106results about "Information recording means" patented technology

A system and methods are provided for automatically extracting information from ongoing voice communications. A signal is received at an electronic processor indicating that a portion of an ongoing communication is to be recorded. As a result of that signal, the ongoing communication is recorded and then analyzed to identify information suitable for storage in an address directory of a participant to the communication maintained in an electronic storage medium. Thereafter, the extracted information is sent to that address directory for storage there. In the alternative, when the extracted information is a telephone number, a call based upon that number may be placed automatically and connected into the ongoing communication.

Mechanisms for organizing messages across different message types. This may be accomplished by using a single integrated user interface in which messages across a variety of different message types are represented in a common way. For example, the user experience of placing a telephone call is standardized, regardless of the actual telephone technology (Cell Phone, VoIP, or POTS) used to conduct the telephone conversation. Also, addition to a general log that includes the overall list of messages, each message also has a separate, message-based log, thereby allowing for more flexible querying and organization of the messages regardless of the message type.

A mobile terminal communication method, which includes activating a touch screen of the mobile terminal, entering into an inactive touch screen mode preventing information from being entered on the touch screen of the mobile terminal while a function is executed on the terminal, receiving an input signal through a specified key arranged on the terminal during a time when the inactive touch screen mode is entered, and entering into an active touch screen mode allowing information to be entered on the touch screen in accordance with the received input signal.

The invention relates to a method for launching an application in a communication device, comprising the steps of detecting, in the communication device, one or more terms during communication between at least two parts wherein at least one of the parts is a person, comparing the terms with stored terms in a database, identifying one or more key terms depending on the comparison, determining a launch criteria based on the identified key terms, and launching at least one application, based on the launch criteria, in the communication device.

An apparatus and method for dynamic visual feature coordination in an electronic hand held device is described. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes key configurations arranged in a clock-like fashion and other configurations so that a user's finger might be easily tracked prior to actual key selection within the circular arrangement and other keys to facilitate a multitude of features that includes anticipation of a user's actions and also shows alternative information based at least in part on current, previous and projected next finger movements. In other embodiments, visual display presentations related to described feature operations and key configurations are described.

The present invention, generally speaking, provides a method and apparatus for setting up a telephone connection using an email address or the like. In many cases, an email address or other Internet address such as a URL may be easily remembered or, in the case of a company, for example, may often be correctly guessed, whether the company is local, out-of-state, or in another country. Telephone numbers, on the other hand, are remembered only with considerable difficulty, and can be guessed correctly only through clairvoyance. (In fact, memory experts that have astounded audiences by memorizing large portions of the local telephone directory have done so by converting the numbers to words or phrases using a set of rules.) In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a character string is entered into an electronic system such as a personal computer, a deskset smartphone, or a cellular smartphone. A determination is made as to whether or not the character string is a telephone number. If so, a desired telecommunications connection is established directly using the phone number. If not, a preliminary telecommunications connection is established using the character string. The preliminary telecommunications connection may be to a mail server or a Web server, for example. During the course of the preliminary telecommunications connection, a telephone number is received. Preferably, the first thing the user receives back is what the users wants—a phone number—without any intermediate interaction. The telephone number is then used to establish the desired telecommunications connection. Telephone numbers are preferably “self-listed,” i.e., stored in accordance with a naming convention on the email or other server. The method may be entirely automated to achieve in effect an Internet-based, world-wide, distributed telephone directory. The entities listed in the directory may themselves determine listing content and access policies.

A computer-based method of collecting, organizing, and distributing data related to an emergency event includes presenting a GUI on a mobile electronic device that includes a selectable element to provide information about a disaster event, and a selectable element to provide information about a violence event. In response to a selection, another GUI is presented that includes at least one pre-defined field for user input that is customized to the selected element. Information about the emergency incident is collected and sent to a server where it is stored in a database with other information about the event. The server retrieves information from the database and sends it to a second electronic device. A first portion of the information is displayed in a first format on the second electronic device, and a second portion of the information is displayed in a second format.

Various embodiments of systems and methods to implement a voice scratchpad for deriving data from a voice communication are provided. The system may include a voice scratchpad module configured to detect an audio connection between an on-board vehicle computing device and a communications device, and present a selector on a voice scratchpad graphical user interface, which upon selection by a user causes the voice scratchpad module to process voice data received via the audio connection to obtain recognized speech data. The system may further include an annotation engine configured to annotate the recognized speech data to produce structured data in one of a plurality of predetermined formats. The voice scratchpad module may be configured to receive the structured data from the annotation engine, and display the structured data on voice scratchpad graphical user interface.

A digital still camera capable of telecommunication includes a device which converts an optical image into a digital electromagnetic signal indicative of a still image, a receiver which receives an electromagnetic signal generated in accordance with a wireless telephone system, a modifying unit which modifies the electromagnetic signal into a digital electronic signal indicative of a still image, and a displaying device which alternatively displays a still image on the basis of the digital electronic signal from the converting device or from the modifying unit.

