Network device maintenance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12273232-B2
Application number	US-202318468018-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2023
Priority date	Dec 12, 2019
Publication date	Apr 8, 2025
Grant date	Apr 8, 2025

Abstract

A method to access a device may include obtaining, at a first device, data over a short-range wireless network from a second device. The data may originate at a remote system that sends the data to the second device through a network connection over a wide area network. The method may also include in response to a fault at the second device, obtaining, at the first device from the remote system, a maintenance command for the second device. The maintenance command may be obtained by the first device over an analog voice network. The method may also include directing, from the first device to the second device, the maintenance command over the short-range wireless network to enable the second device to perform the maintenance command.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method comprising:
obtaining audio;
obtaining a transcription of the audio;
processing the audio to generate processed audio;
processing the transcription to generate a processed transcription;
multiplexing the processed audio with the processed transcription to obtain combined data; and
communicating the combined data to a device over a network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio originates at a remote device during a communication session conducted between the device and the remote device, wherein the combined data is communicated to the device during the communication session.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the network is an analog voice network and the processed audio and the processed transcription is formatted with respect to communication over the analog voice network.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the processed audio and the processed transcription are processed using a neural network and the neural network multiplexes the processed audio with the processed transcription to generate the combined data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network is an analog voice network and the processed audio and the processed transcription is formatted with respect to communication over the analog voice network.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the processed audio and the processed transcription are processed using a neural network and the neural network multiplexes the processed audio with the processed transcription to generate the combined data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiplexing the processed audio and the processed transcription is performed using one or more filters.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processed audio and the processed transcription are processed using a neural network and the neural network multiplexes the processed audio with the processed transcription to generate the combined data.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising before processing the audio and the transcription, training the neural network, wherein training the neural network includes:
generating an error signal based on a comparison between training data and decoded data where the training data is processed, the processed data is communicated over the network, and the communicated processed data is decoded to generate the decoded data; and
training the neural network using the error signal.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
demultiplexing, at the device, the combined data into the processed transcription and the processed audio;
decoding the processed transcription and the processed audio; and
presenting, by the device, the transcription and the audio.

11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable medias configured to store instructions that when executed by a system cause or direct the system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining audio;
obtaining a transcription of the audio;
processing the audio to generate processed audio;
processing the transcription to generate a processed transcription;
multiplexing the processed audio with the processed transcription to obtain combined data; and
communicating the combined data to a device over a network.

12. A system comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more computer-readable medias coupled to the processors, the computer-readable medias configured to store instructions that when executed by the processors cause the system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining audio;
obtaining a transcription of the audio;
processing the audio to generate processed audio;
processing the transcription to generate a processed transcription;
multiplexing the processed audio with the processed transcription to obtain combined data; and
communicating the combined data to a device over a network.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the audio originates at a remote device during a communication session conducted between the device and the remote device, wherein the combined data is communicated to the device during the communication session.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the network is an analog voice network and the processed audio and the processed transcription is formatted with respect to communication over the analog voice network.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the processed audio and the processed transcription are processed using a neural network and the neural network multiplexes the processed audio with the processed transcription to generate the combined data.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the network is an analog voice network and the processed audio and the processed transcription is formatted with respect to communication over the analog voice network.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the processed audio and the processed transcription are processed using a neural network and the neural network multiplexes the processed audio with the processed transcription to generate the combined data.

18. The system of claim 12 , wherein the multiplexing the processed audio and the processed transcription is performed using one or more filters.

19. The system of claim 12 , wherein the processed audio and the processed transcription are processed using a neural network and the neural network multiplexes the processed audio with the processed transcription to generate the combined data.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise before processing the audio and the transcription, training the neural network, wherein training the neural network includes:
generating an error signal based on a comparison between training data and decoded data where the training data is processed, the processed data is communicated over the network, and the communicated processed data is decoded to generate the decoded data; and
training the neural network using the error signal.

Assignees

• Sorenson Ip Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Ramanadham Jalaja
• Thomson David
• Pan Jasper Cheekeong

Classifications

• H04W24/04

  Arrangements for maintaining operational condition · CPC title

• H04W76/18

  Management of setup rejection or failure · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W8/245

  from a network towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04L41/0816

  the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events · CPC title