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

• US 10,482,880 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2017
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• 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:
  US15/852,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20180122381A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 704246, 704247, 704251, 704252, 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 device using voice-commands, the method comprising:

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

identifying, with the base station, a speech pattern as including a voice-command by the detection of an address word, wherein the address word is associated with the base station and is unassociated with the voice-command;

determining a second device operation corresponding to the voice-command;

communicating the second device operation from the base station to the second device; and

executing the second device operation at the second device.

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

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 device operation corresponding to the voice command of the user differs from a second device operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user.

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

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device is a communication device and the operation comprises sending a notification to the communication device.

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

receive a communication from a first device;

identify a speech pattern in the communications as including a voice-command by detecting an address word, wherein the address word is associated with the base station and is unassociated with the voice-command;

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

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

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

10. The base station of claim 9, wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user.

11. The base station of claim 9, 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 device operation corresponding to the voice command for a first user that is different from a second device operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user.

13. A device control system comprising;

a first device;

a second device; and

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

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

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

receive a communication from the first device;

identify, with a command processing module, during the communication from the first device, a speech pattern as including a voice-command by detecting an address word, wherein the address word is associated with the base station and is unassociated with the voice-command;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the first device is a cellular telephone.