Apparatus and method for converting text being streamed to a display of telecommunication terminal
AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorsDavid Ray Burritt, Paul Roller Michaelis, Matthew Jerome Stevens, Roger Leon Toennis
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Abstract
An apparatus and method convert streaming text to a display of a telecommunication terminal to audio by detecting the streaming text being transmitted to the digital display and performing the conversion. Another embodiment converts text in one language directed to a display of a telecommunication terminal to text of another language and displays the resulting text on the display of the telecommunication terminal.
Claims48
A method for transforming TTY information to audio information, comprising the steps of:
- detecting a need to convert TTY information being transmitted as text information to audio information for a telecommunication terminal;
- requesting by a computer a IP socket connection to another computer controlling a telecommunication switching system to which the telecommunication terminal is connected;
- connecting to the other computer via the IP socket by the computer;
- accessing the text information from the telecommunication switching system by the computer via the IP socket connection;
- converting the accessed text information to the audio information;
- and
- playing the converted audio information.
A method for transforming TTY information to audio information, comprising the steps of:
- detecting by a telecommunication terminal a need to convert TTY information being transmitted as text information to audio information for the telecommunication terminal;
- establishing a communication path with a telecommunication switching system controlling the telecommunication terminal by the telecommunication terminal;
- directly accessing the text information from the telecommunication switching system by the telecommunication terminal via the communication path that is distinct from that used to transmit the text information to the telecommunication terminal;
- converting by the telecommunication terminal the accessed text information to the audio information;
- and
- playing the converted audio information.
A method for transforming text information of at least one of an IM or SMS message to audio information for a telecommunication terminal, comprising the steps of:
- detecting a need to convert the text information of the at least one of the IM or SMS message being transmitted as text information to audio information;
- requesting by a computer a IP socket connection to another computer controlling a telecommunication switching system to which the telecommunication terminal is connected;
- connecting to the other computer via the IP socket by the computer;
- accessing the text information from the telecommunication switching system by the computer via the IP socket connection;
- converting the accessed text information to the audio information;
- and
- playing the converted audio information.
A method for transforming text information of at least one of an IM or SMS message to audio information for a telecommunication terminal, comprising the steps of:
- detecting by the telecommunication terminal a need to convert the text information of the at least one of the IM or SMS message being transmitted as text information to audio information;
- establishing a communication path with a telecommunication switching system controlling the telecommunication terminal by the telecommunication terminal;
- and
- directly accessing the text information from the telecommunication switching system by the telecommunication terminal via the communication path that is distinct from that used to transmit the text information to the telecommunication terminal;
- converting by the telecommunication terminal the accessed text information to the audio information;
- and
- playing the converted audio information.
A method for providing telephony operations, comprising the steps of:
- registering on a switching system by a computer as a telephony endpoint;
- establishing a connection with the telephony endpoint by the computer in response to a request from the telephony endpoint received via the switching system;
- receiving text information for the telephony endpoint from the switching system by the computer;
- translating the received text information to another language by the computer in response to the received text information from the switching system;
- and
- transmitting the translated text information to the telephony endpoint.
A processor-readable medium for transforming TTY information to audio information, comprising processor-executable instructions on a computer configured for:
- detecting a need to convert TTY information being transmitted as text information to audio information;
- requesting by the computer a IP socket connection to another computer controlling a telecommunication switching system to which the telecommunication terminal is connected;
- connecting to the other computer via the IP socket by the computer;
- accessing the text information from the telecommunication switching system by the computer via the IP socket connection;
- converting the accessed text information to the audio information;
- and
- playing the converted audio information.
A processor-readable medium for transforming TTY information to audio information, comprising processor-executable instructions on a telecommunication terminal configured for:
- detecting a need to convert TTY information being transmitted as text information to audio information;
- establishing a communication path with a telecommunication switching system controlling the telecommunication terminal by the telecommunication terminal;
- directly accessing the text information from the telecommunication switching system by the telecommunication terminal via the communication path that is distinct from that used to transmit the text information to the telecommunication terminal;
- converting the accessed text information to the audio information;
- and
- playing the converted audio information.
A processor-readable medium for transforming text information of at least one of an IM or SMS message to audio information, comprising processor-executable instructions on a computer configured for:
- detecting a need to convert the text information of the at least one of the IM or SMS message being transmitted as text information to audio information;
- requesting by the computer a IP socket connection to another computer controlling a telecommunication switching system to which the telecommunication terminal is connected;
- connecting to the other computer via the IP socket by the computer;
- accessing the text information from the telecommunication switching system by the computer via the IP socket connection;
- converting the accessed text information to the audio information;
- and
- playing the converted audio information.
A processor-readable medium for transforming text information of at least one of an IM or SMS message to audio information, comprising processor-executable instructions on a telecommunication terminal configured for:
- detecting a need to convert at least one of an IM or SMS message being transmitted as text information to audio information;
- establishing a communication path with a telecommunication switching system controlling the telecommunication terminal by the telecommunication terminal;
- and
- directly accessing the text information from the telecommunication switching system by the telecommunication terminal via the communication path that is distinct from that used to transmit the text information to the telecommunication terminal,
- establishing a communication path with a telecommunication switching system controlling the telecommunication terminal by the telecommunication terminal;
- converting the accessed text information to the audio information;
- and
- playing the converted audio information.
A processor-readable medium for providing telephony operations, comprising processor-executable instructions configured:
- registering on a switching system by a computer as a telephony endpoint;
- establishing a connection with the telephony endpoint by the computer in response to a request from the telephony endpoint received via the switching system;
- receiving text information for the telephony endpoint from the switching system by the computer;
- translating the received text information to another language by the computer in response to the received text information from the switching system;
- and
- transmitting the translated text information to the telephony endpoint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.