141 results about "Voice chat" patented technology

An apparatus, system, and method to transcribe a voice chat session initiated from a text chat session. The system includes a chat server, a voice server, and a transcription engine. The chat server is configured to facilitate a text chat session between multiple instant messaging clients. The voice server is coupled to the chat server and configured to facilitate a transition from the text chat session to a voice chat session between the multiple instant messaging clients. The transcription engine is coupled to the voice server and configured to generate a voice transcription of the voice chat session. The voice transcription may be aggregated into a text chat history.

The present invention is system and method for holding voice chat over a telephone network. An embodiment for implementing the invention can comprise the following steps. First, a caller accesses the chat service by dialing a telephone number that is associated with the service of the present invention. Second, the caller is routed to a conference bridge circuit. Third, the subscriber enters a public chat room. Fourth, the subscriber participates in the public chat room that he or she had entered. While in the public chat room, the subscriber hears the voices of other chatters in the public chat room, and those chatters hear the subscriber's voice when the subscriber speaks. Fifth, at anytime, the subscriber may leave the public chat room by pressing an appropriate key on the keypad. In the preferred embodiment, two or more chatters may request to be placed in a private chat room for a private discussion that is not heard by other chatters of the public chat room.

Methods and systems for providing dynamic emoticons during chat sessions across game consoles are disclosed. A dynamic emoticon may include haptic, visual, and / or auditory components. Each component may have an associated intensity level, e.g., based on a pressure with which a user of the game console presses a controller button or actuates a control input. The emoticon's auditory component may include or identify a sound effects filter or a known audio file; the emoticon's visual component may include or identify a visual effects filter or a known video or graphic file; the emoticon's haptic component may cause vibration of or force feedback on the controller. Emoticons may be sent from one voice chat participant's game console to another voice chat participant's game console across a network such as the Internet.

An object of the present invention is to present a voice chat system suitable for networked games. The voice chat system of the present invention comprises a plurality of game apparatuses connected to a communications network and a server apparatus that manages voice chat between the game apparatuses. The server apparatus obtains from a game apparatus the IP address of the game apparatus which is to be the partner for the voice chat. The voice information inputted into the game apparatus is relayed over the IP network as a VoIP packet and is delivered to the chat partner's game apparatus via the server apparatus. Through this configuration, chat sounds are not outputted to all game apparatuses connected to the network but, instead, are outputted only to the game apparatuses specified by a player, so the object can be achieved without an increase in network traffic above what is necessary.

A method and system for providing an out-of-game voice chat service over an online gaming environment is disclosed. A game console may provide a voice chat mode as part of a native application running on the game console. A user of the game console can establish a voice chat session and communicate with users of other game consoles connected to the online gaming environment by navigating menus as part of the game console's default system application.

A voice chat system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses that performs a voice chat while performing speech recognition and a search server connected to the plural information processing apparatuses via a communication network. The search server discloses a search keyword list containing the search keywords searched by the search server to at least one of the plural information processing apparatuses. The at least one information processing apparatus includes a recognition word dictionary generating unit that acquires the search keyword list from the search server to generate a recognition word dictionary containing words for use in the speech recognition, and a speech recognition unit that performs speech recognition on voice data obtained from a dialog of the conversation during the voice chat by referencing a recognition database containing the recognition word dictionary.

Methods and systems for providing dynamic emoticons during chat sessions across game consoles are disclosed. A dynamic emoticon may include haptic, visual, and / or auditory components. Each component may have an associated intensity level, e.g., based on a pressure with which a user of the game console presses a controller button or actuates a control input. The emoticon's auditory component may include or identify a sound effects filter or a known audio file; the emoticon's visual component may include or identify a visual effects filter or a known video or graphic file; the emoticon's haptic component may cause vibration of or force feedback on the controller. Emoticons may be sent from one voice chat participant's game console to another voice chat participant's game console across a network such as the Internet.

The invention discloses a chat emotion input method and device, and relates to the technical field of input methods. The method comprises the following steps: presetting a character sequence and / or a corresponding relation between the character sequence and each emotion; collecting voice chat resource data and emotion resource data of each topic according to the corresponding relation; creating the emotion resource data based on the emotion type by utilizing the voice chat resource data; receiving an input sequence input by a user; analyzing the input sequence according to the corresponding relation; matching the input sequence and the character sequence and / or words or phrase sequence to obtain the emotion of each topic corresponding to the character sequence and / or the words or phrase sequence; sequencing the emotion of each topic, and displaying as an candidate item at a client. With the adoption of the chat emotion input method and device, the emotions of various topics can be conveniently provided to the user while the user inputs, and thus the user emotion input efficiency is raised.

