through the connection of wireless transmission. The present invention at least comprises steps: an electronic mail is received from a mail server; the electronic mail is stored in the format of word documents; a user terminal issues an instruction for playing the electronic mail and selects a playing mode so as to play the electronic mail; whether the electronic mail is saved is selected so as to finally finish playing the electronic mail.

Description

Portable voice broadcast E-mail device and method thereof

The present invention is a network communication apparatus, is meant a kind of portable voice broadcast E-mail device and method thereof that reads and utilize speech to broadcast electronic mail in conjunction with far-end especially.

Flourishing today in the internet, being full of a lot of network communication products on the market can send and receive e-mail, as: PC (PC), personal digital aid (PDA) (PDA), the mobile phone that can surf the Net or the like,, the user could read but need entering the mailbox account number of individual mail.If but the user is under the situation of being inconvenient to read, just can't learn the content of Email, as: run into the congested traffic situation on the road that the user is on duty, can't read, just Email can reduce the working time of being delayed in the process of working if can on the way be listened to earlier, or can't read in the dark, or do not carry communication product and receive Email, but there is important mail to receive, just needs a device that has speech to broadcast electronic mail and can directly receive Email this moment at far-end.

In view of this, the present invention is for a kind of portable voice broadcast E-mail device and the method thereof of providing is provided, fundamental purpose is, when being in one, the user can't use the PC part of sending and receiving e-mail, and the invention provides a portable voice device, include a converting unit and word or file can be converted to a speech documents, make the user can be directly directly listen to content in the Email (E-mail) by this device, or read this one the device shown word or file E-mail, the user can delete on this device, editor, the function that keeps, and do not influence the archives that mail server is watched, again or the user does not carry the portable voice device, can transfer to a default number,, reach the function that far-end receives E-mail through directly listening to the content of E-mail after the password check;

Secondary objective of the present invention is that why a device receives caller's tone information by a default number for this reason, allows the user all can receive the purpose of all messages in where.

The present invention comprises the following steps: to receive an Email from a mail server at least, form with word or file stores this Email again, thereafter this user's end is assigned instruction of playing this Email and the mode of selecting broadcast, play this Email, and select whether keep this Email, finish at last and play this Email.

Relevant detailed content of the present invention and technology are described as follows with regard to conjunction with figs. now:

Fig. 1 is the annexation figure of the portable voice broadcast E-mail device carried of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the Organization Chart of the portable voice broadcast E-mail device carried of the present invention;

Fig. 3-a is the general operation workflow figure of the portable voice broadcast E-mail device carried of the present invention;

Fig. 3-b is the general operation workflow figure of the portable voice broadcast E-mail device carried of the present invention;

Fig. 3-c is the general operation workflow figure of the portable voice broadcast E-mail device carried of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is that the portable voice broadcast E-mail device that the present invention carries receives the operation workflow figure that incoming call is held.

The present invention proposes a kind of portable voice broadcast E-mail device and method thereof, especially at listening to Email, a kind of portable voice device that has that proposes, when user's portable voice device receives new Email, the user can select to play the mode of Email from the portable voice device, but direct reading word or file, also can listen to speech documents, and the utilization wireless transmission links transmission/reception signal, and when the user is not with the portable voice device on one's body, control by far-end, directly listen to its Email, allow the user can the high efficiency content of knowing its important email.

The present invention is with the concrete feasibility of preferred embodiment explanation this method, receive signal, transferring files form and output archives by the portable voice device, when receiving a new signal, as: tone information or Email, by the device form that conversion user desire receives before output, no matter make the user can both receive new message easily wherever, reach the purpose of long distance transmission.And the annexation figure of Fig. 1 portable voice broadcast E-mail device that to be the present invention carry now is described as follows with regard to its annexation:

