Live Media Captioning Subscription Framework for Mobile Devices

• US 20110035218A1
• Filed: 10/22/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Media Captioning Services, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Media Captioning Services, Inc.
• Inventors: Pettinato, Richard F.
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,819 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/546 Xcast
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21815 comprising local storage units
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2265 Server identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234336 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures or audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4516 involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 : represented by keywords

Abstract

A subscription-based system provides transcribed audio information to one or more mobile devices. Some techniques feature a system for providing subscription services for currently-generated (e.g., not stored) information (e.g., caption information, transcribed audio) for one or more mobile devices for a live/current audio event. There can be a communication network for communicating to the one or more mobile devices, a transcriber configured for transcribing the event to generate information (e.g., caption information, transcribed audio). Caption data includes transcribed data and control code data. The system includes a subscription gateway configured for live/current transfer of the transcribed data to the one or more mobile devices. The subscription gateway is configured to provide access for the transcribed data to the one or more mobile devices. User preferences for subscribers can be set and/or updated by mobile device users and/or GPS-capable mobile devices to receive feeds for the live/current audio event.

Claims

1. A method for sending transcribed audio information to a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a preference from a user of a mobile device for transcribed audio related to an audio event;

detecting a plurality of transcribed audio for current audio events;

selecting at least one of the transcribed audio from based on the preference received from the user of the mobile device;

receiving the selected transcribed audio for the current audio event, wherein the selected transcribed audio comprises caption data that comprises transcribed data and control code data;

generating text data for the selected transcribed audio by removing the control code data from the caption data; and

transferring the text data to the mobile device while simultaneously transferring the caption data to a captioning device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the preference for the transcribed audio for the audio event comprises receiving the preference for the mobile device to receive the transcribed audio for the audio event in a geographic location specified by the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the geographic location comprises a location of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the geographic location comprises a location that is different from a location of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the current audio events with a current audio broadcast or audio related to a current video broadcast.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the plurality of transcribed audio for the current audio events to include a plurality of data streams of caption data.

7. A method for sending transcribed audio information to a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a preference from a user of a mobile device for transcribed audio related to an audio event;

detecting a plurality of transcribed audio for current audio events;

transmitting a list of the plurality of transcribed audio for the current audio events to the mobile device based on the preference from the user of the mobile device;

receiving a selection from the mobile device to receive transcribed audio from the list that is related to at least one of the current audio events;

based on the selection, retrieving the selected transcribed audio for the current audio event, wherein the selected transcribed audio comprises caption data that comprises transcribed data and control code data;

generating text data for the selected transcribed audio by removing the control code data from the caption data; and

transferring the text data to the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising enabling the plurality of transcribed audio for the current audio events to relate to a plurality of data streams of caption data.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising transferring the text data to the mobile device while simultaneously transferring the caption data to a captioning device.

10. A system for sending transcribed audio information to a mobile device, the system comprising:

a subscription gateway configured to;

receive a preference from a user of a mobile device for transcribed audio related to an audio event;

detect a plurality of transcribed audio for current audio events;

select at least one of the transcribed audio based on the preference received from the user of the mobile device;

receive the selected transcribed audio for the current audio event, wherein the selected transcribed audio comprises caption data that comprises transcribed data and control code data;

transfer text data to the mobile device while simultaneously transferring the caption data to a captioning device; and

means for generating the text data for the selected transcribed audio by removing the control code data from the caption data.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the preference for the transcribed audio for the audio event comprises a preference for the mobile device to receive the transcribed audio for the audio event in a geographic location specified by the user.

12. A system for sending transcribed audio information to a mobile device, the system comprising:

a subscription gateway configured to;

receive a preference from a user of a mobile device for transcribed audio related to an audio event;

detect a plurality of transcribed audio for current audio events;

transmit a list of the plurality of transcribed audio for the current audio events to the mobile device based on the preference received from the user of the mobile device;

receive a selection from the mobile device to receive transcribed audio from the list that is related to one of the current audio events;

based on the selection, retrieve the selected transcribed audio for the current audio event, wherein the selected transcribed audio comprises caption data that comprises transcribed data and control code data; and

transfer text data to the mobile device; and

means for generating the text data for the selected transcribed audio by removing the control code data from the caption data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of transcribed audio for the current audio events include a plurality of data streams of caption data.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the subscription gateway is further configured to transfer the text data to the mobile device while simultaneously transferring the caption data to a captioning device.

15. A method for receiving transcribed audio information on a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving user input for a preference from a user of a mobile device for transcribed audio related to an audio event;

transmitting the preference from the mobile device;

receiving a list of a plurality of transcribed audio for current audio events at the mobile device based on the preference transmitted from the mobile device, wherein the plurality of transcribed audio for the current audio events are associated with a plurality of data streams of caption data;

receiving user input on the mobile device for a selection to receive transcribed audio related to at least one of the current audio events;

transmitting the selection from the mobile device; and

receiving text data for the selected transcribed audio, wherein the text data for the selected transcribed audio comprises text data generated by removing control code data from the caption data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the preference relates to a geographic location.

17. A method for receiving transcribed audio information on a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving user input for a preference from a user of a mobile device to receive transcribed audio related to an audio event;

transmitting the preference from the mobile device to a subscription gateway, wherein the subscription gateway is configured to handle a plurality of transcribed audio for current audio events, and wherein the subscription gateway is configured to handle a plurality of data streams of caption data for the current audio events; and

receiving text data on the mobile device comprising a selection of transcribed audio based on the preference, wherein the text data for the selected transcribed audio comprises text data generated by removing control code data from caption data related to a current audio event.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the preference relates to a geographic location.

19. A method for sending transcribed audio information to a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a geographic location of a mobile device;

detecting a plurality of transcribed audio for current audio events around the geographic location;

selecting at least one of the transcribed audio based on the geographic location of the mobile device;

based on the selection, retrieve the selected transcribed audio for the current audio event, wherein the selected transcribed audio comprises caption data that comprises transcribed data and control code data;

generating text data for the selected transcribed audio by removing the control code data from the caption data; and

transferring the text data to the mobile device while simultaneously transferring the caption data to a captioning device.

20. A method for sending transcribed audio information to a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a geographic location of a mobile device;

detecting a plurality of transcribed audio for current audio events around the geographic location of the mobile device;

transmitting a list of the plurality of transcribed audio for the current audio events to the mobile device based on the geographic location of the mobile device;

receiving a selection from the mobile device to receive transcribed audio from the list that is related to one of the current audio events;

receiving the selected transcribed audio for the current audio event, wherein the selected transcribed audio comprises caption data that comprises transcribed data and control code data;

generating text data for the selected transcribed audio by removing the control code data from the caption data; and

transferring the text data to the mobile device.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the transferring of the text data to the mobile device comprises simultaneously transferring the caption data to a captioning device with the transferring of the text data to the mobile device.