A method for use in processing audio includes receiving audio data associated with each of two or more characters in a virtual world, determining a proximity of the other characters in the virtual world for each of the characters, altering the received audio data based on the determined proximity of another one of the characters for each of the characters, and providing the altered audio data to a client associated with the other character for which the audio data was altered for each of the characters.

A network collaboration system facilitates collaborations between network clients having access to a digital network. The system uses audio mixes to provide different levels of voice conferences between the meeting participants. In a main collaboration, those participating in the main collaboration receive an audio output that includes audio inputs from the other participants. A subset group of clients may also have a voice chat, in which their audio inputs are removed from the outputs delivered to the clients not participating in the voice chat. Meanwhile, the participants in the voice chat hear each other at full volume, but hear the collaborators who are not part of the voice chat at a reduced volume.

The invention provides a system which can excavate the key information in a telephone natural dialogue, as well as a method thereof. The system comprises a telephone voice detection module, a voice keyword extraction module, a voice keyword database, a data excavation module and a user preference database which are connected sequentially, wherein, the voice keyword extraction module, the voice keyword database, the data excavation module and the user preference database are arranged in a computer; the telephone voice detection module is connected with a voice output device through a public switching telecommunication network (PSTN) or Internet. The invention can excavate the user's interests or data information such as the consumption demand, the consumption habit, the consumption field, the consumption category, etc. from the telephone voice, and create the user preference database, thereby can provide more reliable and more comprehensive and effective supports for an enterprise to make a marketing decision; the invention is applicable to a fixed telephone, a mobile telephone, a voice chat, etc., and has a wide business application prospect.

The invention discloses a voice chatting method capable of improving the efficiency of voice information learning for users. The method is achieved through mobile terminals and a server. The method includes the following steps that 1) at least two users set up a voice chatting environment respectively through the mobile terminals where the users are; 2) in the voice chatting environment, each user uses the mobile terminal where the user is to record, and voice of users is converted into voice data to be sent to the server; 3) the received voice data are analyzed through the server to obtain corresponding literal contents; 4) the server integrates the voice data and the corresponding literal contents of the voice data into chatting information, and the chatting information is sent to each mobile terminal in the voice chatting environment; 5) chatting information is displayed each user through each mobile terminal. According to the voice chatting method, voice information is needless to be listened sentence by sentence, all voice chatting contents can be directly obtained on a screen, convenience and efficiency of the users for obtaining the contents are greatly improved, and time is saved for the users.

The invention discloses an interaction device and method for a smart watch and a mobile terminal. Through interactive cooperation of the smart watch and the mobile terminal, a corresponding vibration and / or ringing prompt can be given specific to alarm / incoming call vibration ringing according to the wearing situation of the smart watch and the use situation of the mobile terminal, so that convenience is brought to a user; unnecessary repeated prompting is avoided; and good ringing / vibration ringing experience is brought to the user. Through adoption of the interaction device and method, display content of the mobile terminal can be previewed on the smart watch, picture switching selection on the mobile terminal is controlled through swinging or shaking of the smart watch, and the mobile terminal is controlled to perform a confirmation operation on a selected picture by operation of the smart watch, so that the functionality of the smart watch is enhanced. When the same chatting account is logged into the smart watch and the mobile terminal, the smart watch can be taken as voice input equipment, and the mobile terminal can be taken as voice output equipment, so that the user can control real-time voice chatting conveniently.

The invention discloses an information processing method and a device, and belongs to the field of the internet information processing technology. The method comprises the following steps of receiving the voice chatting information; identifying the key information in the voice chatting information, and acquiring the additional multimedia information corresponding to the key information; and synthesizing the additional multimedia information with the voice chatting information to obtain the synthesized information, wherein the synthesized information is played by at least one of voice chatting clients corresponding to the voice chatting information. Compared with the prior art wherein only the voice-modified treatment or the tone-modified treatment of the voice chatting information can be realized, the additional multimedia information is synthesized into the voice chatting information based on the above method. Therefore, the treatment modes of the voice chatting information are enriched. The treatment flexibility of the voice chatting information is improved.

The present disclosure provides a chat window presentation control method and system. The method includes the following steps: displaying a chat window; dividing the chat window into an upper text information display layer and a lower background layer when an instruction of enabling a video chat function or an instruction of enabling a voice chat function is received; and presenting a text chat window at the upper text information display layer and presenting a video chat window or a voice chat window at the lower background layer. According to the chat window presentation control method and system of the present disclosure, diversified information presentation manners are integrated effectively, and during a chat using text, voice, or a video, chat windows do not need to be switched frequently, thereby meeting a requirement for multi- scenario use and improving the utilization of an interface resource of a platform device.