At first, Internet service provides many Emails (E-mail) of having deposited same account number in the server of end (ISP) 10, because mail server 20 (Mail Server) 24 hours is line and receive E-mail at any time all, Internet service can be provided all E-mail of end (ISP) 10 all to deposit to the hard disk of mail server 20.Certainly mail server 20 can be the computer (PC) that a user holds 70 individual, and the E-mail that it receives can be revised, deletes and be duplicated to this user's end arbitrarily in PC, then start a portable voice device (Portable Voice Device; PVD) 100, E-mail in the mail server 20 is optionally duplicated in the portable voice device (PVD) 100, optionally meaning is meant that portable voice device (PVD) 100 receives only the E-mail of word or file and speech documents, by changeing shelves, and only deposit word or file, because of not applying, uses the storage area of avoiding portable voice device 100; Again or, receive the message of an incoming call end 80a when portable voice device (PVD) 100, by differentiating, caller's tone information (Voice Message) is stored in the portable voice device (PVD) 100, and this user holds 70 can be directly to read word or files and listen to the E-mail of speech documents from portable voice device (PVD) 100, and this portable voice device (PVD) 100 provides the function of a transferring files, all word or files can be changed into speech documents, its two function that provides a far-end to listen to, this user holds 70 can enter portable voice device (PVD) 100 by the number that communication device 70 be dialled a setting from far-end, directly listens to all E-mail and Voice message in the portable voice device (PVD) 100 after the affirmation identity.

And the user holds 70 in portable voice device (PVD) 100 deletion, reservation, editor that all E-mail and Voicemessage produced to be repaiied these instructions, all do not influence the E-mail in the mail server 20 to receive, because of the E-mail in the portable voice device (PVD) 100 just directly duplicates from mail server 20, although the user holds a certain envelope E-mail of 70 deletions, and the user holds 70 still can find out identical E-mail at mail server 20.Wherein can take voice device (PVD) 100 is to receive E-mail by Wireless transmission mode with mail server 20, and Wireless transmission mode can be wireless radiofrequency transmission (Radio Frequency; RF), global system for mobile communications (G1obal Systemfor Mobile; GSM), wideband mobile data (General Packet Radio Service; GPRS), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access; CDMA), bluetooth (Blue Teeth) wireless transmission and wireless application protocol (Wireless Application Protocol; WAP).

See also Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the Organization Chart of the portable voice broadcast E-mail device carried of the present invention, with regard to Organization Chart of the present invention, comprise following plurality of units: portable voice device (PVD) 100 can receive message, transferring files form and output speech documents and word or file, and portable voice device (PVD) 100 has comprised: reception/transmitting element 110, CPU (central processing unit) 120, mnemon 130, identification unit 140, converting unit 150 and output unit 160.Below just be described further at these six kinds of unit:

1. reception/transmitting element 110, this unit is in order to receive speech documents and word or file, and by transfer protocol reception and transmission, whether be tone information or Email in this unit if can differentiate when signal enters, and Email can only be word or file and speech documents, and reception/transmitting element 110 is reception and transmissions of carrying out data through a Wireless transmission mode.

2. CPU (central processing unit) 120, this unit is in order to integrate, to assign and to handle all strokes, all archives that receive are converged whole, and will export, the message of conversion, identification is in the lump via this cell processing, be dispensed to different unit in transmission after this cell processing is intact and do further function, and the multiplex (MUX) carries out simultaneously.

3. mnemon 130, archives are deposited in order to a space to be provided in this unit, the archives that received according to reception/transmitting element 110, processing by CPU (central processing unit) 120, then be stored in this unit in the lump, because the storage space of this unit is not so good as the abundant of general PC, so E-mail is changed into word or file to be stored, Voice Message is binding hours and number of times then, guarantee that storage space is enough to use for the user, mnemon 130 provides a user to hold directly to carry out access, revises and the function of the data that deletes files

4. identification unit 140, this unit is in order to the identity of incoming call recognizing end 80, when reception/transmitting element 110 receives a signal, and this signal is to come electric signal, then this unit carries out distinguishing of an identity, utilize password to confirm, this unit is by a double-tone frequency multiplexed signal (Dual Tone Multi Frequency; DTMF) identification should be sent a telegram here and be held the correctness of 80 passwords of inputing.

