Systems and Methods for Managing Prompts for a Connected Vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for providing audio prompts via a service-providing remote center, which comprises:
- receiving a list of requested data from an on-board navigation system of a vehicle; and
for each item in the list of requested data;
determining whether an audio prompt is available; and
delivering an associated audio prompt from the service-providing remote center over a data channel.
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Abstract
A method for providing audio prompts via a service-providing remote center includes receiving a list of requested data from an on-board navigation system of a vehicle, and, for each item in the list of requested data, determining whether an audio prompt is available and delivering an associated audio prompt from the service-providing remote center over a data channel. Also provided is a method for obtaining audio prompts using a minimal amount of text-to-speech ports including determining a plurality of known data items, generating audio prompts for the plurality of known data items with a single text-to-speech engine using batch mode processing, obtaining an associated audio prompt for each of the known data items, and storing each associated audio prompt in a recording database.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing audio prompts via a service-providing remote center, which comprises:
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receiving a list of requested data from an on-board navigation system of a vehicle; and for each item in the list of requested data; determining whether an audio prompt is available; and delivering an associated audio prompt from the service-providing remote center over a data channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for obtaining audio prompts using a minimal amount of text-to-speech ports, which comprises:
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determining a plurality of known data items; generating audio prompts for the plurality of known data items with a single text-to-speech engine using batch mode processing; obtaining an associated audio prompt for each of the known data items; and storing each associated audio prompt in a recording database. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for transferring sound properties into another target, which comprises:
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selecting a plurality of audio prompts saved in a recording database of a service-providing remote center; optimizing a pronunciation of the plurality of audio prompts using a pronunciation database of the service-providing remote center; and saving the optimized pronunciation of the plurality of audio prompts in the recording database.
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20. A service-providing remote center, comprising:
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a data center operable to process a list of requested data received from an on-board navigation system of a vehicle; a database containing audio prompts; a communications data channel; and a processor operably connected to the data center and the database and being operable to check the database to determine whether an audio prompt is available for each item in the list of requested data and to deliver each associated audio prompt to the vehicle over the communications data channel.
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