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Text-to-speech preprocessing and conversion of a caller's ID in a telephone subscriber unit and method therefor
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Inventors: Hamrick, Mendel Kieth; Multach, Kelly Ann; Hart, Elizabeth Marie; Kaschke, Kevin D.; Bossemeyer, Robert Wesley; Hardzinski, Mary Louise; McBlain, Thomas Joseph;
Assignee: Ameritech Corporation (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Primary Examiner: Hoosain; Allan
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
A telephone subscriber unit (22) includes a caller identification device (120), a memory unit (114), a pre-processor (124) and a text-to-speech synthesizer (TTS) (110). The caller identification device (120) receives caller ID information of a calling party in a first textual format and stores the caller ID information in the memory unit (114) The pre-processor (124) converts textual caller ID information from the first data format to a second data format suitable for text-to-speech synthesis by the text-to-speech synthesizer (110). The text-to-speech synthesizer (110) generates audible caller ID information responsive to receiving the textual caller information. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT As an overview, present application describes two embodiments of the present invention.
The first embodiment of the present invention provides a solution to the aforementioned problems in a telephone network and the second embodiment of the present invention provides a solution to the aforementioned problems in a telephone subscriber unit.
In the cross-referenced parent patent application having Ser.
No.
09/240,522, the first embodiment of the present invention is the preferred solution.
In the present application, the second embodiment is the preferred solution.
In accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention, 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 aspect of the first embodiment, 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.
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 first embodiment is that it provides a system and method that permits higher quality audible caller information to be provided to a subscriber during a call-waiting process.
In accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention, the quality of the audible caller information is enhanced by preprocessing caller ID information received as textual data by reformatting the textual data to improve the text-to-speech synthesis process.
According to one aspect of the second embodiment, a pre-processor converts received textual caller ID information from a first predetermined data format to a second data format suitable for text-to-speech synthesis
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