5. converting unit 150, this unit is in order to convert word or file to speech documents, according to the user hold 70 the form of the archives that determine output, change by archives to this unit in the CPU (central processing unit) 120 acquisition mnemons 130, and each literal is changed into phoneme also with a linear predictive coding (LinearPredict Coding; LPC) convert word or file to speech documents, wherein comprised a LPC demoder, in order to encode, to decode.

6. output unit 160, and required File Format is held in order to present a user in this unit, and the way of output can be a display in order to present a word or file case and a loudspeaker in order to present voice files.

And this portable voice device (PVD) 100 can provide a user to hold 70 in the function of far-end by communication apparatus direct access archives by above-mentioned 6 unit, allow the user need not carry this portable voice device (PVD) 100 and also can receive Email, and know content.

Fig. 3-a is the general operation workflow figure of the portable voice broadcast E-mail device carried of the present invention, wherein describes the process that portable voice device (PVD) 100 receives new E-mail and stores E-mail in detail, and its flow process is as follows:

At first mail server 20 has received many E-mail, and portable voice device (PVD) 100, just receive an Email (step 200) by a reception/transmitting element 110 to one mail servers 20, by a CPU (central processing unit) 120 with the form of word or file store this Email (step 210) thereafter, this CPU (central processing unit) 120 can be differentiated the form of archives, and have the action that the word or file material stores only, after the differentiation, just deposit this Email in a mnemon 130 (step 220), portable voice device (PVD) 100 can judge whether this reception/transmitting element receives the signal (step 230) of an incoming call end 80 then, if define the signal that receives an incoming call end 80, then carry out A, please refer to Fig. 3-b; If determine not receive the signal of an incoming call end 80, then carry out B, please refer to Fig. 3-c.

Fig. 3-b is the general operation workflow figure of the portable voice broadcast E-mail device carried of the present invention, when defining the signal that receives incoming call end 80, then after the A, portable voice device (PVD) 100 just receives the signal (step 240) of an incoming call end 80 by this reception/transmitting element 110, distribution via CPU (central processing unit) 120, by the identity (step 241) of this incoming call end 80 of an identification unit 140 affirmations, this moment, identification unit 140 just entered telephone receiving device (Telephone Answering Device; TAD) pattern (step 242), according to this pattern, this incoming call end 80 is by a double-tone frequency multiplexed signal (Dual ToneMulti Frequency; DTMF) input password (step 243), dual-tone complex frequency signal (Dual Tone MultiFrequency; DTMF) be to represent a numeral with per two audio frequency, for example its high frequency of numeral ' 1 ' is that the 1209HZ low frequency then is 697HZ.Sound signal as we press ' 1 ' Shi Zehui sends 1209HZ+697HZ, just which kind of numeral knows after the other side's demoder is received this audio signal decoding that we press is, but only limit to 0 ~ 9 on the telephone set, *, the # key, afterwards if hold 70 for the user by the identity of password input and affirmation incoming call end 80, just the user holds 70 can be a far-end by a communication device 50 and listen to archives, then receive the mode (step 244) that a user holds 70 instructions and selects to present this Email, then by the line output (step 245) of going forward side by side of this Email in this mnemon 130 of an output unit 160 accesses, former is the then direct output character document of word or file, and enters A1; If user's 70 end desires output speech documents, then by the row format conversion (step 246) of going forward side by side of this Email in this mnemon 130 of a converting unit 150 accesses, and the process of format conversion is by linear predictive coding (LinearPredict Coding; LPC) this literal document is converted to phoneme and with the form of linear predictive coding encode (step 247), afterwards because converting unit 150 provides LPC demoder, then transmit the LPC sign indicating number to LPC demoder (step 248), and the LPC demoder converts the LPC sign indicating number to sound (step 249), just can by an output unit 160 export the speech documents (step 250) of this Emails, and enter A1 thereafter.

