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WO2005020612A1
WO2005020612A1 PCT/IB2004/002678 IB2004002678W WO2005020612A1 WO 2005020612 A1 WO2005020612 A1 WO 2005020612A1 IB 2004002678 W IB2004002678 W IB 2004002678W WO 2005020612 A1 WO2005020612 A1 WO 2005020612A1
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Ronald Joseph Sarkin
William Henry Howe Musk
Gerhardus Stephanus De Beer
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/02—Services making use of location information
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/02—Services making use of location information
    • H04W4/029—Location-based management or tracking services

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  • THIS INVENTION relates to telephonic communication. More particularly it relates to a cellular telephone device, a back-end facility, and a system for communicating via a cellular telephone network.
  • a cellular telephone device which includes a registration means for registering the device with a cellular telephone network when the device is activated; and a connecting means for automatically connecting the device with a back-end facility, via the network, once the device has registered with the network.
  • Those mobile cellular telephone device may have a voice communication means for providing aural and oral communication via the network when it has registered with the network.
  • the connecting means may establish a data link between the device and the back-end facility which is continuously operable whilst the device is activated. This may, with present technology, be by means of GPRS.
  • the device may have a switch for activating and de-activating it.
  • a back-end facility for use with a device in accordance with the invention, which includes a connection means for automatically connecting with the device when the device registers with an associated telephone network and a control means for controlling a plurality of operations to, from and with the device.
  • the backend facility may perform a plurality of functions, inter alia it may
  • F18145 AL connect the device to some other telephone in accordance with commands received from the device; create and send a message to the device or some other instrument; determine the position of the device; verify the identity of an authorised caller from the device; recognize speech; synthesize speech; store particulars of an authorized user of the device; interface with the Internet to be able to send messages to and receive messages from suitable machines such as computers, PDA's and the like; and supply authorization signals.
  • the back end facility may respond to commands received from the device. These commands may be normal digitized voice signals received via a speech connection between the device and the back end facility or data signals received via a data link between the device and the back end facility.
  • the back-end facility may thus have a speech recognition facility whereby oral orders supplied by the user may be recognized and oral messages received from the device may be converted into data signals.
  • the back end facility may supply aural signals to the device to be provided to the user aurally. These signals may be transmitted via a speech connection or as data signals via the data link. In the latter case, the device may have a speech synthesizer for converting the data signals to aurally recognizable signals.
  • the back-end facility may have a telephone interface means, whereby it may establish a communication link with the device.
  • the telephone interface means may also establish a communication link with another telephone instrument and may further establish a communication link between the device and other telephone instruments.
  • the back end facility may establish a connection between the device and some other telephone in response to commands from the device.
  • the back-end facility may have a speech synthesizer whereby data signals may be converted to aural signals, which are sent to the telephone device or another telephone instrument. Further, the back-end facility may have a message generator to generate data messages to be sent to the device or some other instrument.
  • the back-end facility may have storage equipment in which information in regard to authorized users of the devices are stored in a database. Additional information may also be stored.
  • the back-end facility may have an interface for the Internet and may have an authorization signal generator for generating authorization signals that are transmitted to a designated device and then supplied by the device to an appliance or article to activate that appliance or article.
  • An authorization signal may also be supplied to a designated device via a fixed network, such as a LAN or WAN.
  • the device may have a microphone and a speaker. Further the device will also have a network module by means of which it registers with the network. The network module may further be such that the device may accept voice calls from the network whilst retaining the connection with the back-end facility. The device may accordingly have a call indicating means for indicating to a user of the device that there is an incoming call and a suitable button whereby the user may pick up the call.
  • the device may be JAVA enabled.
  • the device may have an identifier
  • the back end facility may have a device identifying means for identifying a device connecting therewith. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the back-end facility could respond to and with a plurality of devices simultaneously.
  • the device may also have other conventional components, such as a screen, a
  • the device may also have a short distance wireless communication facility such as Bluetooth.
