REAL-TIME ONLINE AUDIO FILTERING

• US 20140358520A1
• Filed: 05/31/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: DAVEY, Martin Vincent
• Application Number:
  US13/906,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20140358520A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting

Abstract

Audio from online, real-time activity is routed through a filter to remove inappropriate language associated with parameters received by a user interface. The filter automatically removes audio based on the parameters and/or derived parameters. The parameters can be directly input by a user and/or a list can be provided to the user from which they select their desired parameters.

Claims

1. A system that filters online audio, comprising:

a comparator that compares audio language to given parameters; and

a filtering device that filters audio language in a real-time online environment when the comparator finds a given parameter in the audio.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio is from at least one of online gaming and online video chatting.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a user interface that accepts parameters associated with controlling audio.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the user interface provides acceptable parameters for a user to select from.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the system resides in proximity of a network linked device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the system utilizes an external processing device to facilitate filtering of the audio.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the system resides external to a network linked device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the system filters audio in a remote server as the audio passes through the server.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system interfaces with an audio device of a network linked device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system automatically determines a filtering parameter.

11. The system of claim 1 is a gaming console.

12. A method for filtering online audio, comprising the steps of:

receiving parameters associated with controlling online audio; and

filtering the audio based on the parameters in a real-time online environment.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:

providing a user interface for a user to input parameters to be utilized in filtering the audio.

14. The method of claim 12 the step of filtering the audio further comprising:

filtering the audio in a remote server that provides online services.

15. The method of claim 12 the step of filtering the audio further comprising:

using an external processing device to facilitate filtering of the audio.

16. A system that filters online audio, comprising:

a means for receiving parameters associated with controlling audio; and

a means for filtering the audio based on the parameters in a real-time online environment.

17. The system of claim 16 further comprising:

a means for filtering the audio in a remote server that processes online activity.