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Voice-activated tuning of broadcast channels

  • US 6,876,970 B1
  • Filed: 06/13/2001
  • Issued: 04/05/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A broadcast programming receiver comprising:

  • a microphone for capturing a speech segment from a user of the receiver and generating an analog signal representative of the speech segment;

    a converter for converting the analog signal into a digital signal representative of the speech segment;

    a processor for interpreting the digital signal and determining whether the speech segment comprises a voice command associated with a genre comprising a plurality of channels;

    a tuner for tuning in to at least one channel associated with the voice command wherein the tuner tunes in to a first channel of the genre for a duration before tuning in to a second channel of the genre; and

    an output device for reproducing programming broadcast on the channel.

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