  • the power supply may be rechargeable. This may be by means of a mechanical connection or in a wireless manner. In the latter case, the device may have a receiver for receiving radiated energy and rectifying it.
  • the device may have limited functionality, having a limited number of keys. Thus, the device may have a small keypad.
  • the invention extends still further to a communication system comprising the device and the back-end facility.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic view of a cellular telephone device in accordance with the invention
  • Figure 2 shows a block diagram of a back-end facility in accordance with the invention
  • Figure 3 shows schematically how a number of the devices interact with the back-end facility and other items of equipment.
  • a cellular telephone device in accordance with the invention is designated generally by reference numeral 10.
  • the device 10 is sufficiently small to be worn on a person's wrist and has a body 12 with a strap 14.
  • the device 10 is of the GSM type and, In common with other cellular telephones, it has a screen 16, an ON / OFF switch 18, a speaker 20 and a microphone 22.
  • the device 10 also has other common components, such as an aerial, a SIM card holder, electronic circuitry, a battery, a Bluetooth unit, a GPRS module and the like, which are not shown in Figure 1.
  • the device 10 is such that it automatically establishes a GPRS data link with a back-end facility (which is explained in more detail below) when it is activated. Clearly, the device will first register with the telephone network and then automatically connect to the back-end facility and remain connected thereto until switched off. In this manner, the device is continually in contact with the back-end facility.
  • the back-end facility performs a number of functions for and with the device 10.
  • the device 10 also has a button 24 by means of which a voice connection may be established, via the cellular network, with the back-end facility.
  • a further button 26 may be used to terminate a voice connection with the back-end facility.
  • the device 10 has a voice to data and data to voice convertor 27 whereby voice signals supplied by a user are converted to data signals that are transmitted to the back end facility and whereby data signals received from the back end facility are converted to aural signals. It will be appreciated that the device 10 also operates as a normal telephone in regard to incoming voice calls, and these may be accepted and terminated by means of the buttons 24 and 26.
  • the device 10 has a further button 28 by means of which a single specified number may be dialed. Thus, if a user presses the button 28, a voice call is made to the specified number, and the call is terminated by means of button 26.
  • the back-end facility 40 has a telephony interface 42 whereby it interconnects with the cellular network for the device 10 and other telephone networks, a computerized controller 44 and an Internet interface 46.
  • the back-end facility 40 also has a speech
  • the devices 10 when the devices 10 are switched on, they register with the cellular network 60 and are then also automatically connected, by GPRS, to the back-end facility 60, and remain connected thereto. If a user of one of the devices 10 wishes to make a call to someone other than the number programmed into the device and accessible via button 28, he presses button 24. This sends a signal to the back-end facility 40 which establishes a voice dial-up connection with the calling device 10 via the network.
  • the user may then give voice commands to the back-end facility. For example, the user may instruct that a voice call be made to a specified number or person.
  • the voice command is interpreted by the speech recognizer 50 and the appropriate signals are sent by the controller 44 to the telephony interface 42 to connect with another device 10, a normal cellular phone 64 or a wired telephone 68. If the call is to a person, the appropriate information is extracted from the database on the storage equipment 52.
  • the back-end facility 40 may also operate as a call centre, connecting the user of the device 10 to a selected party.
  • the back-end facility 40 may also determine the location of the device 10 by means of the tracking module 54. This module 54 determines the location of the device 10 by means of triangulation techniques.
  • the back-end facility may also be contacted by other persons, for example the parent of a user. Such a person may then be advised of the location of the device 10, either aurally or by means of a data message.
  • the back-end facility 40 is able to send messages to a variety of instruments, including a computer (such as computer 72) by means of its Internet interface 46 and the Internet 70. Similarly, it is able to receive instructions and messages from such computers.
  • the back-end facility 40 may further generate and send messages to the device 10. These messages could include directions. These could be data messages or aural messages generated by the synthesizer 48. The identity of a caller from the device 10 could be analysed by the voice verifier 50, such that certain functions or operations are only provided to an authorized person. Because the back-end facility 40 is able to confirm the identity of a user, it may be used to provide authorization signals to the relevant device 10, which can then transmit such signals on to the relevant appliance or article to operate it.

