System, Method And Computer Program Product For Adding Voice Activation And Voice Control To A Media Player

• US 20110196683A1
• Filed: 04/19/2011
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: Stragent, LLC (Oso IP, LLC)
• Inventors: Cantwell, Dermot, Greene, Mark, Hegarty, Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/090,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20110196683A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 9/02 using radio transmission; using near-field transmission

Abstract

A media player system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, an utterance is received. A command for a media player is then generated based on the utterance. Such command is utilized for providing wireless control of the media player.

Claims

1. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, comprising:

computer code for receiving an utterance intended to control a media player with music stored thereon; and

computer code for generating a corresponding command for the media player based on the utterance, the corresponding command selected from a command set including a play command, a pause command, a shuffle command, an artist command, a song command, a playlist command;

wherein the corresponding command provides wireless control of the media player.

2. A sub-system, comprising:

logic for controlling a media player with music stored thereon;

logic for receiving an utterance intended to control the media player; and

logic for generating a corresponding command for the media player based on the utterance, the corresponding command selected from a command set including a play command, a pause command, a shuffle command, an artist command, a song command, a playlist command;

wherein the corresponding command provides wireless control of the media player.

3. The sub-system of claim 2, wherein the logic includes hardware logic.

4. The sub-system of claim 2, wherein the logic includes software logic.

5. The sub-system of claim 2, wherein the logic is embedded in the media player.

6. The sub-system of claim 2, wherein the logic is separate from the media player.