GB2444755A - Improved message handling for mobile devices - Google Patents

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GB2444755A
GB2444755A GB0624681A GB0624681A GB2444755A GB 2444755 A GB2444755 A GB 2444755A GB 0624681 A GB0624681 A GB 0624681A GB 0624681 A GB0624681 A GB 0624681A GB 2444755 A GB2444755 A GB 2444755A
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Christopher Henry Seal
Mike Stead
Gilad Novik
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/18—Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/247—Telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/60—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers
    • H04M1/6033—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets
    • H04M1/6041—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/7243—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages
    • H04M1/72436—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
    • H04M1/72552—
    • H04Q7/3242—
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/12—Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
    • H04W4/14—Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/02—Terminal devices
    • H04W88/06—Terminal devices adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

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Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile communication device that can be set to operate one of a plurality of different operating modes (e.g. hands-free mode, car mode, silent mode, general meeting mode, etc.) and where, in response to the selected mode, communication between the user of the device and another party can be set to that most suited to the environments of both parties. The device comprises means that allow it to receive text information (e.g. SMS, Instant Message or email), means 22 to convert the text information to a speech signal in response to the selected mode of operation and means to output the speech signal as a communication message. Also disclosed are means for inputting a speech message, means 24 for converting the speech message to a text message in the same format as a received text message and means for transmitting the text message. Also disclosed are means responsive to a selected mode of operation for determining the type of message and if the message is a voice message, converting the voice message for display.

Description

UAPROVED TEXT HANDLING FOR MOBILE DEVICE
The present invention relates to text handling in mobile devices such as mobile phones or PDAs. A fundamental limitation of SMS/lflStaflt Messaging/Email on mobile devices such as mobile phones is the lack of an input keyboard of the provision of a very small qwerty keyboard which makes speedy input of data difficult.
Text-to-speech engines exist but more often than not are network devices. Speech-text engines exist but are usually associated with fully configured computers for the inputting of data into word processing documents.
io There is thus a need for a means to enter text into mobile devices which is convenient to use, does not require connection to the network and can be tailored by the user for his own purposes.
The present invention provides a mobile communication apparatus which includes a is mode selection device for allowing the selection of the specific way in which the apparatus responds to incoming messages, a speech to text device responsive to a selected mode of operation of the apparatus, and means for transmitting the input speech as a text signal.
Preferably, the apparatus is a mobile phone. The text signal may be an SMS or Instant Message or, indeed, an Email.
In order that the present invention be more readily understood, an embodiment thereof will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing which shows a block diagram of apparatus according to the present invention.
The preferred embodiment will be described in relation to a mobile phone but it will be appreciated that any personal communication device with either no conventional or only a small or incomplete keyboard would benefit from the present invention.
A mobile phone has a numeric keypad 10, a display 11, an audio input device such as a microphone 12, an audio output device 14, and a processor 15 for controlling the operation of the apparatus. Certain operations of the phone are preprogrammed and certain of these are user selectable by a mode selection device 18. Most phones have preprogrammed modes such as General, Silent, Meeting, etc and are also arranged to switch either manually or automaticallY to a hands-free mode when in use in a car so that the phone will react to voice commands for dialling and answering, for example. This is achieved using a speech recognition device 20 which, in combination with the processor recogniSes specific words and transforms them into commands which are then carried out by the processor 15.
A difficulty which has arisen, especially when in a hands-free mode, is that if a text message is received, the user is not able to reply using text. The apparatus thus is provided with a text to speech engine which includes a text to speech generator 22.
Thus, in Car mode, the phone would be put into a text to speech mode for all incoming forms of text message be they SMS, IM or Email. This allows the phone user to receive and understand the message without distraction. Also, in the event that the user wishes to reply, all that is required is for the user to select Reply either by issuing a spoken command or by selecting the appropriate command on the phone. A speech to text mode is activated and the user can reply by speaking whereupon the phone uses a speech to text generator 24 to generate a message which the processor 15 converts in order to transmit the reply back in the original incoming format.
In addition, it is possible to enhance the facilities of the phone so that if the phone is in one of the other modes of operation such as Meeting, an incoming voice call could be answered by an automatic voice message generated in the phone offering the caller the option of dictating a text message to the called party. The advantage of this is that in meeting mode, the called party would be able to see the message and reply by text. At the moment all the called party can see is either the name or telephone number of the calling party if the incoming call is provided with a calling number identifier. When the calling line identifier is not present this may cause problems, particularly with network based speech to text facilities, as in these cases the called party cannot readily identify the calling party. It is therefore proposed to have the message generated by the phone in the Meeting mode specifically ask the calling party to leave their name and/or number as well as the message. It is possible for the phone to generate one of two different messages depending Ofl whether or not a CLI is present.
Additionally, although the above described embodiment describes the speech generation engine 22 being activated depending on the combination of mode and type of received message, it is possible for the user to select the speech-text engine if he/she has already selected a text message creation program.
In other words, the present invention allows both parties to communicate with each other in the form that is most suitable to their environment or situation and this is under the control of the phone user utilising the processor in the phone without needing to communicate with the network.

Claims (4)

  1. CLAIMS: 1. A mobile communication device comprising means for sethng
    one of a plurality of different operating modes, means for receiving text information, means for converting the text information to a speech signal responsive to the selected mode of operation, and means for outputting the speech signal as a communication message.
  2. 2. A mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein the selected operating mode is a hands free mode.
  3. 3. A mobile communication device according to claim I or 2, and comprising means for inputting a speech message, means for converting the speech message to a text message in the same format as the received text information, and means for transmitting the text message.
  4. 4. A mobile communication device according to claim 1 or 2, and comprising a receiver for receiving an incoming message, means responsive to the selected mode of operation for determining the type of message and if the message is a voice message supplying it to the converting means for presentation to a display device.
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