Communication Device Context Content Meta-Information Encoding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing speech encoding technologies focus primarily on efficient transmission and robust reproduction of digitized speech signals, with little emphasis on extracting value-added information from the content and context of speech communications, which becomes less relevant as network bandwidth priorities shift.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a processor/encoder in communication devices to detect context and content information in real-time, encode it as meta-information, and transmit this data to acquire and provide value-added information to users, enhancing the utility of speech communications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If speech encoding focuses on efficient transmission and robust reproduction of digitized speech signals, then transmission efficiency and reproduction quality are improved, but the ability to extract and provide value-added information from speech content and context is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts value-added information from speech communications by separating it from the traditional speech encoding process. A processor/encoder detects context information (location, time, environmental data) and content information (significant words, topics) from the speech stream, encoding them as meta-information that can be independently transmitted and processed to provide value-added services without affecting core speech transmission efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The processor/encoder is designed to perform multiple functions: traditional speech encoding for transmission efficiency, context detection for environmental awareness, content analysis for significant information extraction, and meta-information encoding for value-added services. This multi-functional approach allows the system to simultaneously maintain speech transmission quality while extracting and providing value-added information
2Adaptability or versatility
If real-time analysis of speech content and context is performed to provide value-added information, then user relevance and usefulness are improved, but processing complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex real-time analysis task into distinct functional modules: context information detection (location, time, environment), content information detection (speech recognition, significant word identification), meta-information encoding, and value-added information provision. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently and processed in parallel, reducing overall processing complexity while maintaining comprehensive analysis capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces meta-information as an intermediary data structure that bridges speech content analysis and value-added information generation. Instead of directly processing raw speech signals for all value-added services, the system first extracts and encodes relevant features into compact meta-information representations, which then serve as inputs for various value-added information generation tasks, significantly reducing computational requirements
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AI summary
A communication device, for use in a communication network, provides value-added information to a user of the communication device. The communication device includes a transceiver, operable to transmit and receive communications over the communication network, and a processor. The processor is operable to facilitate detecting context information representative of an environment in which the communication device is operated, detecting content information of a multi-directional communication stream by identifying significant words in the communication stream, encoding the detected context and content information as meta-information, transmitting the meta-information as a request for value-added information, receiving value-added information in response, and providing the value-added information to the user of the communication device. A method for providing value-added information to a user of a communication device and a communication system for providing value-added information are also disclosed.