User speech interfaces for interactive media guidance applications
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1. A system for providing customized features based on voice controls, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
- receive a voice command from a user, via a microphone of a first device, for performing a guidance operation on a second device, wherein the first device includes a voice recognition system;
identify a user profile associated with the user based on an association of the user with the first device;
retrieve, from the user profile, information provided by the user;
determine the guidance operation to be performed on the second device based on the received voice command and the information provided by the user retrieved from the user profile; and
transmit an instruction to perform the guidance operation on the second device.
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Abstract
A user speech interface for interactive media guidance applications, such as television program guides, guides for audio services, guides for video-on-demand (VOD) services, guides for personal video recorders (PVRs), or other suitable guidance applications is provided. Voice commands may be received from a user and guidance activities may be performed in response to the voice commands.
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1. A system for providing customized features based on voice controls, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
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receive a voice command from a user, via a microphone of a first device, for performing a guidance operation on a second device, wherein the first device includes a voice recognition system; identify a user profile associated with the user based on an association of the user with the first device; retrieve, from the user profile, information provided by the user; determine the guidance operation to be performed on the second device based on the received voice command and the information provided by the user retrieved from the user profile; and transmit an instruction to perform the guidance operation on the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing customized features based on voice controls, comprising:
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receiving a voice command from a user, via a microphone of a first device, for performing a guidance operation on a second device, wherein the first device includes a voice recognition system; identifying a user profile associated with the user based on an association of the user with the first device; retrieving, from the user profile, information provided by the user; determining the guidance operation to be performed on the second device based on the received voice command and the information provided by the user retrieved from the user profile; and transmitting an instruction to perform the guidance operation on the second device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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