Systems and Methods for Casting Captions Associated With A Media Stream To A User
First Claim
1. A captioning and casting system, comprising:
- a captioning computer system,a caption caster controller operatively connected to the captioning computer system; and
a caption caster system operatively configured to communicate with the caption caster controller;
wherein the captioning computer system includes;
an audio input device operatively configured to receive an audio stream corresponding to one of a plurality of radio programs broadcast by one or more radio stations, each of the radio programs being assigned a respective one of a plurality of program identifiers;
a first memory device that has a caption generator program that identifies one or more segments of the audio stream, identifies a caption corresponding to each respective segment, embeds each identified caption in a caption stream in association with the program identifier assigned to the one radio program; and
transmits the caption stream to the caption caster controller; and
a first processor to run the caption generator program,wherein the caption caster controller is operatively configured to retrieve the program identifier embedded in the caption stream, determine whether the retrieved program identifier is associated with a location of the caption caster system, and distribute the caption stream in a multi-program stream to the caption caster system in response to determining the retrieved program identifier is associated with the caption caster system location.
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Abstract
A system is provided that includes a captioning computer system, a caption caster controller, a caption caster system, and a portable receiver system having an eye piece. The captioning computer system generates a caption stream associated with a radio program and transmits the caption stream to the controller. The controller identifies the program associated with the received caption stream, identifies the caption caster system as being located in the coverage area of the identified program, and distributes the received caption stream to the caption caster system based on its location and the radio program'"'"'s coverage area. The caption caster system sends the caption stream received from the controller to the portable receiver system via a radio station communication channel, to which each portable receiver system may be selectively tuned such that the captions extracted from the stream may be displayed on the eye piece of the portable receiver system.
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18 Claims
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1. A captioning and casting system, comprising:
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a captioning computer system, a caption caster controller operatively connected to the captioning computer system; and a caption caster system operatively configured to communicate with the caption caster controller; wherein the captioning computer system includes; an audio input device operatively configured to receive an audio stream corresponding to one of a plurality of radio programs broadcast by one or more radio stations, each of the radio programs being assigned a respective one of a plurality of program identifiers; a first memory device that has a caption generator program that identifies one or more segments of the audio stream, identifies a caption corresponding to each respective segment, embeds each identified caption in a caption stream in association with the program identifier assigned to the one radio program; and
transmits the caption stream to the caption caster controller; anda first processor to run the caption generator program, wherein the caption caster controller is operatively configured to retrieve the program identifier embedded in the caption stream, determine whether the retrieved program identifier is associated with a location of the caption caster system, and distribute the caption stream in a multi-program stream to the caption caster system in response to determining the retrieved program identifier is associated with the caption caster system location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A portable receiver system for use in a captioning and casting system, comprising:
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an eye piece; and a caption receiver device operatively connected to the eye piece, the caption receiver including; a user input device; a caption receiving device operatively configured to receive a multi-program caption stream, the caption receiving device corresponding to one of a wireless I/O device, a radio receiver device, a cellular receiver device, or a satellite receiver device, the wireless I/O device being operatively configured to wirelessly connect the caption receiver device to a network to receive the multi-program caption stream from a casting source; a first memory device that has a caption receiver controller program that identifies a packet in the multi-program caption, identifies a program type associated with the packet, identifies an encoding technique associated with the packet, identifies a program ID in the packet, determines whether the program type corresponds to a radio program type, and when it is determined that the program type corresponds to a radio program type and the program ID corresponds to a radio program selected for play on the portable receiver system via the user input device, the caption receiver controller extracts a caption from the packet using the identified encoding technique and sends the caption to the eye piece; and a processor to run the caption receiver controller program. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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