Hands-free circuit and method for communicating with a wireless device
US7523035B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2250/06
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hands-free circuit (10) and method produces audio information (90) corresponding to voice tag information (60) stored either in the hands-free circuit (10) or in a wireless device (320). The hands-free circuit includes a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver (20), memory (40) and a speech processor (30). For example, the wireless local area network transceiver (20) may be a Bluetooth transceiver that communicates with the wireless device (320) and receives wireless device information (80). The wireless device information (80) may represent caller identification information, call processing information relating to the status of a call, phone status information or any suitable information. The speech processor (30) produces audio information (90) corresponding to the voice tag information (60). According to one embodiment, the speech processor (30) produces speech synthesized wireless device information (80), in-band ring tone information or any suitable information.
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