A method and system provides the ability to identify phone numbers and alphanumeric sequences in a text source such as a web page and format them and / or convert them into usable information. According to one aspect, the invention automatically identifies and formats phone numbers in web pages so that they can be automatically dialed using VoIP or PSTN phone services. According to other aspects, the formatted phone number can be provided to any network voice applications, such as voice-over IP (VOIP) solutions, voice chat, voice IM, and wireless, WiFi, and WiMax connections. According to additional aspects, the invention can be integrated with internet browsing applications to allow automatic dialing of phone numbers over VOIP services or PSTN services. According to still other aspects, the invention allows technical support, electronic commerce, customer support numbers, phone numbers for product ordering, etc., on company web pages to be identified and dialed with a mouse click. According to yet other aspects, a search engine provider using the invention can charge an advertiser for phone calls placed to the advertiser, which are far more valuable than “clicks” on advertiser links, thereby reducing the “click fraud” problem afflicting current search engine technology.

An interface is provided between a conventional telephone and a conventional computer configured for network voice applications including a sound card and modem. The interface allows for use of the telephone during network voice applications such as IP telephony and voice chat. When the telephone is not used, the interface allows for sound to be input and output via the computer sound card and conventional computer microphone and speakers. When the telephone is picked up off-hook, the interface senses the off-hook state, causes the computer sound card to be connected to the telephone instead of the conventional microphone and speakers, and allows for network voice applications to be conducted using the telephone. Various alternative embodiments of the invention allow for signaling of the telephone hook state to software resident on the PC for controlling network voice applications, for sensing DTMF signals in accordance with keypad entries on the telephone to control initiation of phone calls and voice chat sessions, for generating dial tones and busy signals, or other sounds and / or voice messages, in accordance with the telephone hook state and the telephone line status, and for permitting the telephone to be controllably connected to the PSTN for making standard PSTN calls in addition to calls involving network voice applications.

The invention discloses an intelligent sound box. The sound box comprises a voice processing module for receiving and identifying voice information sent by a user, and analyzing the voice message, wherein the voice information comprises a voice instruction or voice data, the voice instruction is contained in a preset voice instruction set, the voice instruction set comprises multiple instructionsand function operations corresponding to the multiple instructions, and when the analysis result is the voice instruction, converting the voice instruction according to the voice instruction set; andan instruction execution module for executing corresponding function operations according to the converted voice instruction and a voice instruction type. The invention further discloses a system andmethod for realizing a social function based on the intelligent sound box. The social function can be added to the intelligent sound box to achieve smooth voice chat of users, and thus enriching the practicability and the entertainment of the product.

The invention discloses an online translation and chat system. The system comprises a client and a server, which are in communication connection. The system also comprises a translation module, a chat module, a shopping mall module, a voice conversion module and a keyword searching module. The system greatly facilitates the chat between users speaking in different languages through quickly and autonomously translating the chat contents of two sides, wherein the translation comprises the recognition and translation of text, voice and images. Moreover, the system is provided with the shopping mall module, thereby facilitating the real-time translation of goods information, and bringing convenience to the people speaking various languages for shopping. The system achieves a function of voice forwarding, and greatly facilitates the voice chat. For the text and voice information in the daily chat process, the keyword module is used for searching matched goods or merchant information for keywords, generates push information, displays the push information at a chat interface, greatly brings convenience to a user for obtaining the needed goods or merchant information, and provides push information which is practical and effective and is close to the demands of the user.

The present invention discloses an equipment of Bluetooth regional communication and the method; the equipment comprises a management module, a storage module, a search module and a judge module; the management module is connected with the search module and the storage module respectively, the management module is used for controlling the start of the search module, setup and manage the message in the storage module, and the message includes the message of user and search condition; the search module is connected with the Bluetooth module to send and receive the search signal, and search for the cell phone with the function of Bluetooth regional communication; the judge module is connected with the search module, the storage module and message module individually, judging the other cell phone with the function of Bluetooth regional communication and preventing the message module from sending and receiving message through the Bluetooth module. In the regional network formed by cell phone, the invention can directly carry out the voice chat or the message chat in the Bluetooth regional communication as well as search for other users to exchange user card; therefore, the user can find the person who is being looking for in the crowd.

