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Patent No.:

US 9661139 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2009
Applicant:

Aki Sakari Harma, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Aki Sakari Harma, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2013.01); H04M 1/6033 (2013.01); G10L 25/78 (2013.01); H04L 65/1096 (2013.01); H04M 1/0297 (2013.01); H04M 2201/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of controlling a conversation in an ambient telephone environment having a plurality of spaces includes providing a plurality of devices distributed in the plurality of spaces used by one or more users, at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to a telecommunications network for enabling communication between the environment and one or more remote terminals; and obtaining signals communicating a conversation between at least one remote terminal and at least one of the plurality of devices and audio from the one or more users. The method further includes identifying a user of the at least one device used in the obtained conversation by detecting interaction of a type corresponding to conversational turn-taking; and tracking movements of the user in the environment to determine its presence in a first of the plurality of spaces.


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Harma, Aki. (2017). Conversation detection in an ambient telephony system (U.S. Patent No. 9661139). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9661139

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