US 10,917,511 B2Granted

System and method of providing voice-message call service

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsHong-chul Kim, Seon-ae Kim, Hyun-jae Shin

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Abstract

Provided are a system and method of providing a voice-message call service. A mobile device that performs a call with an external mobile device comprises a control unit configured to obtain text, the text converted from voice data that is exchanged between the mobile device and the external mobile device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device, and obtain input text input to the mobile device and provided text that is received from the external mobile device; and a display unit configured to arrange the text, the input text, and the provided text and display the arranged text, input text, and provided text on a screen of the device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A server for providing a messaging between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the server comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions, and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to, during the messaging between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, at least:
control to obtain first text data originating from the first electronic device, wherein the first text data is inputted, through a first application of the first electronic device, at the first electronic device, and the first application is for performing the messaging,
control to send the first text data towards the second electronic device,
control to generate a first voice data from the first text data,
control to send the first voice data towards the second electronic device,
control to obtain second text data originating from the second electronic device, wherein the second text data is inputted, through a second application of the second electronic device, at the second electronic device, and the second application is for performing the messaging,
control to send the second text data towards the first electronic device,
control to generate a second voice data from the second text data,
control to send the second voice data towards the first electronic device,
wherein the first voice data is outputted from the second electronic device while the second application is displayed on a screen of the second device, and
wherein the second voice data is outputted from the first electronic device while the first application is displayed on a screen of the first device.

9 more elements

A method for performing a messaging between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising, during the messaging between the first electronic device and the second electronic device:

obtaining first text data originating from the first electronic device, wherein the first text data is inputted, through a first application of the first electronic device, at the first electronic device, and the first application is for performing the messaging,
sending the first text data towards the second electronic device,
generating a first voice data from the first text data,
sending the first voice data towards the second electronic device,
obtaining second text data originating from the second electronic device, wherein the second text data is inputted, through a second application of the second electronic device, at the second electronic device, and the second application is for performing the messaging,
sending the second text data towards the first electronic device,
generating a second voice data from the second text data,
sending the second voice data towards the first electronic device,
wherein the first voice data is outputted from the second electronic device while the second application is displayed on a screen of the second device, and
wherein the second voice data is outputted from the first electronic device while the first application is displayed on a screen of the first device.

7 more elements

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium comprising a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

control to obtain first text data originating from a first electronic device, wherein the first text data is inputted, through a first application of the first electronic device, at the first electronic device, and the first application is for performing a messaging between the first electronic device and a second electronic device,
control to send the first text data towards the second electronic device,
control to generate a first voice data from the first text data,
control to send the first voice data towards the second electronic device,
control to obtain second text data originating from the second electronic device, wherein the second text data is inputted, through a second application of the second electronic device, at the second electronic device, and the second application is for performing the messaging,
control to send the second text data towards the first electronic device,
control to generate a second voice data from the second text data,
control to send the second voice data towards the first electronic device,
wherein the first voice data is outputted from the second electronic device while the second application is displayed on a screen of the second device, and
wherein the second voice data is outputted from the first electronic device while the first application is displayed on a screen of the first device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/390,610Filed 22 Apr 2019 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2014-006256923 May 2014
Published: US 2019/0245962 A18 Aug 2019
Granted: 9 Feb 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification23 codes

H04M 1/72433
With interactive means for internal management of messages: for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones
G10L 15/26
Speech recognition: speech to text systems
H04L 51/046
Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]: interoperability with other network applications or services
H04L 51/56
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: unified…

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