Abstract

A back end facility (40) is provided which is responsive to voice commands from a cellular telephone device (10). The cellular telephone device (10) connects automatically with the back end facility (40) and maintains a data link with the back end facility (40) via the cellular network (60). Voice commands from a user are digitized and sent as data to the back end facility (40). Voice recognition is then utilized to identify the command and respond thereto. The back end facility (40) may then establish a speech connection, via the network (60) between the device (10) and some other telephone (10, 64, 68); send a message to some other instrument via the cellular network, the Internet (70), a LAN or WAN; verify the identity of a user; or supply authorization signals.

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TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
THIS INVENTION relates to telephonic communication. More particularly it relates to a cellular telephone device, a back-end facility, and a system for communicating via a cellular telephone network.
According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a cellular telephone device, which includes a registration means for registering the device with a cellular telephone network when the device is activated; and a connecting means for automatically connecting the device with a back-end facility, via the network, once the device has registered with the network. Those mobile cellular telephone device may have a voice communication means for providing aural and oral communication via the network when it has registered with the network.
The connecting means may establish a data link between the device and the back-end facility which is continuously operable whilst the device is activated. This may, with present technology, be by means of GPRS.
The device may have a switch for activating and de-activating it. Further according to the invention there is provided a back-end facility for use with a device in accordance with the invention, which includes a connection means for automatically connecting with the device when the device registers with an associated telephone network and a control means for controlling a plurality of operations to, from and with the device.
The backend facility may perform a plurality of functions, inter alia it may
F18145 AL connect the device to some other telephone in accordance with commands received from the device; create and send a message to the device or some other instrument; determine the position of the device; verify the identity of an authorised caller from the device; recognize speech; synthesize speech; store particulars of an authorized user of the device; interface with the Internet to be able to send messages to and receive messages from suitable machines such as computers, PDA's and the like; and supply authorization signals.
The back end facility may respond to commands received from the device. These commands may be normal digitized voice signals received via a speech connection between the device and the back end facility or data signals received via a data link between the device and the back end facility. The back-end facility may thus have a speech recognition facility whereby oral orders supplied by the user may be recognized and oral messages received from the device may be converted into data signals. Similarly, the back end facility may supply aural signals to the device to be provided to the user aurally. These signals may be transmitted via a speech connection or as data signals via the data link. In the latter case, the device may have a speech synthesizer for converting the data signals to aurally recognizable signals. The back-end facility may have a telephone interface means, whereby it may establish a communication link with the device. The telephone interface means may also establish a communication link with another telephone instrument and may further establish a communication link between the device and other telephone instruments. The back end facility may establish a connection between the device and some other telephone in response to commands from the device.
F18145 AL The back-end facility may have a speech synthesizer whereby data signals may be converted to aural signals, which are sent to the telephone device or another telephone instrument. Further, the back-end facility may have a message generator to generate data messages to be sent to the device or some other instrument.
In addition the back-end facility may have storage equipment in which information in regard to authorized users of the devices are stored in a database. Additional information may also be stored.
Still further, the back-end facility may have an interface for the Internet and may have an authorization signal generator for generating authorization signals that are transmitted to a designated device and then supplied by the device to an appliance or article to activate that appliance or article. An authorization signal may also be supplied to a designated device via a fixed network, such as a LAN or WAN.
Clearly, the device may have a microphone and a speaker. Further the device will also have a network module by means of which it registers with the network. The network module may further be such that the device may accept voice calls from the network whilst retaining the connection with the back-end facility. The device may accordingly have a call indicating means for indicating to a user of the device that there is an incoming call and a suitable button whereby the user may pick up the call. The device may be JAVA enabled.
As is usual, the device may have an identifier, and the back end facility may have a device identifying means for identifying a device connecting therewith. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the back-end facility could respond to and with a plurality of devices simultaneously.
