System, method and program for controlling mute function on telephone

摘要

System, method and program for controlling a mute function on a telephone device. While the mute function is active, sound reaching a telephone or other communication device is sensed, and a determination is made if the sound includes a word. If so, an alarm is activated to alert a user that the mute function is active. If not, the alarm is not activated. In accordance with an optional feature of the present invention, speech recognition software is trained to recognize the voice or speech pattern of a specific user, and the alarm is activated only if the word was spoken by the specific user.

主权项

1. A method for controlling a mute function in a telephone device, said method comprising the steps of:
while the mute function is active, a microphone in the telephone device sensing sound reaching said telephone device, and voice recognition software in said telephone device recognizing and identifying a specific word from said sound sensed by said microphone while said mute function is active, and in response, said telephone device automatically activating an alarm in said telephone device to alert a user that said mute function is active; said voice recognition software training to differentiate a specific word spoken by a specific person from a same specific word spoken by other people; and while the mute function is active, said voice recognition software processing other sound detected by said microphone to recognize and identify said specific word spoken by said specific person and not by another person, and in response, said telephone device activating said alarm.