IP Library Granted Patent US 11,240,376
Granted Patent B2
US 11,240,376 · App. 16/800,402 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Transcription of communications through a device

Inventor: Jasper Cheekeong Pan (Draper, UT)
Assignee: Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC
H04M3/42391G10L15/26G10L15/30H04M1/72478H04M3/4936H04W4/12H04M2201/40
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Patent No.
US 11,240,376
App. No.
16/800,402
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method to transcribe communications is provided. The method may include obtaining first communication data during a communication session between a first communication device and a second communication device and transmitting the first communication data to the second communication device by way of a mobile device that is locally coupled with the first communication device. The method may also include receiving, at the first communication device, second communication data from the second communication device through the mobile device and transmitting the second communication data to a remote transcription system. The method may further include receiving, at the first communication device, transcription data from the remote transcription system, the transcription data corresponding to a transcription of the second communication data, the transcription generated by the remote transcription system and presenting, by the first communication device, the transcription of the second communication data.

Claims (46)

1. A device comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more computer-readable media coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more computer-readable media configured to store instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the device to perform operations, the operation comprising:

establish local wireless communication between the device and a secondary device, the device and the secondary device controlled by and associated with a single user;

obtain an indication of a request for a communication session originating from a communication device;

obtain first communication data from the secondary device, the first communication data based on audio of the single user of the device and the secondary device;

direct the first communication data to the communication device, the first communication data being part of the communication session;

obtain second communication data of the communication session originating from the communication device;

transmit the second communication data to the secondary device; and

obtain transcription data originating from a remote transcription system, the transcription data corresponding to a transcription of the second communication data, the transcription generated by the remote transcription system; and

an electronic display coupled to the one or more processors and configured to present the transcription of the second communication data.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second communication data includes audio data or the audio data and video data.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein when the second communication data includes the audio data and the video data, the remote transcription system only receives the audio data.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the local wireless communication is established between the secondary device and the device responsive to at least one of the secondary device and the device automatically detecting a presence of another of the at least one of the secondary device and the device without user input.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise disable communication between the secondary device and the device while communication between the communication device and the device is maintained.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise transmit the second communication data to the remote transcription system.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the remote transcription system obtains the second communication data by way of the device or the secondary device such that the remote transcription system does not obtain the second communication data directly from the communication device.

8. A method comprising:

establishing local wireless communication between a device and a secondary device, the device and the secondary device controlled by and associated with a single user;

obtaining an indication of a request for a communication session originating from a communication device;

obtaining, at the device, first communication data from the secondary device, the first communication data based on audio of the single user of the device and the secondary device;

directing the first communication data to the communication device, the first communication data being part of the communication session;

obtaining, at the device, second communication data of the communication session originating from the communication device;

transmitting, from the device, the second communication data to the secondary device;

obtaining, at the device, transcription data originating from a remote transcription system, the transcription data corresponding to a transcription of the second communication data, the transcription generated by the remote transcription system; and

presenting, by the device, the transcription of the second communication data.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second communication data includes audio data or the audio data and video data.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein when the second communication data includes the audio data and the video data, the remote transcription system only receives the audio data.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the local wireless communication is established between the secondary device and the device responsive to at least one of the secondary device and the device automatically detecting a presence of another of the at least one of the secondary device and the device without user input.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising disabling communication between the secondary device and the device while communication between the communication device and the device is maintained.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising transmitting the second communication data to the remote transcription system.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the local wireless communication is established over a Bluetooth network.

15. At least one non-transitory computer-readable media configured to store one or more instructions that in response to being executed by at least one computing system cause performance of the method of claim 8 .

16. A device comprising:

means for establishing local wireless communication between the device and a secondary device, the device and the secondary device controlled by and associated with a single user;

means for obtaining an indication of a request for a communication session originating from a communication device;

means for obtaining first communication data from the secondary device, the first communication data based on audio of the single user of the device and the secondary device;

means for directing the first communication data to the communication device, the first communication data being part of the communication session;

means for obtaining second communication data of the communication session originating from the communication device;

means for transmitting the second communication data to the secondary device;

means for obtaining transcription data originating from a remote transcription system, the transcription data corresponding to a transcription of the second communication data, the transcription generated by the remote transcription system; and

means for presenting the transcription of the second communication data.

17. The device of claim 16 , further comprising means for disabling communication between the secondary device and the device while communication between the communication device and the device is maintained.

18. The device of claim 16 , further comprising means for transmitting the second communication data to the remote transcription system.

19. The device of claim 16 , wherein the local wireless communication is established over a Bluetooth network.

20. The device of claim 16 , wherein the second communication data includes audio data or the audio data and video data.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA THE NAME OF THE LAST RECEIVING PARTY SHOULD BE CAPTIONCALL, LLC PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 67190 FRAME 517. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded May 31, 2024
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC; SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; CAPTIONCALL, LLC
Reel/Frame 067591/0675 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2024
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC; SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; CAPTIONALCALL, LLC
Reel/Frame 067190/0517 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2024
From: SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; INTERACTIVECARE, LLC; CAPTIONCALL, LLC
To: OAKTREE FUND ADMINISTRATION, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067573/0201 →
JOINDER NO. 1 TO THE FIRST LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2021
From: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
Reel/Frame 056019/0204 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2020
From: PAN, JASPER CHEEKEONG
To: CAPTIONCALL, LLC
Reel/Frame 051927/0242 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2020
From: CAPTIONCALL, LLC
To: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 051927/0252 →