IP Library Granted Patent US 7,283,785
Granted Patent B2
US 7,283,785 · App. 10/818,286 · Granted Oct 16, 2007

Audio quality component

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,283,785
App. No.
10/818,286
Granted
Oct 16, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio quality component of an apparatus in one example, upon a determination that an audio message by a sender fails to meet one or more audio thresholds, provides an indication of the determination to the sender before finalization of the audio message for an intended recipient.

Claims (44)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an audio quality component that, upon a determination that an audio message by a sender fails to meet one or more audio thresholds, provides an indication of the determination to the sender before finalization of the audio message for an intended recipient;

wherein the audio quality component makes the determination that the audio message by the sender fails to meet the one or more audio thresholds; and

wherein the one or more audio thresholds comprise one or more pre-determined audio thresholds, and wherein the determination that the audio message by the sender fails to meet the one or more audio thresholds comprises a comparison of one or more audio characteristics of the audio message with the one or more pre-determined audio thresholds.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the audio message comprises a first audio message;

wherein the audio quality component requests a potential replacement audio message from the sender.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the audio quality component makes a comparison of one or more audio characteristics of the potential replacement audio message with the one or more pre-determined audio thresholds.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the audio quality component, upon a determination that the potential replacement audio message meets the one or more audio thresholds, finalizes the potential replacement audio message for the intended recipient.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the audio quality component makes a comparison of one or more audio characteristics of the potential replacement audio message with the one or more audio characteristics of the first audio message.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the audio quality component finalizes the first audio message based on the comparison of the one or more audio characteristics of the potential replacement audio message with the one or more audio characteristics of the first audio message.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the audio quality component finalizes the potential replacement audio message based on the comparison of the one or more audio characteristics of the potential replacement audio message with the one or more audio characteristics of the first audio message.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the audio quality component comprises one or more digital signal processors (DSPs);

wherein the one or more digital signal processors obtain the one or more audio characteristics of the audio message.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more audio characteristics comprise one or more speech patterns of the sender.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more audio characteristics comprise signal strength, variability, signal spikes, periodic noise, and/or feedback.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the audio quality component comprises a portion of a voice message system for a cellular communication network.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

an audio quality component that, upon determination that an audio message by a sender fails to meet one or more audio thresholds, provides an indication of the determination to the sender before finalization of the audio message for an intended recipient;

wherein the audio quality component comprises one or more filters; and

wherein the audio quality component employs the one or more filters to obtain a filtered message from the audio message; and

wherein the audio quality component substitutes the filtered message for the audio message.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the audio quality component comprises a portion of a voice message system for a cellular communication network.

14. A method, comprising the step of:

providing an indication to a sender of an audio message upon a determination that the audio message fails to meet one or more audio thresholds;

receiving the audio message from the sender;

performing a comparison of one or more audio characteristics of the audio message with the one or more audio thresholds; and

finalizing the audio message if the audio message meets the one or more audio thresholds.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the audio message comprises a first audio message, the method further comprising the steps of:

requesting a potential replacement audio message from the sender if the audio message fails to meet one or more of the one or more audio thresholds; and

finalizing the first audio message if the sender does not input the potential replacement audio message.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising the steps of:

receiving the potential replacement audio message from the sender; and

performing a comparison of one or more audio characteristics of the potential replacement audio message with the one or more audio thresholds.

17. An article, comprising:

one or more computer-readable signal-bearing media; and

means in the one or more media for receiving an audio message from a sender;

means in the one or more media for performing a comparison of one or more audio characteristics of the audio message with one or more audio thresholds;

means in the one or more media for providing an indication to the sender of the audio message upon a determination that the audio message fails to meet one or more of the one or more audio thresholds; and

means in the one or more media for finalizing the audio message if the audio message meets the one or more audio thresholds.

18. The article of claim 17 , further comprising:

means in the one or more media for requesting a potential replacement audio message from the sender if the audio message fails to meet one or more of the one or more audio thresholds;

means in the one or more media for finalizing the first audio message if the sender does not input the potential replacement audio message;

means in the one or more media for receiving the potential replacement audio message from the sender;

performing a comparison of one or more audio characteristics of the potential replacement audio message with the one or more audio thresholds.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2022
From: NOKIA OF AMERICAN CORPORATION
To: PIECE FUTURE PTE LTD
Reel/Frame 058668/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2004
From: BENCO, DAVID S.; OVEREND, KEVIN J.; SHEEN, BAOLING S.; TRUE, SANDRA L.; VOIGHT, KENNETH J.
To: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 015728/0637 →