Granted Patent B2

US 7,983,400 · App. 12/001,893 · Granted Jul 19, 2011

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A method for operating a telephone comprising the steps of:

establishing a telephone call between a local telephone associated with a local party and a remote telephone associated with a remote party;

receiving a voice signal in the local telephone from the remote telephone;

storing the voice signal in the local telephone;

converting only a numeric portion of the voice signal to a text signal as the voice signal is received from the remote telephone in response to a conversion prompt signal;

storing the text signal in the local telephone to yield a stored text signal; and

editing, based on an automated determination of the local telephone, the text signal to produce an edited text signal.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sensing a distinctive audio service prompt generated by a telephone network service provider associated with the remote party as the storage prompt signal.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

transmitting a request for directory assistance from the local party associated with the local telephone to the telephone network service provider associated with the remote party; and

receiving the distinctive audio service prompt in response to the request.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the voice signal received from the remote telephone further comprises one of:

a live voice signal generated by the remote party during the telephone call, a stored voice signal generated by the remote party prior to establishment of the telephone call, and

one of a real and synthesized voice signal generated by the remote party associated with a telephone network service provider during the telephone call.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating a copy of the text signal;

storing the copy of the text signal in the local telephone; and

subsequently editing the text signal.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein storing the text signal comprises:

storing data defining the text signal in at least one of:

a telephone scratchpad memory location in the local telephone; and

a telephone directory memory location in the local telephone.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving an automatic indication of an identity of the remote party associated with the telephone call;

storing the automatic indication of the identity of the remote party in the local telephone; and

correlating the automatic indication of the identity of the remote party with at least one of the voice signal and the text signal.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of establishing the telephone call further comprises the step of:

making the telephone call by the local telephone to the remote telephone; and

wherein the automatic indication of the identity of the remote party associated with the telephone call further comprises at least one of a telephone number and a name of the remote party generated by the local telephone.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein establishing the telephone call further comprises:

receiving the telephone call by the local telephone from the remote telephone; and

wherein the automatic indication of the identity of the remote party associated with the telephone call further comprises:

at least one of a telephone a telephone number and a name of the remote party generated by a telephone network service provider, at least one of a telephone number and a name of the remote party generated by the local telephone.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising one of:

making a new voice telephone call by the local telephone to a third telephone using a phone number in the text signal.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a second voice signal from the local telephone during the telephone call;

converting the second voice signal into a second text signal;

storing the second text signal; and

distinguishing between the text signal and the second text signal.

Assignments (8)