System and methods for storing and presenting personal information
OwnerDoug Goertzen, David Kauffmaninventors
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Abstract
A user can interact with a portable device (10, 10A) to store and receive information using a voice-driven interface. Single utterance spoken commands can be used to perform functions such as making calendar entries, generating reminders, generating ToDo items and the like. A portable device (10, 10A) may automatically identify devices which are nearby at the time of an event and store a list of those other devices. Speech recognition and speech synthesis may be performed at a computer system which is remote from the portable device. The portable device may be in only sporadic communication with the computer system.
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1-73. (canceled)
Apparatus for controlling a function provided at least in part by way of a portable electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
- a portable device comprising:
- means for obtaining speech data by receiving and digitizing a spoken command the command comprising a request to generate an event at the portable device;
- means for transferring the speech data to a computer system;
- and means for providing an audible signal on the occurrence of a trigger specified by control data;
- and,
- a computer system comprising:
- means for performing speech recognition on the speech data;
- means for identifying at least a desired trigger for an event based upon a result of the speech recognition;
- means for generating control data corresponding to the desired trigger;
- and,
- means for transferring the control data from the computer system to the portable device.
Apparatus for automatically associating context information with an event, the apparatus comprising:
- portable device comprising a wireless data transceiver and means for recording an event;
- means for saving a list of other devices detected by way of the wireless data transceiver in response to recording the event;
- and means for associating the list with the recorded event.
Apparatus for maintaining calendar data in a computer based calendar, the apparatus comprising:
- a portable device comprising:
- a microphone;
- a digitizer coupled to receive and digitize speech signals captured by the microphone;
- and, a speaker;
- means for performing speech recognition on a spoken command digitized by the digitizer, the spoken command comprising a request to add data to a computer-based calendar;
- means for identifying at least a time for an event based upon an output from the means for performing speech recognition;
- means for entering the time for the event as calendar data in a computer calendar;
- and,
- means for providing an audible signal by way of the speaker of the portable device at the time for the event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.