Method for transmitting a message from a portable communication device to a separate terminal, and associated portable device and terminal
View Patent ↗The disclosure relates to a method for transmitting a message from a portable communication device to a separate terminal including a step of recording at the portable communication device a voice message, and a step of generating, at the portable communication device, a multimedia file including at least the voice message. According to the disclosure, the portable communication device transmits to the separate terminal a signal including the multimedia file and a specific flag for indicating that the voice message is to be displayed as a text message. Upon reception of the signal at the separate terminal, the voice message is extracted and specific flag is detected. Upon detection of the specific flag, speech-to-text conversion is performed at the separate terminal in order to transform the voice message into a text message to be displayed.
1. A method of generating a multimedia file including a voice message to be displayed as a text message implemented in a portable communication device, the method comprising:
recording the voice message at the portable communication device;
generating, at the portable communication device, the multimedia file comprising at least the voice message and an indicator indicating that the voice message is to be displayed as a text message;
transmitting a signal from the portable communication device, the signal including the multimedia file and the indicator.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is included in the multimedia file.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is attached to the multimedia file.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the signal includes transmitting the signal wirelessly.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the signal includes transmitting the signal through a wired communication.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the generating of the multimedia file includes processing the signal to reduce noise therein.
7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the portable communication device identifying that the recorded voice message is to be converted to the text message.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the identifying includes inputting information via a user interface indicating that the recorded voice message is to be displayed as the text message.
9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the identifying occurs responsive to the portable communication device entering a predetermined mode.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined mode is one of a short message system (SMS) mode, a multimedia message (MMS) mode and a blog mode.
11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the identifying includes determining a language used for the recorded voice message, and the signal further includes information relating to the determined language.
12. A portable communication device comprising:
a recording unit configured to receive and record a voice message;
a generating unit configured to generate a multimedia file comprising at least the voice message and an indicator indicating that the voice message is to be displayed as a text message; and
a transmitter configured to transmit a signal from the portable communication device, the signal including the multimedia file and the indicator.