Fig. 3-c is the general operation workflow figure of the portable voice broadcast E-mail device carried of the present invention, when the signal of determining not receive incoming call end 80, just the user holds 70 to carry portable voice device (PVD) 100 at one's side, then after the B, portable voice device (PVD) 100 just receives the mode (step 260) that a user holds 70 instructions and selects to present this Email, the user holds 70 just can select the output of word or file or the output of speech documents, if the output of word or file, just by the line output (step 261) of going forward side by side of this Email in this mnemon of output unit access, and enter B1; If the output of speech documents just by the row format conversion (step 262) of going forward side by side of this Email in this mnemon of converting unit access, is exported the speech documents (step 263) of this Email afterwards again, and is entered B1 by an output unit.Wherein step 262 is to utilize the mode of above-mentioned steps 247, step 248, step 249 to change to step 263.

Come back to Fig. 3-a at last, A1 and B1 can hold 70 decisions whether to keep this Email (step 270) according to this user, then do not delete this Email (step 271) if do not keep; Then continue this Email is stored in this mnemon 130 (step 272) if keep, and process ends.

Fig. 4 is that the portable voice broadcast E-mail device that the present invention carries receives the operation workflow figure that incoming call is held, and illustrates that an incoming call end 80 utilizes portable voice device (PVD) 100 to carry out Voice Message, and its flow process is as follows:

At first portable voice device (PVD) 100 receives incoming call end 80 and leave word (step 300) by a reception/transmitting element, deposit in a mnemon 130 (step 310) by a CPU (central processing unit) 120 with the form of a speech documents afterwards, and the user holds 70 modes (step 320) that just can select to read this speech documents, if the user holds 70 to carry portable voice device (PVD) 100, just by the line output (step 330) of going forward side by side of this speech documents in this mnemon 130 of an output unit 160 accesses; If do not carry portable voice device (PVD) 100, then receive the signal (step 340) of an incoming call end by this reception/transmitting element 110, and by this identity (step 350) of sending a telegram here and holding of an identification unit 140 affirmations, if not the user holds 70 resumes step 300 to carry out leaving word of an incoming call end 80; If the user holds 70, then by the line output (step 360) of going forward side by side of this speech documents in this mnemon 130 of an output unit 160 accesses, wherein step 350 is to utilize the mode of above-mentioned steps 242, step 243 to carry out the identification identity to step 360.

Though the present invention discloses as above with aforesaid preferred embodiment; right its is not in order to limiting the present invention, anyly is familiar with present technique person, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can doing a little change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention asks book to be as the criterion when looking appended right.

Claims (19)

1. portable voice broadcast E-mail device, receive the tone information of an incoming call end and the Email of a mail server by a portable voice device, and received archives are carried out format conversion, and carry out an output, this portable voice device comprises following unit at least:

One reception/transmitting element in order to receive speech documents and word or file, receives and sends by a transfer protocol, and produce a transmitting-receiving signal;

One CPU (central processing unit) in order to integrate, to assign and to handle all strokes, is handled according to the archives that this transmitting-receiving signal is received, and produces a storage message;

One mnemon provides a space to deposit archives, according to this storage message the archives that received is stored, and produces a judgement message;

One converting unit receives the word or file that described reception/transmitting element receives, and converts this literal document to speech documents, according to this judgement message decision the archives that received is changed, and is produced a broadcast message;

One output unit is held required File Format in order to present a user, according to this broadcast message archives is exported; And

Identification unit receives the electric signal that comes of incoming call end, the correctness of should incoming call holding the password of being exported by the dual-tone complex frequency signal recognition that comes in the electric signal.

2. portable voice broadcast E-mail device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this reception/transmitting element carries out the reception and the transmission of data through a Wireless transmission mode.

3. portable voice broadcast E-mail device as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that this Wireless transmission mode can select one arbitrarily from the combination of wireless radiofrequency transmission, global system for mobile communications, wideband mobile data, CDMA, Bluetooth wireless transmission and wireless application protocol.

