Method and system for providing a translation service for a voice channel
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorTaiyuan Fang
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Abstract
There is provided a method for providing a translation service for a voice channel. The method comprises receiving a translation request from a first person at a first endpoint of the voice channel, selecting a language translator based on the translation request received from the first person, and installing the language translator in the voice channel for providing the translation service between the first person at the first endpoint of the voice channel and a second person at a second endpoint of the voice channel. The translation request may include digits dialed as part of a phone number associated with the second endpoint, and wherein the translation request includes information indicative of a first language and a second language for translation.
Claims20
A method for providing a translation service for a voice channel, the method comprising:
- receiving a translation request from a first person at a first endpoint of the voice channel;
- selecting a language translator based on the translation request received from the first person;
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- installing the language translator in the voice channel for providing the translation service between the first person at the first endpoint of the voice channel and a second person at a second endpoint of the voice channel.
A system for providing a translation service for a voice channel, the system comprising:
- an interface configured to communicate with a first person at a first endpoint of the voice channel;
- a memory configured to store parameters relating to a plurality of language translators;
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- a processor configured to receive a translation request from the first person at the first endpoint via the interface, the processor further configured to select a language translator from the plurality of language translators based on the translation request received from the first person, the processor further configured to install the language translator in the voice channel via the interface for providing the translation service between the first person at the first endpoint of the voice channel and a second person at a second endpoint of the voice channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.