Methods for using simultaneous speech inputs to determine an electronic competitive challenge winner
First Claim
1. An automated method of using decoded speech inputs to determine an electronic competitive challenge winner, comprising:
- presenting a prompt using a first computing system;
listening for multiple, simultaneous speech utterances from a plurality of competitive challenge participants on at least one channel with a speech recognition module running on the first computing system or a second computing system in communication with the first computing system;
decoding the speech utterances using the speech recognition module to create one or more decoded speech utterances and automatically associating each of the decoded speech utterances with one of the plurality of contest participants;
determining a priority or a relative time of utterance for each of the one or more decoded speech utterances;
based on a predefined rule set, content of the one or more decoded speech utterances, and the priority or the relative time of utterance for each of the one or more decoded speech utterances, identifying one of the plurality of participants as the winner; and
informing the plurality of participants of the winner using the first computing system.
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Abstract
An electronic competitive challenge is disclosed. A prompt is presented to a group of participants. A computer system with a speech recognition module listens for multiple, simultaneous speech utterances from the group of participants. Each speech utterance is decoded, assigned a priority or timing, and associated with one of the participants. Based on the priority or timing, the content of the utterances, and a predefined rule set, one of the participants is identified as the competitive challenge winner. The prompt may be an electronic image, and the utterances may relate to a concept associated with or reflected in the image. The image may be drawn by a human and presented in a visual sequence that tracks its original creation, or it may be an image that is automatically degraded using image processing to disguise its content.
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1. An automated method of using decoded speech inputs to determine an electronic competitive challenge winner, comprising:
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presenting a prompt using a first computing system; listening for multiple, simultaneous speech utterances from a plurality of competitive challenge participants on at least one channel with a speech recognition module running on the first computing system or a second computing system in communication with the first computing system; decoding the speech utterances using the speech recognition module to create one or more decoded speech utterances and automatically associating each of the decoded speech utterances with one of the plurality of contest participants; determining a priority or a relative time of utterance for each of the one or more decoded speech utterances; based on a predefined rule set, content of the one or more decoded speech utterances, and the priority or the relative time of utterance for each of the one or more decoded speech utterances, identifying one of the plurality of participants as the winner; and informing the plurality of participants of the winner using the first computing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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