4. portable voice broadcast E-mail device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this mnemon provides a user to hold directly to carry out access, revises and the function of the data that deletes files.

5. portable voice broadcast E-mail device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this converting unit changes into each literal phoneme and converts word or file to speech documents with a linear predictive coding.

6. portable voice broadcast E-mail device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this output unit by a display in order to present a word or file case and a loudspeaker in order to present voice files.

7. portable voice broadcast E-mail device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this identification unit should be sent a telegram here by a double-tone frequency multiplexed signal identification and be held the correctness of the password of inputing.

8. the method for a portable voice broadcast E-mail is that user end captures Email by a portable voice device, and clicks the Email that its desire is opened, and finishes the broadcast Email, and this method comprises the following step at least:

Receive an Email from a mail server;

Form with word or file stores this Email;

The mode that this user's end is assigned the instruction of playing this Email and selected to play;

Play this Email;

Select whether to keep this Email; And

Finish and play this Email.

9. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that, should receive the step of an Email from a mail server, be that this mail server provides end this Email of acquisition and deposited to an Internet service earlier, then this portable voice device receives this Email of depositing in this mail server by Wireless transmission mode.

10. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that, this user's end is assigned the instruction of this Email of broadcast and is selected the step of the mode of broadcast, also comprises the signal of holding by reception/transmitting element reception one incoming call and does not receive a signal of sending a telegram here and holding.

11. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, should receive the signal of an incoming call end by a reception/transmitting element, also comprises the following step:

Receive the electric signal that comes of sending a telegram here and holding by an identification unit,, confirm the identity of this incoming call end by the correctness that this incoming call of dual-tone complex frequency signal recognition that comes in the electric signal is held the password of being exported; And

Receive the mode that this user holds instruction and selects to present this Email.

12. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that, should confirm the step of the identity of this incoming call end by an identification unit, and be to answer, and should hold according to frequency multiplexed signal input password by incoming call by a telephone receiving device pattern.

13. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that, this receives the mode that this user holds instruction and selects to present this Email, also comprises by go forward side by side line output and by the row format conversion of going forward side by side of this Email in this mnemon of converting unit access of this Email in this mnemon of output unit access.

14. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, should also comprise the following step by go forward side by side row format conversion of this Email in this mnemon of converting unit access:

Converting this literal document to phoneme by linear predictive coding also encodes with the form of linear predictive coding;

Transmit the LPC sign indicating number to the LPC demoder;

Convert the LPC sign indicating number to sound by the LPC demoder; And

Export the speech documents of this Email by an output unit.

15. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, the step that this does not receive the signal of an incoming call end also comprises the following step:

By the line output of going forward side by side of this Email in this mnemon of output unit access; And

By go forward side by side row format conversion of this Email in this mnemon of converting unit access.

16. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, the signal of this incoming call end is to produce by a communication device.

17. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that, the step that this plays this Email is that this user holds the literal shelves and the speech documents of this Email of exporting by this output unit directly to read and listen to.

18. the method for a portable voice broadcast E-mail is that user end receives the signal of an incoming call end by a portable voice broadcast E-mail device, and selects the archives of its desire unlatching, and finishes broadcast, this method comprises the following step at least:

Receive this incoming call end and leave word by a reception/transmitting element;

Deposit in a mnemon by a CPU (central processing unit) with the form of a speech documents;

The mode of this speech documents is read in selection; And

By the line output of going forward side by side of this speech documents in this mnemon of output unit access.

20. the method for portable voice broadcast E-mail as claimed in claim 18 is characterized in that, the mode of this speech documents is read in this selection, also comprises the following step:

Receive the signal of an incoming call end by this reception/transmitting element;

Receive the electric signal that comes of sending a telegram here and holding by an identification unit,, confirm the identity of this incoming call end by the correctness that this incoming call of dual-tone complex frequency signal recognition that comes in the electric signal is held the password of being exported; And

By the line output of going forward side by side of this speech documents in this mnemon of output unit access.

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