System and apparatus for dynamically generating audible notices from an information network
First Claim
1. A system for converting information from a text format to an audio format, the system comprising:
- at least one data source;
a server side data processor;
a client side data processor;
a first set of program instructions executable on the server side data processor, the first set of program instructions including;
first program instructions being operable to receive information from the at least one data source;
second program instructions being operable to convert the information from the text format to an intermediate phonemic representation;
third program instructions being operable to transmit the information in the intermediate phonemic representation to the client side data processor; and
a second set of program instructions executable on the client side data processor, the second set of program instructions including;
fourth program instructions being operable to convert the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to the audio format.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for converting information from a text format to an audio format using distributed processing. A first set of computer readable program instructions receive information from a data source, convert the information from the text format to an intermediate format, and transmit the information in the intermediate format to a second data processor. A second set of program instructions, executable on the second data processor, are also included to convert the information from the intermediate format to the audio format. The first set of program instructions are executed on a remote, or server side, data processor, while the second set of program instructions are executed on a client side data processor. The first set of program instructions expand the information in the text format into phonemes using a grapheme to phoneme dictionary. The second set of program instructions convert the phonemes to audio output signals.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for converting information from a text format to an audio format, the system comprising:
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at least one data source; a server side data processor; a client side data processor; a first set of program instructions executable on the server side data processor, the first set of program instructions including; first program instructions being operable to receive information from the at least one data source; second program instructions being operable to convert the information from the text format to an intermediate phonemic representation; third program instructions being operable to transmit the information in the intermediate phonemic representation to the client side data processor; and a second set of program instructions executable on the client side data processor, the second set of program instructions including; fourth program instructions being operable to convert the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to the audio format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product for dynamically generating audible notices from an information network, the information network including a client processor and a remote processor, the computer program product comprising:
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first program instructions being operable to allow a user to preselect at least one data source, wherein the at least one data source is accessible from the information network; second program instructions being operable to receive information from the at least one preselected data source; and third program instructions being operable to convert the information from a text format to an audio format, wherein the third program instructions perform a first function for generating an intermediate phonemic representation of the information and a second function for generating an audio representation of the information based on the intermediate phonemic representation of the information, wherein the first function is performed in the remote processor and the second function is performed in the client processor. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for dynamically generating audible notices from an information network, the method comprising:
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preselecting at least one data source, wherein the at least one data source is accessible from the information network; receiving information from the at least one preselected data source; converting the information from a text format to an intermediate phonemic representation in a remote processor; converting the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to an audio format in a client processor; and transmitting audio signals representative of the information in audio format. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20)
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18. A system for dynamically generating audible notices from an information network, the method system comprising:
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at least one data source; a client computer system; a remote computer system; a set of remote program instructions executable on the remote computer system, the remote program instructions including; first remote program instructions being operable to receive information from a data source; second remote program instructions being operable to convert the information from a text format to an intermediate phonemic representation; third remote program instructions being operable to transmit the information in intermediate phonemic representation to the client computer system; and a set of client program instructions executable on the client computer system, the client program instructions including; first client program instructions being operable to convert the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to an audio format. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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21. A client system, comprising:
a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store program instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the client system to; receive, over an information network from a remote system, information in an intermediate phonemic representation, wherein the intermediate phonemic representation is derived from a text format of the information; and convert the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to an audio format. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method, comprising:
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a client device receiving, over a wide-area network (WAN) from a server, information in an intermediate phonemic representation, wherein the intermediate phonemic representation is derived from a text format of the information; and the client device converting the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to an audio format. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a client computer system, cause the client computer system to perform operations including:
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receiving, over an information network from a remote server computer system, information in an intermediate phonemic representation, wherein the intermediate phonemic representation is derived from a text format of the information; and converting the information from the intermediate phonemic representation to an audio format. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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