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WO1996007263A1 - Procede pour telecharger des fragments de son d'une base de donnees audio vers un dispositif de telephone peripherique par l'intermediaire d'une ligne telephonique - Google Patents

Procede pour telecharger des fragments de son d'une base de donnees audio vers un dispositif de telephone peripherique par l'intermediaire d'une ligne telephonique Download PDF

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WO1996007263A1
WO1996007263A1 PCT/NL1995/000286 NL9500286W WO9607263A1 WO 1996007263 A1 WO1996007263 A1 WO 1996007263A1 NL 9500286 W NL9500286 W NL 9500286W WO 9607263 A1 WO9607263 A1 WO 9607263A1
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telephone
peripheral device
sound
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Jacobus Cornelis Bijl
Jacobus Johannes Hubertus Hendrikus Jongen
Hendrik Willem Keijzer
Johannes Cornelis Josephus Smeets
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Grid Telecom Systems B.V.
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/64—Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations

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  • the invention relates to a method for remotely loading sounds and/or sound fragments via a telephone line into telephone peripheral equipment.
  • the invention also relates to telephone peripheral devices in which the abovementioned method is applied.
  • the literature discloses telephone peripheral devices which may or may not be fitted in telephone sets and/or combined with other telephone peripheral equipment, the user having the option to record therein, for various purposes, a sound, a sound fragment and/or a spoken message.
  • the user can him/herself record the outgoing message in an answering machine, and there are call signalling systems, with which the user can him/herself record the call sound to be reproduced in the case of a telephone call.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a solution for the abovementioned problems by loading sounds which have been laid down in an audio database made available remotely, into the memory of the telephone peripheral device via the telephone line.
  • the audio database may include sounds, sound fragments or fixed messages.
  • An alternative, however, is for the user him/herself having the audio database compose a sound fragment and having it recorded in the telephone peripheral device.
  • a possible application is an outgoing message for an answering machine which the user him/herself speaks into the audio database via the telephone line, whereupon the computer which controls the audio database combines this message with a musical fragment chosen by the user.
  • the computer ensures correct synchronization of the chosen musical fragment and the message spoken by the user into the device.
  • the message thus obtained including background music is then loaded into the answering machine via the telephone line.
  • the user interface of the audio database is designed as a voice-response system.
  • the user hears a spoken menu.
  • the user makes a choice, for example with respect to the type of music, classical or pop.
  • an ultimate selection can be made.
  • the user first hears the chosen sound, sound fragment and/or message and he/she can then decide whether or not to load it into the telephone peripheral device.
  • the invention provides a method for loading sounds, sound fragments and/or messages via the telephone line into the memory of a telephone peripheral device, characterized in that after a telephone connection has been set up between the telephone peripheral device and the audio database, the audio database sends a synchronization signal in the form of a tone of a specific duration, frequency and amplitude, followed by the sound, sound fragment and/or message to be recorded in the telephone peripheral device, while the telephone peripheral device starts the recording as soon as the end of the synchronization signal is detected and stops the recording after a specific time.
  • the actual duration of the recording is determined by the reception by the telephone peripheral device of a second synchronization signal which is emitted by the audio database after the transmission of the sound fragment.
  • this signal is a tone of a specific duration, frequency and amplitude which is chosen in such a way, that it is improbable that it will occur in the sound fragment.
  • the second synchronization signal is in the first instance also recorded by the telephone peripheral device. After the end of the second synchronization signal is detected, the telephone peripheral device determines what the duration was of the actual recording and puts an end-of-sound marker in the memory at the location where the recording should have stopped. If the sound was recorded on a magnetic tape, the tape is rewound for a fixed length and an end-of-sound marker is written to the tape.
  • the duration of the recording is determined by a binary coding included in the previously sent synchron ⁇ ization signal.
