Phone Number Capture During Voice Calls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telecommunications systems lack an efficient method for transferring phone numbers between users during voice communication sessions, particularly when users are occupied or in hazardous situations, leading to safety risks and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enable the detection and storage of phone numbers transmitted via DTMF or voice signals during active voice communication sessions, allowing for automatic capture and storage on the receiving phone, eliminating the need for manual note-taking or remembering the number.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual note-taking or remembering is used to capture phone numbers, then the phone number can be recorded, but user safety is compromised during hazardous activities like driving
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically detecting and storing phone numbers transmitted during voice communications without requiring user intervention. The receiver automatically captures the phone number through signal detection and stores it in memory, eliminating the need for manual note-taking while the user remains engaged in hazardous activities like driving.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual note-taking with an automated electronic signal detection and storage system. The receiver detects DTMF or voice signals containing phone numbers, converts them to digital format, and automatically stores them in memory, substituting the physical act of writing with electronic automation.
2Loss of information
If the individual stops the activity to write down the phone number, then the phone number can be recorded accurately, but the individual's time and productivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically detecting and storing the phone number as it is transmitted during the voice communication, before the user needs to use it later. This eliminates the need to pause ongoing activities to record the number, as the capture happens in real-time during the call itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiver automatically performs the phone number capture function without requiring the user to interrupt their activities. The system self-services by detecting the transmitted number through signal processing and storing it in memory, maintaining both accuracy and continuity of the user's primary activities.
3Ease of operation
If DTMF or voice signals are transmitted during an active voice communication session, then phone number transfer is enabled, but signal detection accuracy may be affected by background noise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary signal detection mechanism that mediates between the transmitted DTMF/voice signals and the stored phone number. The receiver uses signal detection algorithms to filter and identify the phone number information from the voice communication stream, separating the useful signal from background noise through electronic processing.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of receiving a phone number is provided, including receiving, at a receiver of a first phone during a first voice communication session between the first phone and a second phone, a phone number transmitted by a user of the second phone after the first voice communication session is established. The phone number is detected with a signal detector coupled for communication with the receiver, and stored in a memory coupled to the signal detector.