Text messaging in a telephony network
AssigneeComverse, Inc.
InventorKobi Atar
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Abstract
An apparatus including a capturer and a converter. The capturer is configured to capture at least one word spoken by a calling party of a phone call in accordance with a predetermined capturing policy. The converter is in communication with the capturer and configured to automatically convert at least one of the at least one captured word into a textual sequence.
Claims20
An apparatus for call enhancement in association with telephone calls in a telephony network, comprising:
- a capturer configured to capture at least one word spoken by a calling party of a phone call, wherein the capturer operates according to a predetermined capturing policy;
- and
- a converter in communication with the capturer and configured to automatically convert at least one of the at least one captured word into a textual sequence.
A method for call enhancement in association with telephone calls in a telephony network, comprising:
- capturing at least one word spoken by a calling party of a phone call wherein the capturing is performed according to a predetermined capturing policy;
- and
- automatically converting at least one of the at least one captured word into a textual sequence.
A system for call enhancement in association with telephone calls in a telephony network, comprising:
- a capturer deployed in the telephony network and configured to capture at least one word spoken by a calling party of a phone call, wherein the capturer operates according to a predetermined capturing policy;
- b) a converter in communication with the capturer and configured to automatically convert at least one of the at least one captured word into a textual sequence;
- and
- c) a client agent installed at a remote unit and configured to communicate with the capturer in order to trigger the capturing of the at least one word by the capturer.
A client agent embodied on a computer readable medium and installable on a mobile telephony device, wherein the client agent is configured to communicate with an apparatus in order to trigger capturing of words spoken by a calling party to a text message, and wherein the client agent is further configured to receive the text message from the apparatus and present the text message on a screen of the mobile telephony device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.