Method and system for electronic communication with the hearing impaired
AssigneeSorenson Communications, Inc.
InventorsGlenn Clapp, Michael Flathers, Carlo Bos, Edward Armstrong, Scot Brooksby
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Abstract
A system and method for electronic communication with the hearing impaired is disclosed, which includes a video relay service having a video relay service application configured to receive the called party number over the first connection and request interpretive services. The video relay service application, initiates when interpretive services are available. The video relay service times a duration of concurrent connection of the first and second connections.
Claims20
A video relay service, comprising:
- a video relay service application configured to receive a called party number over a first connection and request interpretive services, the video relay service application further configured as responsive to availability of the interpretive services and to initiate in response thereto a second connection with a hearing-capable user according to the called party number, the video relay service yet further configured to time a duration of concurrent connection of the first and second connections;
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- interpretive services including an interpretive terminal configured to effectuate the interpretive services between a hearing-impaired user of the first connection and the hearing-capable user of the second connection.
A system for electronic communication with a hearing-impaired user, comprising:
- a video phone configured to capture a dialed number as a called party number designating a voice phone of a hearing-capable user and further configured to effectuate a first connection;
- a video relay service application configured to receive the dialed number over the first connection and request interpretive services, the video relay service application further configured to be responsive to availability of the interpretive services and initiate in response thereto a second connection with a hearing-capable user according to the dialed number, the video relay service yet further configured to time a duration of concurrent connection of the first and second connections;
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- an interpretive terminal configured to effectuate the interpretive services between the hearing-impaired user and the hearing-capable user.
A method for electronic communication with a hearing-impaired user, comprising:
- receiving a called party number at a video relay service in response to a first connection with a video phone of a hearing-impaired user, the called party number designating a voice phone of a hearing-capable user;
- in response to receiving the called party number, requesting an interpreter terminal to effectuate interpretive services during a communication session between the hearing-impaired user and the hearing-capable user;
- the interpreter terminal initiating a second connection with the voice phone according to the called party number;
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- when the second connection is established, timing a duration of time when the first connection and the second connection are concurrent.
A method for electronic communication with a hearing-impaired user, comprising:
- receiving a called party number at a video relay service in response to a first connection with a hearing-capable user, the called party number designating a telephone of a hearing-impaired user;
- in response to receiving the called party number, requesting an interpreter terminal to effectuate interpretive services during a communication session between the hearing-capable user and the hearing-impaired user;
- the interpreter terminal initiating a second connection with the hearing-impaired user according to the called party number;
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- when the second connection is established, timing a duration of time when the first connection and the second connection are concurrent.
A method for communicating between a hearing-impaired user and a hearing-capable user, comprising:
- establishing a first communication connection between a video phone and a video relay service;
- forwarding a called party phone number to the video relay service;
- establishing according to the called party number a second communication connection between the video relay service and the voice phone;
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- interpreting between video and audio information for receipt and delivery to the video phone and the voice phone, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.