Abstract:
The present invention relates to a multimedia capture device on a mobile platform that captures information from manual input as well as environmental variables, and is able to package the information and send the information to a storage medium for archival. A user interface provides a one touch access for a user to connect a speakerphone of the mobile platform to a universal language translation application module or service provider to allow the user to communicate with someone they previously couldn&#39;t because of the language barrier.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    Field of the Invention 
         [0002]    The present invention relates to an integrated communications recording system including a user interface having a one touch feature which enables the interface to connect to a translation service, and thereafter uses the speakerphone to speak the translated information as well as have subsequent speech recorded by the speakerphone and also have video and photographs from the phone recorded and stored. 
         [0003]    Description of Related Art 
         [0004]    Systems which record conversations of calls are known. U.S. Pat. No. 8,428,559 describes data recording a mobile phone call conversation in which an incoming or outgoing call is automatically conferenced to a centralized recording server and audio from the internal call can be captured and stored. Any data or messages presented independently of the audio is also delivered to the recording server. For example, the messages can include short message service (SMS) messages and multimedia messaging (MMS) messages. Also, other message types using for example text, pictures or video utilized by the mobile phone can be delivered to the recording server. 
         [0005]    Conventionally a police officer can carry a pocket tape recorder for interviews/statements, a camera to take photos, a device to announce a pre-recorded message in multiple languages, such as Miranda rights, and video to record the interaction. Thereafter, the police office can plug in the camera, tape recorder, and video device to various interfaces in order to manually copy and store data from the devices. 
         [0006]    It is desirable to provide an improved multimedia capture device on a mobile platform having an interface to a translation provider to translate commands or a conversation and to record the conversation along with environmental and manually entered data all while eliminating the need for the user, such as for example a police officer, to manage the media collected. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0007]    The present invention relates to a multimedia capture device on a mobile platform that captures information from manual input as well as environmental variables, and is able to package the information and send the information to a storage medium for archival and retrieval. In one embodiment, a user interface provides a one touch access for a user to connect a speakerphone of the mobile platform to a universal language translation application module or service provider to allow the user to communicate with someone they previously couldn&#39;t because of the language barrier. The conversation of the mobile platform is recorded along with environmental and manually entered data. In one embodiment, the information recorded includes one or more of photographs and video. The present invention has the advantage that it eliminates the need for a person, such as a police officer, to carry a pocket tape recorder for interviews or statements, a camera to take photos, a device to announce a pre-recorded message in multiple languages, such as Miranda rights. 
         [0008]    The invention will be more fully described by reference to the following drawings. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0009]      FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of multi-media communications recording system. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0010]    Reference will now be made in greater detail to a preferred embodiment of the invention, an example of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numerals will be used throughout the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts. 
         [0011]      FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of a multi-media communications recording system  10 . Mobile platform  12  includes operating system  11 , multi-media communications recording application module  13 , speaker  14 , micro-phone  15 , memory storage module  16  and local storage  17 . Memory storage module  16  and local storage typically include or are provided with a variety of computer-readable media. Computer-readable media can be any available media and includes both volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media. By way of example, and not limitation, computer-readable media may include computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (“EEPROM”), flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (“DVD”) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information. 
         [0012]    Mobile platform  12  can be a mobile phone. Alternatively, mobile platform  12  can be a tablet, tablet PC or other hand-held multi-media recording device. Suitable operating systems  11  include Android™, Symbian®, Apple iOS™, RIM BlackBerry®, MeeGo®, Windows® Phone and Bada. Mobile platform  12  contains one or more speakers  14  and microphones  15  or allows the connection of remote microphones and speakers via wireless technology such as Bluetooth, to interface with operating system  11  of the mobile platform  12  as well as multi-media communications recording application module  13  that runs on operating system  11 . Mobile platform  12  can include camera interface  18  for capturing video  19  or photographs  20  with mobile platform  12 . 
         [0013]    User interface  25  of mobile platform  12  can interface with multi-media recording application module  13 . User interface  25  can interact with multi-media communications recording application module  13  to establish communications to be recorded from micro-phone  15  of mobile platform  12  and associated entered data including video  19  and photographs  20 . 
         [0014]    Multi-media recording application module  13  can establish communications with universal language translation module  30 . Universal language translation module  30  can receive audio data  32  from micro-phone  15  of mobile platform  12 . Universal language translation module  30  can translate received audio data  32 . Translated data  34  from universal translation module  30  can be played at speaker  14  of mobile platform  12 . Universal language translation module can be performed with an applications such as for example GOOGLE Translate or by a third party service provider. 
         [0015]    Multi-media recording application module  13  can capture an audio stream or packets from micro-phone  15  compress the audio stream or packets and store the one or more files for captured audio stream or audio packets in local storage  17  using memory storage module  16 . Multi-media recording application module  13  can include software for digital watermarking, fingerprinting and encryption. One or more captured audio and/or data files  40  from multi-media recording application module  13  can be securely streamed or transferred to the one or more third-party recorder databases  50  over wireless connection  52 . After verification of the transfer to third-party recorder databases  50  captured audio and/or data files  40  can be deleted from local storage  17  using memory storage module  16 . 
         [0016]    Embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in connection with a special purpose or general purpose telecommunications device that include both hardware and/or software components, including wireless telephones and other telephony-enabled wireless devices, landline telephones, or special purpose or general purpose computers that are adapted to have telecommunications capabilities. 
         [0017]    Embodiments may also include physical computer-readable media and/or intangible computer-readable media for carrying or having computer-executable instructions, data structures, and/or data signals stored thereon. Such physical computer-readable media and/or intangible computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such physical computer-readable media can include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, other semiconductor storage media, or any other physical medium which can be used to store desired data in the form of computer-executable instructions, data structures and/or data signals, and which can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. Within a general purpose or special purpose computer, intangible computer-readable media can include electromagnetic means for conveying a data signal from one part of the computer to another, such as through circuitry residing in the computer. 
         [0018]    When information is transferred or provided over a network or another communications connection (either hardwired, wireless, or a combination of hardwired or wireless) to a computer, hardwired devices for sending and receiving computer-executable instructions, data structures, and/or data signals (e.g., wires, cables, optical fibers, electronic circuitry, chemical, and the like) should properly be viewed as physical computer-readable mediums while wireless carriers or wireless mediums for sending and/or receiving computer-executable instructions, data structures, and/or data signals (e.g., radio communications, satellite communications, infrared communications, and the like) should properly be viewed as intangible computer-readable mediums. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media. 
         [0019]    Computer-executable instructions include, for example, instructions, data, and/or data signals which cause a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or special purpose processing device to perform a certain function or group of functions. Although not required, aspects of the invention have been described herein in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by computers, in network environments and/or non-network environments. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, and content structures that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract content types. Computer-executable instructions, associated content structures, and program modules represent examples of program code for executing aspects of the methods disclosed herein. 
         [0020]    Embodiments may also include computer program products for use in the systems of the present invention, the computer program product having a physical computer-readable medium having computer readable program code stored thereon, the computer readable program code comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the system to perform the methods of the present invention. 
         [0021]    It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative of only a few of the many possible specific embodiments, which can represent applications of the principles of the invention. Numerous and varied other arrangements can be readily devised in accordance with these principles by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.