US5956681A
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Apparatus for generating text data on the basis of speech data input from terminal
Assignee: Vlingo Corp
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Filing: 1997-11-06
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Granted: 1999-09-21
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Expires: 2017-11-06
Abstract
Abstract A speech signal input from the microphone of a mobile terminal having a PHS function in a communication or off-line state is sent from a PHS network to a speech control host unit connected to a LAN in a specific speech service provider through the Internet and recognized. The contents of the recognition result are automatically determined and shaped into text data of a format type designated from the mobile terminal, and more particularly, into E-mail text data or FAX text data. The formatted text data is returned to the mobile terminal in real time and edited on the mobile terminal as needed. Thereafter, the E-mail text data or FAX text data is transferred to the speech control host unit and transmitted. In this system, the mobile terminal does not require any advanced speech recognition environment and can have a speech recognition function having a practical accuracy at a low cost. The mobile terminal can also be equipped with an E-mail/FAX generation/transmission function based on the speech recognition result.
Inventors
- 👤 Tooru Yamakita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 17:40
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/7243; H04M1/72436; G; G10; G10L; G10L15/00; G10L15/26; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/74
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
84 words
A speech control apparatus connected to a terminal through a communication network, comprising: means for receiving speech data transmitted from said terminal; processing means for recognizing the received speech data, converting the recognized speech data into document data, extracting a specific word from the converted document data, and generating formatted document data having a predetermined format by inserting the extracted word into a specified field of the converted document data; and transmitting means for transmitting the generated formatted document data through said communication network.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
84 words
A speech control apparatus connected to a terminal through a communication network, comprising: means for receiving speech data transmitted from said terminal; processing means for recognizing the received speech data, converting the recognized speech data into document data, extracting a specific word from the converted document data, and generating formatted document data having a predetermined format by inserting the extracted word into a specified field of the converted document data; and transmitting means for transmitting the generated formatted document data through said communication network.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processing means comprises means for extracting a word associated with a destination from the converted document data and inserting the extracted word into a field designating a destination of the formatted document data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said processing means specifies an E-mail destination as the destination and generates formatted E-mail text data as the formatted document data, and wherein the transmitting means transmits the formatted E-mail text data to the specified destination.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said processing means specifies a FAX destination as the destination and generates formatted FAX text data as the formatted document data, and wherein the transmitting means transmits the formatted FAX text data to the specified destination.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said terminal comprises means for receiving the formatted document data generated by said apparatus, means for editing the formatted document data, and means for transmitting the formatted document data to the destination.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said terminal comprises means for designating a type of formatted document data, and said apparatus receives data representing the designated type, and extracts a word corresponding to the formatted document data of the designated type, thereby generating the formatted document data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
67 words
A speech control apparatus connected to a terminal through a communication network, comprising: means for receiving speech data transmitted from said terminal; means for recognizing the received speech data and converting the speech data into document data; means for extracting a word relating to a destination from the converted document data to specify a destination; and means for transmitting the converted document data to the specified destination.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
67 words
A speech control apparatus connected to a terminal through a communication network, comprising: means for receiving speech data transmitted from said terminal; means for recognizing the received speech data and converting the speech data into document data; means for extracting a word relating to a destination from the converted document data to specify a destination; and means for transmitting the converted document data to the specified destination.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
55 words
An apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising an address database storing a correspondence between names and destinations, and wherein said means for extracting the word relating to the destination from the converted document data to specify the destination refers to the address database and specifies the destination from a name extracted as the word.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
99 words
A portable terminal unit for obtaining text data from speech data through a network, comprising: means for inputting speech data; transmit control means for appending an identification code of the portable terminal unit to the input speech data and for transmitting the speech data to a speech control unit connected to the portable terminal unit through the network; receive control means for receiving text data as a result of conversion of the speech data transmitted from the speech control unit to the portable terminal unit corresponding to the identification code; and display means for displaying the received text data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
99 words
A portable terminal unit for obtaining text data from speech data through a network, comprising: means for inputting speech data; transmit control means for appending an identification code of the portable terminal unit to the input speech data and for transmitting the speech data to a speech control unit connected to the portable terminal unit through the network; receive control means for receiving text data as a result of conversion of the speech data transmitted from the speech control unit to the portable terminal unit corresponding to the identification code; and display means for displaying the received text data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
86 words
A speech control apparatus to which a plurality of terminal units are connected through a network, comprising: means for receiving speech data and data identifying a format type transmitted from each of the terminal units; document generating means for recognizing the received speech data, converting the recognized speech data into document data, and generating formatted document data having a format corresponding to the format type for each terminal unit; and means for transmitting the generated formatted document data to the specified terminal unit through the network.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
86 words
A speech control apparatus to which a plurality of terminal units are connected through a network, comprising: means for receiving speech data and data identifying a format type transmitted from each of the terminal units; document generating means for recognizing the received speech data, converting the recognized speech data into document data, and generating formatted document data having a format corresponding to the format type for each terminal unit; and means for transmitting the generated formatted document data to the specified terminal unit through the network.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
131 words
An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing speech data to be converted into formatted document data in a speech control apparatus to which a terminal unit is connected through a network, the computer readable program code means comprising: means for causing a computer to receive speech data transmitted from the terminal unit; means for causing the computer to recognize the received speech data, convert the recognized speech data into document data, extract a specific word from the converted document data, and insert the extracted word into a specific field of the converted document data to generate formatted document data having a predetermined format; and means for causing the computer to transmit the generated formatted document data through the network.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
131 words
An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing speech data to be converted into formatted document data in a speech control apparatus to which a terminal unit is connected through a network, the computer readable program code means comprising: means for causing a computer to receive speech data transmitted from the terminal unit; means for causing the computer to recognize the received speech data, convert the recognized speech data into document data, extract a specific word from the converted document data, and insert the extracted word into a specific field of the converted document data to generate formatted document data having a predetermined format; and means for causing the computer to transmit the generated formatted document data through the network.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
130 words
An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing speech data to be converted into formatted document data in a speech control apparatus to which a plurality of terminal units are connected through a network, the computer readable program code means comprising: means for causing a computer to receive speech data and data identifying a format type transmitted from each of the terminal units; means for causing the computer to recognize the received speech data, convert the recognized speech data into document data, and generate document data having a format corresponding to the format type for each terminal unit; and means for causing the computer to transmit the generated formatted document data to a specified terminal unit through the network.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
130 words
An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing speech data to be converted into formatted document data in a speech control apparatus to which a plurality of terminal units are connected through a network, the computer readable program code means comprising: means for causing a computer to receive speech data and data identifying a format type transmitted from each of the terminal units; means for causing the computer to recognize the received speech data, convert the recognized speech data into document data, and generate document data having a format corresponding to the format type for each terminal unit; and means for causing the computer to transmit the generated formatted document data to a specified terminal unit through the network.
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