System and method for entering alphanumeric characters in a wireless communication device
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsGuangming Shi, Tomasz Johannsen
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Abstract
A wireless communications device (100) may include an audio-input device (118), a memory (104), a voice-recognition engine (122) and various features which may make use of alphanumeric characters, such as the ability to send electronic messages and to store address information and the like. In one embodiment, the audio-input device (118) receives audio-data and the voice-recognition engine (122) is configured to interpret the audio-data as matching a selected one of a set of alphanumeric characters. The selected alphanumeric character is stored in the memory (104) for subsequent use in the operation of the wireless communications device (100).
Claims24
A system for data entry in a wireless communication device, the system comprising:
- an audio-input device to receive audio-data;
- a voice-recognition engine to receive and analyze the audio-data, wherein the voice-recognition engine is configured to interpret the audio-data as matching a selected one of a set of alphanumeric characters to use in conjunction with the operation of the wireless communication device;
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- a memory to store the selected alphanumeric character for subsequent use in conjunction with the operation of the wireless communication device.
A system for storing addresses in a wireless communication device, the system comprising:
- an audio-input device to receive audio-data;
- a voice-recognition engine to receive and analyze the audio-data, wherein the voice-recognition engine is configured to interpret the audio-data as matching a selected one of a set of alphanumeric characters;
- a processor to associate an address-identifier with a plurality of selected alphanumeric characters;
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- a memory to store the plurality of selected alphanumeric characters in association with the associated address-identifier.
A method for data entry in a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- receiving audio-data;
- configuring the wireless communication device to interpret the audio-data as matching a selected one of a set of alphanumeric characters to use in conjunction with the operation of the wireless communication device;
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- storing the selected alphanumeric character for subsequent use in conjunction with the operation of the wireless communication device.
A method for storing addresses in a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- receiving audio-data;
- configuring the wireless communications device to interpret the audio-data as matching a selected one of a set of alphanumeric characters;
- associating a plurality of selected alphanumeric characters with an address-identifier;
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- storing the plurality of selected alphanumeric characters in association with the associated address-identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.