Appeal No. 2002-1627
Application No. 09/132,450
speech synthesizer is utilized to convert the decoded message into
spoken words.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A communication system for use with a mobile
communications link having a limited bandwidth, comprising:
a plurality of mobile communication devices that communicate
with each other and that each comprise:
a microphone into which words are spoken that are to be
transmitted;
a voice recognition system coupled to the microphone for
converting the spoken words into a sequence of letters and gaps;
an encoder coupled to the voice recognition system for coding
the letters into highly compressed digital messages;
a transmitter coupled to the encoder for transmitting the
highly compressed digital messages over a low frequency mobile
communications link having a limited transmission bandwidth;
a receiver for receiving the transmitted digital messages for
processing;
a decoder coupled to the receiver for decoding the digital
messages;
a speech synthesizer coupled to the decoder for converting the
decoded messages into spoken words; and
a speaker coupled to the speech synthesizer for outputting the
converted spoken words.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Ichikawa et al. (Ichikawa) 4,975,957 Dec. 04, 1990
Yamakita 5,956,681 Sep. 21, 1999
(filed Nov. 06, 1997)
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