Command and control of devices and applications by voice using a communication base system

• US 9,881,606 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2016
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TiVo Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Geldbach, Erik, Rooks, Kelsyn D., Smith, Shane M., Wilmoth, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): SAINT CYR, LEONARD
• Application Number:
  US15/337,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20170047067A1
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 704246, 704247, 704251, 704252, 704275, 704250
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1295 Details of dual tone multiple frequency signalling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A first communication path for receiving a communication is established. The communication includes speech, which is processed. A speech pattern is identified as including a voice-command. A portion of the speech pattern is determined as including the voice-command. That portion of the speech pattern is separated from the speech pattern and compared with a second speech pattern. If the two speech patterns match or resemble each other, the portion of the speech pattern is accepted as the voice-command. An operation corresponding to the voice-command is determined and performed. The operation may perform an operation on a remote device, forward the voice-command to a remote device, or notify a user. The operation may create a second communication path that may allow a headset to join in a communication between another headset and a communication device, several headsets to communicate with each other, or a headset to communicate with several communication devices.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a computer using voice-commands, the method comprising:

establishing a wireless communication path directly between a user communication device and a base station;

establishing a second wireless communication path between the base station and the computer;

receiving a communication from the user communication device with the base station;

identifying, with a command processing module of the base station, during the communication from the user communication device, a speech pattern as including a voice-command, wherein the speech pattern is identified as including a voice command by the detection of a preliminary pre-determined address word;

separating the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern;

determining, by the base station, an application operation executable by the computer, corresponding to the voice-command portion of the speech pattern;

communicating a command corresponding to the application operation from the base station to the computer; and

executing the application operation with the computer.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the address word is a user-specified noun.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the application operation corresponding to the voice command of the user differs from a second application operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the application operation comprises launching a computer program.

6. A base system includes non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing computer executable instructions for wirelessly controlling a computer using voice-commands that, when executed, cause the base station to:

establish a wireless communication path directly between a user communication device and the base station;

establish a second wireless communication path between the base station and the computer;

receive a communication from the user communication device;

identify, with a command processing module, during the communication from the communication device, a speech pattern as including a voice-command, wherein the speech pattern is identified as including a voice command by the command processing module by the detection of a preliminary pre-determined address word;

separate the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern;

determine an application operation executable by the computer corresponding to the voice-command portion of the speech pattern; and

communicate a command corresponding to the application operation to the computer.

7. The base system of claim 6, wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user.

8. The base system of claim 6, wherein the address word is a user-specified noun.

9. The base system of claim 6, wherein the instructions cause the base station to determine an application operation corresponding to the voice command for a first user that is different from a second application operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user.

10. A computer control system comprising;

a computer;

a user communication device; and

a base station storing computer executable instructions for wirelessly controlling the local device using voice-commands that, when executed, cause the base station to;

establish a wireless communication path directly between the user communications device and the base station;

establish a second wireless communication path between the base station and the computer;

receive a communication from the user communication device;

identify, with a command processing module, during the communication from the user communication device, a speech pattern as including a voice-command, wherein the speech pattern is identified as including a voice command by the detection of a preliminary pre-determined address word;

separate the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern;

determine an application operation executable by the computer corresponding to the voice-command; and

communicate a command corresponding to the application operation to the computer, thereby causing the computer to execute the application operation.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by the user.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the address word is a user-specified noun.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the application operation corresponding to the voice command of the user differs from a second application operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the application operation comprises launching a computer program.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the user communication device is a cellular telephone.