Methods and apparatus for providing services using speech recognition
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1. An apparatus that permits a user to obtain services using spoken requests, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one microphone to capture at least one sound segment;
at least one processor configured to identify a first serviceable spoken request from the captured segment;
at least one transceiver for communications related to at least one of the apparatus, executable code thereon, service availability, administration, media, a media description, or the captured segment, wherein the processor is configured to identify the serviceable spoken request.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for the recognition and processing of spoken requests. Spoken sounds are received, identified, and processed for requests that are serviceable. If processing fails to identify requests, or yields commands that are not entirely serviceable by the apparatus in the customer'"'"'s premises, the spoken sounds, in either a fully processed, partially processed, or unprocessed state, are transmitted to for further processing. Commands first identified or simply routed for execution are processed and made effective using remote apparatus and/or using the apparatus in the customer'"'"'s premises.
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1. An apparatus that permits a user to obtain services using spoken requests, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one microphone to capture at least one sound segment;
at least one processor configured to identify a first serviceable spoken request from the captured segment;
at least one transceiver for communications related to at least one of the apparatus, executable code thereon, service availability, administration, media, a media description, or the captured segment, wherein the processor is configured to identify the serviceable spoken request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 55, 56, 62, 63, 64)
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7. A method for processing a spoken request, the method comprising:
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identifying a serviceable spoken request from a sound segment;
transmitting a communication related to the sound segment for further servicing; and
operating an apparatus in response to a command received in response to the communication. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for content selection using spoken requests, the method comprising:
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receiving a spoken request;
processing the spoken request;
transmitting the spoken request in at least one of an intermediate form, a directive, or a command to equipment for servicing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 54, 65, 66, 67)
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41. A method for equipment configuration, the method comprising:
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transmitting a sound segment in an intermediate form;
processing the transmitted sound segment to identify at least one characteristic; and
utilizing the at least one characteristic for the processing of subsequent sound segments, wherein the characteristic is associated with the speaker, room acoustics, consumer premises device acoustics, ambient noise, or any combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for speech recognition, the method comprising:
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recording a sound segment;
selecting configuration data for processing recorded sound segments; and
using the selected data to process the recorded segments. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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57. An electronic medium having executable code embodied therein for content selection using spoken requests, the code in the medium comprising:
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executable code for receiving a spoken request;
executable code for processing the spoken request;
executable code for communicating the spoken request in an intermediate form; and
executable code for operating an apparatus in response to a command resulting at least in part from the spoken request. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61)
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