The device may also have other conventional components, such as a screen, a
F18145 AL SIM card holder, an antenna and a power supply. The device may also have a short distance wireless communication facility such as Bluetooth. As is usual, the power supply may be rechargeable. This may be by means of a mechanical connection or in a wireless manner. In the latter case, the device may have a receiver for receiving radiated energy and rectifying it.
The device may have limited functionality, having a limited number of keys. Thus, the device may have a small keypad. The invention extends still further to a communication system comprising the device and the back-end facility.
The invention is now described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a schematic view of a cellular telephone device in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 shows a block diagram of a back-end facility in accordance with the invention; and Figure 3 shows schematically how a number of the devices interact with the back-end facility and other items of equipment.
Referring now to Figure 1 a cellular telephone device in accordance with the invention is designated generally by reference numeral 10. The device 10 is sufficiently small to be worn on a person's wrist and has a body 12 with a strap 14. The device 10 is of the GSM type and, In common with other cellular telephones, it has a screen 16, an ON / OFF switch 18, a speaker 20 and a microphone 22. The device 10 also has other common components, such as an aerial, a SIM card holder, electronic circuitry, a battery, a Bluetooth unit, a GPRS module and the like, which are not shown in Figure 1.
F18145 AL More importantly, the device 10 is such that it automatically establishes a GPRS data link with a back-end facility (which is explained in more detail below) when it is activated. Clearly, the device will first register with the telephone network and then automatically connect to the back-end facility and remain connected thereto until switched off. In this manner, the device is continually in contact with the back-end facility.
As explained more fully below, the back-end facility performs a number of functions for and with the device 10.
The device 10 also has a button 24 by means of which a voice connection may be established, via the cellular network, with the back-end facility. A further button 26 may be used to terminate a voice connection with the back-end facility. Instead, the device 10 has a voice to data and data to voice convertor 27 whereby voice signals supplied by a user are converted to data signals that are transmitted to the back end facility and whereby data signals received from the back end facility are converted to aural signals. It will be appreciated that the device 10 also operates as a normal telephone in regard to incoming voice calls, and these may be accepted and terminated by means of the buttons 24 and 26.
The device 10 has a further button 28 by means of which a single specified number may be dialed. Thus, if a user presses the button 28, a voice call is made to the specified number, and the call is terminated by means of button 26.
Referring now to Figure 2, a block diagram of the back-end facility 40 is shown. The back-end facility 40 has a telephony interface 42 whereby it interconnects with the cellular network for the device 10 and other telephone networks, a computerized controller 44 and an Internet interface 46. The back-end facility 40 also has a speech
F18145 AL recognizer and synthesizer 48, a voice verifier 50, storage equipment 52 in which is stored a database containing information about all the authorized users of the devices 10 and a tracking module 54. Figure 3 is now also referred to. This figure shows a number of the devices
10.1 to 10.n and the back-end facility 40. In addition the cellular network 60 with cells 62.1 to 62.n, a standard cellular telephone 64, a cable based telephone network 66, a wired telephone 68, the Internet 70 and a computer 72 are shown. As explained above, when the devices 10 are switched on, they register with the cellular network 60 and are then also automatically connected, by GPRS, to the back-end facility 60, and remain connected thereto. If a user of one of the devices 10 wishes to make a call to someone other than the number programmed into the device and accessible via button 28, he presses button 24. This sends a signal to the back-end facility 40 which establishes a voice dial-up connection with the calling device 10 via the network. The user may then give voice commands to the back-end facility. For example, the user may instruct that a voice call be made to a specified number or person. The voice command is interpreted by the speech recognizer 50 and the appropriate signals are sent by the controller 44 to the telephony interface 42 to connect with another device 10, a normal cellular phone 64 or a wired telephone 68. If the call is to a person, the appropriate information is extracted from the database on the storage equipment 52. The back-end facility 40 may also operate as a call centre, connecting the user of the device 10 to a selected party. The back-end facility 40 may also determine the location of the device 10 by means of the tracking module 54. This module 54 determines the location of the device 10 by means of triangulation techniques. The back-end facility may also be contacted by other persons, for example the parent of a user. Such a person may then be advised of the location of the device 10, either aurally or by means of a data message.
