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Telephone number recognition of spoken telephone number in a voice message stored in a voice messaging system
Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Ltd
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Filing: 1999-12-02
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Granted: 2003-05-20
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Expires: 2019-12-02
Abstract
Abstract A voice messaging system such as a telephone answering device which allows automatic identification and tagging of a voice clip portion of a full voice message which contains a spoken telephone number (e.g., a call back number). The voice clip may be tagged for later playback separate from playback of the full voice message. The full voice message may be deleted, leaving just the voice clip portion containing the spoken telephone number. The spoken telephone number may be processed through an appropriate voice recognition application program to generate textual information regarding the spoken telephone numbers, which may then be displayed. Call related information such as Caller ID information may be displayed together with the displayed textual voice clip information. The voice clip portions of the full voice message may be identified either in substantially real-time, or off-line during periods of non-use of the telephone answering device.
Inventors
- 👤 Bahram Ghaffarzadeh Kermani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:25
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/64; H04M1/65; H04M1/652; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/271; H04M1/57; H04M1/6505
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A device for generating a voice clip of a full voice message, comprising: a spoken telephone number recognizer module to review a full voice message and identify a voice clip portion of said full voice message containing a spoken telephone number; a tagging module to tag said voice clip portion; and a selective deletion controller to delete said full voice message but retain storage of said voice clip portion upon detection of a need to increase storage capacity, thereby allowing for later playback of only said voice clip portion.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
89 words
A device for generating a voice clip of a full voice message, comprising: a spoken telephone number recognizer module to review a full voice message and identify a voice clip portion of said full voice message containing a spoken telephone number; a tagging module to tag said voice clip portion; and a selective deletion controller to delete said full voice message but retain storage of said voice clip portion upon detection of a need to increase storage capacity, thereby allowing for later playback of only said voice clip portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The device for generating a voice clip of a full voice message according to claim 1 , wherein: said tagging module associates said voice clip with said full voice message by including voice clip information in a header of said full voice message.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The device for generating a voice clip of a full voice message according to claim 1 , wherein: said full voice message is reviewed in substantially real-time as said full voice message is received.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The device for generating a voice clip of a full voice message according to claim 1 , wherein: said full voice message is reviewed off-line after said full voice message has been stored in voice message memory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The device for generating a voice clip of a full voice message according to claim 1 , wherein: said selective deletion controller updates an indexing of said full voice message to eliminate memory sectors of said full voice message not including said voice clip portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device for generating a voice clip of a full voice message according to claim 1 , further comprising: a delete full message button to activate said selective deletion controller.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The device for generating a voice clip of a full voice message according to claim 1 , wherein: said device is comprised in a telephone answering device.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
85 words
A method of generating a voice clip of a spoken telephone number from a voice message, comprising: identifying a voice clip portion of said voice message containing a spoken telephone number; tagging said voice clip portion of said voice message to allow separate playback of said voice clip portion alone; and updating an index of said voice message to eliminate memory sectors containing voice data not included in said voice clip portion of said voice message upon detection of a need to increase storage capacity.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
85 words
A method of generating a voice clip of a spoken telephone number from a voice message, comprising: identifying a voice clip portion of said voice message containing a spoken telephone number; tagging said voice clip portion of said voice message to allow separate playback of said voice clip portion alone; and updating an index of said voice message to eliminate memory sectors containing voice data not included in said voice clip portion of said voice message upon detection of a need to increase storage capacity.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of generating a voice clip of a spoken telephone number from a voice message according to claim 8 , further comprising: allowing playback of said full voice message in addition to allowing playback of said voice clip portion alone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of generating a voice clip of a spoken telephone number from a voice message according to claim 8 , further comprising: revising header information relating to said voice message to include information regarding storage of said voice clip portion in addition to information regarding storage of said voice message.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
89 words
Apparatus for generating a voice clip of a spoken telephone number from a voice message, comprising: means for identifying a voice clip portion of said voice message containing a spoken telephone number; means for tagging said voice clip portion of said voice message to allow separate playback of said voice clip portion alone means for updating an index of said voice message to eliminate memory sectors containing voice data not included in said voice clip portion of said voice message upon detection of a need to increase storage capacity.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
89 words
Apparatus for generating a voice clip of a spoken telephone number from a voice message, comprising: means for identifying a voice clip portion of said voice message containing a spoken telephone number; means for tagging said voice clip portion of said voice message to allow separate playback of said voice clip portion alone means for updating an index of said voice message to eliminate memory sectors containing voice data not included in said voice clip portion of said voice message upon detection of a need to increase storage capacity.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
43 words
The apparatus for generating a voice clip of a spoken telephone number from a voice message according to claim 11 , further comprising: means for allowing playback of said full voice message in addition to allowing playback of said voice clip portion alone.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
53 words
The apparatus for generating a voice clip of a spoken telephone number from a voice message according to claim 11 , further comprising: means for revising header information relating to said voice message to include information regarding storage of said voice clip portion in addition to information regarding storage of said voice message.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus for generating a voice clip of a spoken telephone number from a voice message according to claim 11 , wherein: said apparatus is comprised in a telephone answering device.
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