Voice-Based Peer-to-Peer Communication Link Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication technologies, such as cell phones and walkie-talkies, require extensive infrastructure and subscription fees, and often fail to provide seamless, natural voice communication due to geographic and economic constraints, limiting their accessibility and effectiveness for direct peer-to-peer communication.
Innovation Solution
A voice-based peer-to-peer (P2P) communication system that uses voice commands to initiate and maintain continuous bi-directional audio transmissions between users, eliminating the need for intermediaries and infrastructure, by detecting wake phrases, contact names, and voice messages to establish and terminate communication links through personal computing devices equipped with speech recognition capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If infrastructure-based wireless communication (cell phones) is used, then communication coverage and reliability are improved, but device complexity and subscription requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential communication function from the complex cellular infrastructure by implementing direct peer-to-peer wireless communication between devices. This removes the need for network towers, carriers, and subscription systems while maintaining the core ability to transmit voice and data directly between users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a software-based communication protocol as an intermediary layer that enables direct device-to-device communication. This software mediator handles connection establishment, data transmission, and protocol management, replacing the need for physical infrastructure intermediaries like cell towers.
2Ease of operation
If manual operation or voice agent activation is required, then call initiation control is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous voice monitoring that is always active and ready to detect wake phrases. This preliminary action means the system is pre-positioned to immediately recognize and respond to voice commands without requiring user initiation or device activation, eliminating the time loss associated with waking voice agents or manual dialing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operations (dialing, button pressing) and complex voice agent activation sequences with simple natural voice commands. The mechanical interaction of manually operating the phone is substituted with acoustic voice input that the system continuously monitors and processes.
3Ease of operation
If traditional wireless communication devices are used, then communication functionality is improved, but device portability and user comfort deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the communication functionality from bulky traditional devices and implements it in lightweight wearable form factors. By separating the essential voice communication function from the heavy infrastructure and large device components, the system can be implemented in compact wearables like earbuds or wrist devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal communication platform that can be implemented across multiple device types and form factors. The same core voice communication technology works in smartphones, wearables, earbuds, and other devices, allowing the function to adapt to different portability requirements without requiring separate specialized systems.
4Loss of information
If text-enabled devices are used, then information transmission is improved, but natural voice communication and visual attention deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces text-based communication interfaces with natural voice-based interfaces. This substitution preserves all the nuanced information contained in voice tone, pitch, and prosody that is lost in text communication, while eliminating the need for users to visually attend to screens or keyboards.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables hands-free, eyes-free communication where the voice system independently handles all communication functions without requiring user visual attention or manual input. The system serves itself by continuously monitoring the acoustic environment, recognizing wake phrases, and managing the communication flow autonomously.
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AI summary
A voice-based peer-to-peer communication system may be used to detect voice commands from users to provide a wireless communication voice connection that allows the users to directly communicate with each other. The system may include a first computing device of a first user communicatively coupled to a second computing device of a second user over the wireless connection. The system may process the detected voice command having a phrase, contact name, and voice message. The phrase may include a wake, answer, or stop phrase. The contact name may be utilized to determine whether that contact name matches an entry within a predetermined contact list of the first user, where the matched contact name may be associated with the second user. Finally, the system may generate audio data based on the processed voice command that is then transmitted to the second computing device of the second user over the wireless connection.