×

Method and apparatus for social network communication over a media network

  • US 8,825,493 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2011
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A device, comprising:

  • a memory to store executable instructions;

    a speech capture element for capturing speech messages;

    a user interface; and

    a processor coupled to the memory, the speech capture element, and the user interface, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising;

    detecting a stimulus at the user interface for initiating a communication session with a member device of a social network to exchange communications, wherein the communications are associated with a television program presented by way of a media processor communicatively coupled to the processor;

    responsive to the stimulus, accessing a user profile for a user that is associated with the stimulus, the user profile including a determination of a pattern of prior speech messages of the user captured by the speech capture element;

    determining a speech capture time period based on a time between an activation of the stimulus and a period after a detection that a voice of the user has stopped speaking based on prior speech messages in accordance with the pattern of prior speech messages of the user profile;

    activating the speech capture element in response to the stimulus, wherein the speech capture element is maintained in an active state independent of a characteristic of the stimulus, and wherein the speech capture element is maintained in the active state for the speech capture time period;

    transmitting a request for initiating the communication session with the member device of the social network;

    capturing a speech message at the speech capture element; and

    transmitting a message representative of the speech message to the member device of the social network.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×