Voice and text communication system
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsLee N Goodman, Sujin C Chang
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Abstract
A text/voice system comprises a device configured to receive an incoming voice call intended for a called party, and detect, in response to receiving the voice call, the current status of the called party on a text messaging system, where the current status may include active or inactive. The device is also configured to establish a communication session between the calling party and the called party via the text messaging system, where speech from the calling party is translated to text and delivered to the called party during the communication session, and responsive text from the called party is translated to speech and delivered as speech to the calling party during the communication session.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a device to:
- receive a voice call from a calling party device intended for a called party device;
- detect, based on receiving the voice call, a current status of the called party on a text messaging system, the current status including active or inactive;
- establish a communication session between the calling party device, the called party device, and one or more other called party devices via the text messaging system when the current status of the called party is active,
- the one or more other called party devices being different than the called party device;
- receive, during the communication session, speech, associated with the voice call, from the calling party device;
- translate, during the communication session, the speech from the calling party device to text;
- deliver, to the called party device and the one or more other called party devices, the text on the text messaging system;
- receive, during the communication session, text from the called party device;
- translate, during the communication session, the text from the called party device to speech;
- deliver, to the calling party device, the speech;
- and
- deliver, to the one or more other called party devices, the text from the called party device.
A device comprising:
- a processor to:
- receive a voice signal from a device of a calling party intended for a first device of a called party;
- determine a current status of the called party on a text messaging system;
- translate the voice signal to text when the current status of the called party indicates that the called party is available on the text messaging system;
- deliver the text to a second device of the called party and a device of another called party,
- the device of the other called party being different than the first device of the called party and being different than the second device of the called party;
- receive responsive text from the second device of the called party;
- translate the responsive text to speech;
- deliver the speech to the device of the calling party;
- and
- deliver the responsive text to the device of the other called party.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a device and from a device of a calling party, a voice call intended for a device of a called party;
- identifying, by the device, an availability of the called party;
- establishing, by the device, a communication session between the device of the calling party, a device of another called party, and the device of the called party when the called party is available,
- the device of the other called party being different than the device of the called party;
- translating, by the device, speech, associated with the voice call, to text
- delivering, by the device and during the communication session, the text to the device of the called party and the device of the other called party;
- receiving, by the device, a text response from the device of the called party;
- translating, by the device, the received text response to speech;
- delivering, by the device, the speech to the device of the calling party during the communication session;
- and
- delivering, by the device and to the device of the other called party, the received text response during the communication session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.