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Multimedia processing resource with interactive voice response

  • US 9,621,943 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2015
  • Issued: 04/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A set top box, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a network interface configured to receive, via a residential gateway, multimedia content from a multimedia service provider;

    a video decoder configured to decode the multimedia content to generate a video stream suitable for displaying on a display device;

    a telephone interface comprising;

    a wireless telephone interface configured to receive calls to a dedicated phone number associated with the set top box; and

    a second telephone interface configured to receive calls routed from the residential gateway based on a telephone number extension associated with the set top box;

    wherein the telephone interface is configured to obtain caller identification information indicative of a telephone number associated with a caller of a particular call, and voice input provided during the particular call; and

    a computer readable medium including program instructions, executable by the processor, wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

    retrieving voice recognition data specific to a caller setting associated with the caller identification information;

    processing the voice input based, in part, on the voice recognition data to recognize voice commands from the caller;

    recognizing, in the voice input, a presentation setting;

    sending the presentation setting to a secondary video decoder of a secondary set top box;

    recognizing content criteria indicated by the voice input;

    accessing, within the set top box, electronic programming guide data listing multimedia programs satisfying the content criteria;

    generating speech output indicative of the multimedia programs satisfying the content criteria; and

    receiving at least one of the multimedia programs satisfying the content criteria.

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