  • the synchronization signal may preferably comprise one or more DTMF signals at the end of which the recording starts.
  • the DTMF signals indicate the duration of the recording.
  • the synchronization signal may, however, also be a modem signal from which the telephone set is able to determine, after demodulation, the duration of the recording. The loss (of the carrier wave) of the modem signal determines the start of the recording. If a modem signal is used as a synchronization signal, in principle all kinds of forms of modulation, whether or not they are known from the literature, of digital signals on telephone lines can be used.
  • the method is implemented in such a way between audio database and telephone peripheral device that the audio database does not send the synchronization signal, the sound, the sound fragment and/or the message and possibly the second synchronization signal until the telephone peripheral device has sent a ready-to-receive signal.
  • the telephone peripheral device After emitting the ready-to-receive signal, the telephone peripheral device is "listening out" for a limited time, a few seconds, for a synchronization signal. If the synchronization signal arrives within the set time, the recording takes place. If the synchronization signal comes too late, no recording takes place. All this serves to prevent the detection, during a normal telephone conversation, of a synchronization signal and any inadvertent recording taking place.
  • the ready-to-receive signal is preferably a DTMF signal with a binary coding 0000, 1101, 1110 or 1111. These DTMF signals cannot, as a rule, be generated by the user him/herself by means of pressing a key.
  • each call can be represented by a different sound fragment, it may be of interest to load more than one sound fragment in one connection.
  • the synchronization signal can be coded in such a way that, in addition to the duration of the sound fragment, an indication is also present which shows that a following sound fragment is still to be sent.
  • the telephone peripheral device After the recording of the first sound fragment, the telephone peripheral device automatically sends a ready-to- receive signal, whereupon the audio database sends out the next synchronization signal and the associated sound fragment and so on.
  • the invention also relates to telephone peripheral devices in which the abovementioned method for loading sounds, sound fragments and/or messages from an audio database via the telephone line is applied.
  • such a telephone peripheral device is provided with a push button by means of which the user can issue a command to the telephone peripheral device to send a ready-to-receive signal, whereupon the telephone peri ⁇ pheral device "listens out" for a synchronization signal and, after receiving it, starts a recording for a fixed duration, for a duration determined by two synchronization signals or for a duration coded in the synchronization signal.
  • At least the microtelephone of the telephone peripheral device is switched off.
  • the probability of errors in the reception of the synchronization signal is reduced and it is not possible for ambient sounds to be included in the memory, during the recording, via the microtelephone.
  • the telephone peripheral device is provided with a push button by means of which the user can issue a command to the device to dial a telephone number held permanently in the memory of the device, said telephone number being the number of the audio database.
  • Figure 1 shows a timing diagram of an embodiment of the method, where the telephone peripheral device automatically dials the telephone number of the audio database, the user chooses sound fragments on the basis of menus, and whereupon the selected sound fragments are loaded into the memory of the telephone peripheral device;
  • Figure 2 shows an example of a wire-free telephone in which the method is applied for loading call signals
  • Figure 3 shows an example of a call signal generator coupled to a normal telephone set
  • Figure 4 shows an example of an answering machine in which the method is applied for loading the outgoing message .
  • the vertical lines successively represent, from left to right, the user, the telephone peripheral device, the public telephone exchange and the audio database. Between the vertical lines, arrows indicate the interactions or the exchanged signals.
  • the time sequence, from top to bottom, is as follows:
  • the telephone peripheral device dials the number of the audio database
  • the telephone peripheral device switches off the microtelephone, sends the ready-to-receive signal and listens out for the synchronization signal;
  • the audio database sends a synchronization signal which contains, in coded form, the duration of the sound fragment and the indication that another sound fragment will follow thereafter; 14 the telephone peripheral device starts the recording;
  • the audio database sends a synchronization signal which contains, in coded form, the duration of the sound fragment, now without the indication that another sound fragment will follow thereafter;
