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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Baptiste P. Paquier, Saratoga, CA (US);
Aram M. Lindahl, Cupertino, CA (US);
Phillip G. Tamchina, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G10L 13/04 (2013.01); G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/043 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 13/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 21/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/72552 (2013.01); H04M 3/42382 (2013.01); G10L 2021/02087 (2013.01); H04M 2201/40 (2013.01); H04M 2203/4536 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication device establishes an audio connection with a far-end user via a communication network. The communication device receives text input from a near-end user, and converts the text input into speech signals. The speech signals are transmitted to the far-end user using the established audio connection while muting audio input to its microphone. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.