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Granted Patent B2
US 9,026,176 · App. 13/892,299 · Granted May 5, 2015

Message-triggered voice command interface in portable electronic devices

Inventors: Shyh-Jye Wang (Irvine, CA); Chi-Ping Chung (Irvine, CA)
H04M1/6075G10L15/22G10L15/005H04M1/271H04M2201/40
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Patent No.
US 9,026,176
App. No.
13/892,299
Granted
May 5, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments provided herein are directed to a system and method of message-triggered voice command interface in portable electronic devices. The voice command interface is normally not activated until a message (e.g., an e-mail, a text message, or a voice mail) has been received by a portable electronic device. The arriving of a message is used to trigger the voice command interface by activating one or more speech recognition routines in a predetermined time period corresponding to the one or more speech recognition routines. The voice command interface come to an end when the predetermined time period expires or the user has no further commands.

Claims (27)

1. A method for activating a voice command interface in a portable electronic device, comprising:

receiving a message by the portable electronic device;

starting a first timer having a first predetermined expiration time period;

activating a first speech recognition routine;

determining whether a predefined keyword is detected before the first timer expires; and

providing a voice brief corresponding to the message if the predefined keyword is detected, wherein the detected keyword is a password.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether a voice command interface is available before the step of receiving a message by the portable electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

deactivating the first speech recognition routine after the first timer has been expired.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

starting a second timer having a second predetermined expiration time period after the step of providing a voice brief corresponding to the message if the predefined keyword is detected.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

activating a second speech recognition routine after the step of starting a second timer.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

determining whether a predefined command string is detected after the step of activating a second speech recognition routine.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

sending a returned message after the step of determining whether a predefined command string is detected.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

deactivating the second speech recognition routine after the second timer has been expired.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the password is a combination of a speech word and the user's voice characteristics.

10. A method for activating a voice command interface in a portable electronic device, comprising:

receiving a message by the portable electronic device;

starting a first timer having a first predetermined expiration time period;

activating a first speech recognition routine;

determining whether a predefined keyword is detected before the first timer expires; and

providing a voice brief corresponding to the message if the predefined keyword is detected, wherein the detected keyword is a password followed by a command string.

Continuity (1)
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