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

• US 10,255,918 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2017
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• 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:
  US15/852,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20180122380A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 704246, 704247, 704250-252, 704275
• 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 communication device using voice-commands, the method comprising:

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

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

receiving a communication from the first communication device with the base station, the communication including a speech pattern, wherein the speech pattern includes a voice command portion and a preliminary address word portion;

identifying, with a command processing module of the base station, during the communication from the first communication device, the speech pattern as including a voice-command in the voice command portion of the speech pattern based on detection of a pre-determined address word, different from the voice-command, in the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern;

determining, by the base station, a second communication device operation corresponding to the voice-command; and

communicating a command corresponding to the second communication device operation from the base station to the second communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising separating the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern with the command processing module.

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

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

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

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second communication device includes a processor and the second communication device operation comprises executing a program step with the second communication device processor.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the base station, a base station operation corresponding to the voice-command; and

executing the base station operation at the base station.

8. A base station storing non-transitory computer executable instructions for wirelessly controlling a communication device using voice-commands that, when executed, cause the base station to:

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

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

receive a communication from the first communication device, the communication including a speech pattern, wherein the speech pattern includes a voice command portion and a preliminary address word portion;

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

determine a second communication device operation corresponding to the voice-command; and

communicate a command corresponding to the second communication device operation to the second communication device.

9. The base station of claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the command processing module to separate the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern.

10. The base station of claim 8, wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user.

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

12. The base station of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the base station to determine a second communication device operation corresponding to the voice command for a first user that is different from a second communication device operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user.

13. A device control system comprising;

a first communication device;

a second communication device; and

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

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

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

receive a communication from the first communication device, the communication including a speech pattern, wherein the speech pattern includes a voice command portion and a preliminary address word portion;

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

determine a second communication device operation corresponding to the voice-command; and

communicate a command corresponding to the second communication device operation to the second communication device.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising separating, with the command processing module, the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the preliminary address word portion of the speech pattern.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the address word is a user-specified noun.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the second communication device operation corresponding to the voice command of a first user differs from a second communication device operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the second communication device includes a processor and the second communication device operation comprises executing a program step with the second communication device processor.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the second communication device is a wireless telephone and the operation comprises sending a notification to the communications device.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the computer executable instructions when executed, cause the base station to:

determine a base station operation corresponding to the voice-command; and

execute the base station operation at the base station.