F18145 AL It will be appreciated that the back-end facility 40 is able to send messages to a variety of instruments, including a computer (such as computer 72) by means of its Internet interface 46 and the Internet 70. Similarly, it is able to receive instructions and messages from such computers.
The back-end facility 40 may further generate and send messages to the device 10. These messages could include directions. These could be data messages or aural messages generated by the synthesizer 48. The identity of a caller from the device 10 could be analysed by the voice verifier 50, such that certain functions or operations are only provided to an authorized person. Because the back-end facility 40 is able to confirm the identity of a user, it may be used to provide authorization signals to the relevant device 10, which can then transmit such signals on to the relevant appliance or article to operate it.
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Claims

1. A mobile cellular telephone device which includes a registration means for registering the device with a cellular telephone network when the device is activated; and a connecting means for automatically connecting the device with a back end facility, via the network, once the device has registered with the network.
2. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 1, which has a voice communication means for providing aural and oral communication via the network when it has registered with the network.
3. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 1 , in which the connecting means establishes, in use, a data link between the device and the back end facility.
4. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 3, in which the data link is continuously operable whilst the device is activated.
5. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 3, in which a
GPRS link is established.
6. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 3, which includes a speech conversion means for converting speech signals supplied by a user of the device to a data signal.
7. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 3, which includes a speech synthesizing means for converting data signals supplied by the back end facility to aural signals.
8. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 1 , which has
F18145 AL an activating and deactivating switch.
9. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 2, which has a microphone and a speaker.
10. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 1 , which has a network module by means of which it registers, in use, with the network.
11. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 10, in which the network module is such that it is able to receive voice calls from the network.
12. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 11 , in which the network module is such as to establish and maintain a voice call with a caller and retain the connection with the back end facility.
13. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 11, which has a call indicator for indicating to a user of the device that there is an incoming call and a suitable button whereby the user may pick up the call.
14. The mobile cellular telephone device as claimed in Claim 1, which has an identifier.
15. A back end facility for use with a device as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 14, which includes a connection means for automatically connecting with the device when the device registers with an associated telephone network and a control means for controlling a plurality of operations to, from and with the device.
16. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 15, in which the control means controls an operation selected from the group comprising connecting the device to some other telephone in accordance with commands received from the device; creating and sending a message to the device or some other instrument; determining
F18145 AL the position of the device; verifying the identity of an authorized caller from the device; recognizing speech; synthesizing speech; storing particulars of an authorized user of the device; interfacing with the Internet to be able to send to and receive messages from other suitable devices; and supply authorization signals.
17. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 15, which has a telephone interface means for establishing a communication link with the device.
18. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 16, in which the telephone interface means is also for establishing a communication link with another telephone instrument.
19. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 18, in which the telephone interface means is further for establishing a communication link between the device and the telephone instrument.
20. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 19, in which the control means is responsive to voice commands from a user of the device to establish the communication link with the telephone instrument.
21. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 15, which has a speech recognition means for recognizing oral commands from the device.
22. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 15, which has a speech synthethizing means for providing aurally recognizable signals.
23. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 15, which has a message generator for generating data messages.
24. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 17, in which the telephone interface means establishes a data link with the device.
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25. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 15, which has storage equipment in which information in regard to an authorized user of the device is stored.
26. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 15, which has an authorization signal generator for generating an authorization signal for transmission to a designated device for activation of equipment associated therewith.
27. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 15, which has an Internet interface means.
28. The back end facility as claimed in Claim 27, which includes a device identifying means for identifying a device connecting thereto.
29. A communication system comprising a device as claimed in any one of
Claims 1 to 14 and a back end facility as claimed in any one of Claims 15 to 28.
30. A mobile cellular telephone device substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings.
31. A back end facility substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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