Remote Control of Television Or Other Display
First Claim
1. A method of using a cell phone to operate a device, comprising:
- communicating words to the cell phone;
using the cell phone to apply speech recognition to the words; and
using the cell phone to send information derived from the speech recognition to the device.
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Abstract
An item of information (212) is transmitted to a distal computer (220), translated to a different sense modality and/or language (222), and in substantially real time, and the translation (222) is transmitted back to the location (211) from which the item was sent. The device sending the item is preferably a wireless device, and more preferably a cellular or other telephone (210). The device receiving the translation is also preferably a wireless device, and more preferably a cellular or other telephone, and may advantageously be the same device as the sending device. The item of information (212) preferably comprises a sentence of human of speech having at least ten words, and the translation is a written expression of the sentence. All of the steps of transmitting the item of information, executing the program code, and transmitting the translated information preferably occurs in less than 60 seconds of elapsed time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of using a cell phone to operate a device, comprising:
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communicating words to the cell phone; using the cell phone to apply speech recognition to the words; and using the cell phone to send information derived from the speech recognition to the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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