A wearable device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a memory, a display module, a touch recognition module, a communication module configured to perform a communication link with a mobile device and a controller configured to control the memory, the display module, the touch recognition module and the communication module. In this case, the controller is configured to receive a data indicating a call mode of the mobile device from the mobile device, configured to firstly sense a predetermined gesture, configured to secondly sense a location change of at least one of the wearable device and the mobile device, configured to switch a mode of the wearable device into a call mode and transmit a command for making the mobile device enter a different specific mode instead of the call mode to the mobile device.

A method, system, and program provides for hands free contact database information entry at a communication device. A recording system at a communication device detects a user initiation to record. Responsive to detecting the user initiation to record, the recording system records the ongoing conversation supported between the communication device and a second remote communication device. The recording system converts the recording of the conversation into text. Next, the recording system extracts contact information from the text. Then, the recording system stores the extracted contact information in an entry of the contact database, such that contact information is added to the contact database of the communication device without manual entry of the contact information by the user.

A mobile terminal and method may be provided. A memo application function may be quickly provided through a single user action only. A touch screen may receive first user action for executing a memo application, and may receive second user action for receiving an input for a memo while the memo application is executing. A controller may execute the memo application in accordance with the first user action, and analyze the second user action and produce memo content according to the analyzed second user action. The controller may execute the memo application in response to initiation of the first user action, the controller may end execution of the memo application when the first user action is terminated, and the controller may control the memo content to be saved in memory in response to ending execution of the memo application.

Methods and systems directed to telephone number retrieval are provided. A terminal requests a telephone number from a telephone number service. A voice response comprising the telephone number is received from the telephone number service. A feature vector sequence is stored in memory of the terminal as a reference pattern for the received voice response. The voice response has designated words between and among numbers of the telephone number. A keyword spotting routine searches for the designated words. Connecting words, located between and among designated words, comprising the telephone number are extracted and stored in a buffer. A number recognizer analyzes contents of the buffer. The number recognizer outputs a recognized telephone number for display on a terminal and / or storage in memory for future use.

Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for managing schedule information in a mobile communication terminal that implements a schedule management function allowing a user to include a variety of information associated with a call signal (i.e. call history information) or transmission / reception messages generated by an SMS, EMS, MMS type message within schedule information, and is to store / manage the schedule information including the call history information and the transmission / reception messages. A schedule information encoder is provided for encoding call history information and transmission / reception messages stored in different formats in a single schedule information format.

A mobile communication terminal including a controller configured to activate both a speakerphone function and an additional function on the terminal when a functional key corresponding to the additional function is selected during an existing call, and an input unit configured to input information related to the additional function during the existing call.

A method, apparatus, system, and software product are presented for storing and retrieving information about phone calls. At least part of a call is recorded, and that recording is stored. A link is established from a user calendar to the stored recording, the calendar also being used for other chronological information such as events, appointments, and the like. The stored recording is then accessible by activating the link in the calendar.

A telephone call is established between a local telephone (110) associated with a local party and a remote telephone (104) associated with a remote party. The local telephone (110) receives a voice signal from the remote telephone (104) responsive to establishing the telephone call. The voice signal represents directory assistance information, a name, a phone number or directions provided by the remote party. The local telephone (110) stores the voice signal in a memory unit (212) in the local telephone (110) responsive to receiving the voice signal. The local telephone (110) converts the voice signal to a text signal responsive to storing the voice signal. The local telephone (110) stores the text signal in the memory unit (214) in the local telephone (110) responsive to converting the voice signal to a text signal. The local telephone (110) edits the stored text signal in the memory unit responsive to storing the text signal. The local telephone (110) correlates the remote party's identity with the stored voice and / or text signal responsive to storing the voice and / or text signal. The local telephone (110) uses the stored edited text signal to make a new telephone call or to transfer the stored edited text signal to another electronic device.

A system and method for capturing and storing audio information from the forward or reverse link is provided. A communication device receives audio information via the forward or reverse link channel. The audio information is parsed and processed by voice recognition in order to translate the audio information into text information. Alternatively, the audio information may be recorded by the communication device and stored in memory for later processing. Once captured and translated, the text information can be edited and stored in various databases integral to the communication device. Additionally, when the text information comprises a telephone number, the communication device can place a call to that telephone number.

Provided is a mobile communication terminal and more particularly a mobile communication terminal for easily executing a memo function and a method thereof, whereby the memo function can simply be executed according to a state of the mobile communicati0ons terminal to thusly easily compose a memo or easily confirm memo contents, the composed memo can be displayed on a standby screen to thus allow a user to recognize the memo being composed and also allow the user to confirm the memo contents directly on the standby screen without undergoing complicated menu selection procedures, the memo can automatically be stored upon ending a call or occasionally, and the composed memo can immediately be sent in a text message format.

Provided are an apparatus and method for providing caller information, capable of automatically collecting identification information of a caller during a call with a caller not stored in an address book, and providing the identification information of the caller that is collected during the call to a user if the caller transmits a call again, thereby enabling the terminal user to select whether to answer the call. Accordingly, the identification information of the caller not stored in the address book is able to be collected without an additional operation performed by the terminal user, thereby enabling the terminal user to easily select whether to answer the call with the corresponding caller.