Voice Recognition and Feedback System

• US 20120116748A1
• Filed: 11/08/2010
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Network Technologies India Private Limited
• Original Assignee: Sling Media Pvt Ltd. (Dish Network Corporation)
• Inventors: Kore, Gurubasappa, Jain, Vikal Kumar, Pallapothu, Trinadha Harish Babu
• Granted Patent: US 8,600,732 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

One embodiment may take the form of a system for translating an audio stream of programming content. The system may include an apparatus, a processing unit configured to execute a voice recognition algorithm and one or more executable commands, a receiver coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive a voice command in a first language, a communication component coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive programming content including an audio stream in a second language, and one or more storage media storing the voice recognition algorithm. The voice recognition algorithm may be configured to translate the audio stream into a first language if the first language does not match the second language.

Claims

1. A system for translating an audio stream of programming content, the system comprising:

an apparatus, comprising;

a processing unit configured to execute a voice recognition algorithm and one or more executable commands;

a receiver coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive a voice command in a first language;

a communication component coupled to the processing unit and configured to receive programming content comprising an audio stream in a second language; and

one or more storage media storing the voice recognition algorithm, the voice recognition algorithm being configured to translate the audio stream into a first language if the first language does not match the second language.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to transmit the translated audio stream to an output device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the voice recognition algorithm is configured to convert the audio stream into text.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the processing unit is further configured to determine whether the text matches one or more voice command entries in a database stored in the one or more storage media, the one or more voice command entries each including an interpreted voice command file and one or more executable commands associated with the interpreted voice command file.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein, if the first language matches the second language, the voice recognition algorithm does not translate the audio stream.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a content device coupled to the apparatus, the content device comprising a speaker configured to output the audio stream.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a content retransmitter.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a broadcast receiver.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing device is configured to determine whether the voice command is from a user or from the audio stream.

10. A method for translating an audio stream of programming content, comprising:

receiving a first voice command in a first language;

receiving programming content including a first audio stream in a second language;

determining if the first language matches the second language; and

executing a voice recognition algorithm to translate the first audio stream into the first language if the first language does not match the second language.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the voice recognition algorithm is configured to translate the first audio stream into text.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting the text to a content device.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising generating a second audio stream from the text.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting the second audio stream to a content device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising replacing the first audio stream with the second audio stream.

16. A computer program product, comprising:

a first set of instructions, stored in at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium, executable by at least one processing unit to receive a voice command in a first language from a receiver;

a second set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to receive an audio stream in a second language from a communication component;

a third set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to determine whether the first language matches the second language; and

a fourth set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to translate the audio stream into the first language if the first language does not match the second language.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising:

a fifth set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to determine one or more executable commands corresponding to the voice command.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising:

a fifth set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to translate the audio stream into text.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising:

a sixth set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to transmit the text to a content device.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising:

a fifth set of instructions, stored in the at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium, executable by the at least one processing unit to transmit the translated audio stream to a content device.