Text-to-speech preprocessing and conversion of a caller's ID in a telephone subscriber unit and method therefor
September 8, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesTerminal in communication network for notifying originating party's number Call announcement arrangement Call announcement arrangement Method and apparatus for vocally communicating to a caller at a remote telephone station synthesized speech of stored special service information Calling party announcement apparatus Cordless telephone system having speaker phone function Abbreviation and acronym/initialism expansion procedures for a text to speech reader Cordless telephone with voice announced calling party identification Voice caller I.D. apparatus Management of calling name delivery in telephone networks providing for telephone number portability Inventors
ApplicationNo. 391425 filed on 09/08/1999US Classes:379/67.1, AUDIO MESSAGE STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, OR SYNTHESIS379/88.07, Digital signal processing (DSP)379/88.12, Indication or notification of message379/88.16, Voice message synthesis379/93.15, Having format conversion379/100.13Format conversionExaminersPrimary: Hoosain, AllanAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04M 001/64H04M 011/00 H04M 001/56 AbstractA telephone subscriber unit (22) includes a caller identification device (120), a memory unit (114), a pre-processor (124) and a text-to-speech synthesizer (TTS) (110). The caller identification device (120) receives caller ID information of a calling party in a first textual format and stores the caller ID information in the memory unit (114) The pre-processor (124) converts textual caller ID information from the first data format to a second data format suitable for text-to-speech synthesis by the text-to-speech synthesizer (110). The text-to-speech synthesizer (110) generates audible caller ID information responsive to receiving the textual caller information.Other References
Field of SearchAUDIO MESSAGE STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, OR SYNTHESISAnnouncement selection or replacement Voice activation or recognition Voice verification (e.g., voice authorization, voiceprint, etc.) Digital signal processing (DSP) Message signal analysis Multimedia system (e.g., voice output combined with fax, video, text, etc.) Voice message synthesis Having format conversion Having recognition and selection Format conversion Indication or notification of message Image to speech Vocal tract model Specialized model Application Speech controlled system Translation Synthesis Home location registration (HLR) or visitor location registration (VLR) detail Including personal numbering system (i.e., intelligent network for subscriber tracking or follow-me subscriber feature) Including private cordless extension system Control of another apparatus RADIOTELEPHONE SYSTEM | |
