Multimedia Search Application for a Mobile Device
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Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method selects a program from a library of programs. A user selection is determined based upon a voice command, and the program is presented at a display device in accordance with the voice command. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a system selects a program from a library of programs. The system includes a processor that determines a user selection based upon a voice command, and also includes a display device that presents the program in accordance with the voice command. In accordance with yet another embodiment of the present invention, a computer-readable medium contains a set of instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to determine a user selection based upon a voice command and to command a display device to present the program, in accordance with the voice command.
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66 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. A mobile device, comprising:
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a display screen configured to display multimedia content; a microphone to detect speech of a user and provide an audio signal indicative of the speech; an automated speech recognition engine, coupled to the microphone; and an application that supports voice recognition, coupled to the microphone and the automated speech recognition engine, configured to identify content in a multimedia content library in accordance with the speech. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A computer readable medium including processor executable program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:
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receiving, from a microphone of a mobile device, an audio signal indicative of user speech, including a search term, associated with a user and detected by the microphone; providing the audio signal to an automated speech recognizer to identify the search term; sending the search term to a multimedia search engine configured to search, based on the search term, a multimedia content library of a multimedia service provider; and receiving a search result indicating a multimedia content program associated with the search term; and displaying the search result on a display screen of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A multimedia search method, comprising:
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receiving, from a microphone of a mobile device, an audio signal indicative of user speech, including a search term, associated with a user and detected by the microphone; providing the audio signal to an automated speech recognizer to identify the search term; sending the search term to a multimedia search engine configured to search, based on the search term, a multimedia content library of a multimedia service provider; and receiving a search result indicating a multimedia content program associated with the search term; and displaying the search result on a display screen of the mobile device.
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