The invention discloses a music recommendation method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a voice input by a user each time in a process that theuser performs voice chat with an intelligent device with a music playing function; and for the voice obtained each time, if the voice can be analyzed to obtain the mood of the user, recommending musicmatched with the mood obtained by analysis to the user. By applying the scheme, the intelligence of the device can be improved.

An object of the present invention is to present a voice chat system suitable for networked games. The voice chat system of the present invention comprises a plurality of game apparatuses connected to a communications network and a server apparatus that manages voice chat between the game apparatuses. The server apparatus obtains from a game apparatus the IP address of the game apparatus which is to be the partner for the voice chat. The voice information inputted into the game apparatus is relayed over the IP network as a VoIP packet and is delivered to the chat partner's game apparatus via the server apparatus. Through this configuration, chat sounds are not outputted to all game apparatuses connected to the network but, instead, are outputted only to the game apparatuses specified by a player, so the object can be achieved without an increase in network traffic above what is necessary.

The invention relates to the technical field of multimedia, and discloses an information processing method and electronic equipment. The method is applied into first electronic equipment and comprises concrete steps of obtaining first voice data in the communication process of the first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment; obtaining a first control command based on the first voice data; sending the first voice data and the first control command to the second electronic equipment to enable the second electronic equipment to play the first voice data and generate an assistant effect for assisting the first voice data based on the first control command in the process of playing the first voice data. The corresponding control command is generated directly by the voice chat content generated by a user of the first electronic equipment, a corresponding assisting effect is further generated, and other operations do not need to be detected and responded, so the technical effect of greater convenience in control over the communication process is achieved.

The invention discloses a method and device for realizing chat on a mobile terminal. The method comprises the following steps: when starting a video chat function with an opposite-end user for a user, starting a common chat function with the opposite-end user for the user at the same time; and displaying common chat content generated when the user uses the common chat function in video chat process with the opposite-end user to the upper layer of a chat video generated during using the video chat function. According to the method and device for realizing chat on the mobile terminal, when the video chat function with the opposite-end user is started for the user, the common chat function with the opposite-end user is also started for the user, and the common chat content is displayed on the upper layer of the chat video, so that the user is allowed to check real-time messages during video chatting, and interaction of the users is improved; and especially when the user only needs to watch the video but not needs to carry out voice chat, the user can directly carry out text chat, thereby greatly facilitating the user to carry out communication in an instant messaging mode on the mobile terminal.

The invention discloses a method and device for remotely monitoring embedded physiological information. The device comprises a physiological information collector for detecting the physiological information, a microprocessor for receiving physiological information and converting the physiological information into digital information and also receiving an operational order from a master control computer, a memory for receiving and storing physiological parameter data and video data from the master control computer, a remote monitoring terminal for controlling the collection process of each physiological parameter collector, a USB (universal serial bus) camera for recording digital video data on the real-time health status of a patient and storing the digital video data in the memory by the maser control computer, a router for linking a remote collection terminal of the physiological information with Internet, a voice communication unit for providing online voice chat between the patient and a doctor, and an embedded WEB server for interacting with a browser-side program. According to the method and device, the various physiological information of the patient can be remotely monitored in real time in community and family environments.

A communication system provides a user with the ability to redirect telephone calls to a voice chat account and vice versa. In one example, a voice chat gateway may receive communication requests and determine whether communications directed to a first party is to be redirected. If so, the voice chat gateway may reroute the communication request to an appropriate destination. For instance, a user may request that all communications such as telephone calls be rerouted as a voice chat to the user's voice chat account. Alternatively, a user may request that all communications including voice chats be redirected to a telephone number. Users may further be allowed to call a voice chat account through a telephone network and initiate a voice chat with a telephone number through a data network.

The invention relates to a method and a device for extracting voice content. The method comprises the steps: acquiring a keyword for extracting voice content, wherein the keyword is a text or voice segment; searching for received voice chatting records according to the keyword, and extracting a voice chatting record in which the voice content is matched with the keyword; displaying the voice content of the extracted voice chatting record in the form of text information. According to the invention, the voice chatting record related to the keyword can be extracted based on the voice content of the chatting record so as to facilitate the timely and comprehensive understanding of chatting information by users.

An apparatus, system, and method to transcribe a voice chat session initiated from a text chat session. The system includes a chat server, a voice server, and a transcription engine. The chat server is configured to facilitate a text chat session between multiple instant messaging clients. The voice server is coupled to the chat server and configured to facilitate a transition from the text chat session to a voice chat session between the multiple instant messaging clients. The transcription engine is coupled to the voice server and configured to generate a voice transcription of the voice chat session. The voice transcription may be aggregated into a text chat history.