  • the telephone peripheral device switches the micro ⁇ telephone back on
  • the user If the telephone peripheral device is connected to an internal telephone exchange, the user, after the receiver has been taken off the telephone set, first dials the external line. Only after hearing the dialling tone from the public exchange will the user press the rapid- dialling button to set up the connection to the audio database.
  • FIG. 2 shows a portable telephone system comprising a base 21, connected to the telephone network, and one or more handsets 22.
  • base 21 there is a memory in which a call signal is stored in the form of, for example, a sound or musical fragment.
  • a radio link is established between the base 21 and the handset(s) 22.
  • base 21 will now issue a command, via the radio link, to the handsets 22 to generate a bell signal. If the invention is used, however, the base 21 issues a command, via said radio link, to the handset(s) 22 for audio sounds which will be received via the radio link to be passed in amplified form to a loudspeaker built into the handset(s) 22.
  • the base 21 sends the call signal stored in the audio memory to the handset(s) 22 via the radio link, said call signal then being reproduced loudly.
  • the user can answer the call in the normal way.
  • the base then ceases to send out the call signal, answers the telephone line and makes the connection of the telephone line via the radio link to handset 22.
  • Figure 3 shows a configuration of an ordinary telephone set 32 and a call signal generator 31 coupled thereto, which contains a memory for storing call signals.
  • the call signal generator 31 is further provided with a loudspeaker and operating elements.
  • the call signal generator 31 can be coupled to the telephone line in parallel with the telephone set 32.
  • This configuration has the drawback, however, that it is not possible to detect with sufficient accuracy whether the receiver has or has not been taken off the telephone set 32, as a result of which it is not possible to stop the playback of the call signal if the call is answered. Moreover it is not possible to switch off the telephone set 32 and consequently the microtelephone while new sounds are being recorded, which may result in ambient sound being recorded at the same time as the sound from the audio database.
  • a better method is to incorporate the call signal generator 31 in series with the telephone line.
  • the loading of new sounds into the memory of the call signal generator 31 takes place according to the method of Figure 1, setting up the connection to the audio database and starting the recording making use of the operating elements of the call signal generator 31, and selections of sounds from the audio database being made by means of the keys of the telephone set 32.
  • Figure 4 finally gives a configuration with an answering machine 41 and a telephone set 42.
  • the advantages and drawbacks of the various ways of connecting are the same as for the configuration of Figure 3.
  • the method for recording a new outgoing message is likewise the same as for Figure 3.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé pour charger des sons, des fragments de sons et/ou des messages d'une base de données audio, dans un dispositif de téléphone périphérique, par l'intermédiaire d'une ligne téléphonique. L'invention concerne également le dispositif téléphonique périphérique auquel le procédé s'applique. Après avoir reçu un signal 'prêt à recevoir' transmis par le dispositif de téléphone périphérique, la base de données audio envoie un signal de synchronisation codé, suivi par le son, le fragment de son et/ou le message enregistré dans le dispositif de téléphone périphérique. Le dispositif de téléphone périphérique détermine la durée de l'enregistrement sur la base du code compris dans le signal de synchronisation, et commence l'enregistrement directement après la fin du signal de synchronisation.
PCT/NL1995/000286 1994-08-30 1995-08-29 Procede pour telecharger des fragments de son d'une base de donnees audio vers un dispositif de telephone peripherique par l'intermediaire d'une ligne telephonique WO1996007263A1 (fr)

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EP95929252A EP0779004A1 (fr) 1994-08-30 1995-08-29 Procede pour telecharger des fragments de son d'une base de donnees audio vers un dispositif de telephone peripherique par l'intermediaire d'une ligne telephonique
AU32663/95A AU3266395A (en) 1994-08-30 1995-08-29 Method for downloading sound fragments from an audio database into a telephone peripheral device via the telephone line

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NL9401398 1994-08-30
NL9401398A NL9401398A (nl) 1994-08-30 1994-08-30 Werkwijze voor het via de telefoonlijn laden van geluidsfragmenten in een telefoonrandapparaat vanuit een geluiden-database en telefoonrandapparaten waarin deze werkwijze wordt toegepast.

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