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Method and system for text-to-speech conversion of caller information
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Inventors: Bossemeyer, Jr., Robert Wesley; Hardzinski, Mary Louise; McBlain, Thomas Joseph;
Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P. (Reno, NV)
Primary Examiner: Hoosain; Allan
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
A system (10) and method (40) for providing audible caller information to telephone service subscribers is presented. The system (10) includes a pre-processor (28) that converts textual caller information from a first data format to a second data format suitable for text-to-speech synthesis (TTS). The pre-processor (28) can be incorporated in a service node/intelligent peripheral (SN/IP) (24) in an advanced intelligent network (AIN). In this configuration, the pre-processor (28) can be used to convert caller-ID with name database entries into a predetermined TTS format. The TTS formatted information can be provided to a TTS synthesized (30) included in the SN/IP (24). In conjunction with a switching service point (SSP) (20), the pre-processor (28) can provide a talking call-waiting feature to subscribers with significantly improved intelligibility. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention relates to an improved system and method for generating spoken caller information for presentation to a telephone service subscriber.
The quality of the audible caller information is enhanced by reformatting textual data from a pre-existing caller database so as to improve the text-to-speech synthesis process.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a pre-processor converts existing textual caller information from a first predetermined data format stored in a conventional manner to a second data format suitable for text-to-speech synthesis.
In addition to improving the quality of the audible output, the pre-processor also permits pre-existing caller information databases, such as a caller ID with name (CNAM) database, to be used with commercially available text-to-speech synthesizers.
This feature of the pre-processor eliminates the need to create redundant databases of caller information formatted for a particular text-to-speech synthesizer.
Another advantage of the present invention is that it provides a system and method that permits higher quality audible caller information to be provided to a subscriber during call-waiting.
Turning now to the drawings, and in particular to FIG.
1, an exemplary telecommunications system 10 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention is illustrated.
The telecommunication system 10 illustrates the system for providing improved audible caller information in an advanced intelligent network (AIN) implementation of a public switch telephone network (PSTN).
The system 10 includes a caller terminal unit 12, such as a telephone or the like, in communication with a remote service switching point (SSP) 14.
A remote service control point (SCP) 16 database server provides routing and addressing information to the remote SSP 14.
The SCP 16 and SSP 14 communicate using a standard interface protocol, such as signalling system 7 (SS7).
A subscriber terminal unit 22 is coupled to a subscriber SSP 20
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