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

• US 20090132256A1
• Filed: 01/25/2008
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TiVo Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Smith, Shane M., Geldbach, Erik, Wilmoth, Mark, Rooks, Kelsyn D. SR.
• Granted Patent: US 9,026,447 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• 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 devices and applications using voice-commands, the method comprising:

establishing a first communication path for receiving a communication, the communication including speech;

processing the speech;

identifying a speech pattern as including a voice-command;

determining a portion of the speech pattern as including the voice-command;

separating the portion of the speech pattern from the speech pattern;

comparing the portion of the speech pattern with a second speech pattern;

accepting the portion of the speech pattern as the voice-command;

determining an operation corresponding to the voice-command; and

performing the operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice-command is received during the communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the operation is performing the operation on a remote device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the operation establishes a second communication path between a first device that sends the voice-command and second device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second communication path allows one of a headset to join in a communication between another headset and a communication device, a plurality of headsets to communicate with each other, and a headset to communicate with a plurality of communication devices.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation is forwarding the voice-command to a remote device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation is sending a notification to a user.

8. A computer usable program product in a computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for controlling devices and applications using voice-commands that, when executed, cause a data processing system to:

establish a first communication path for receiving a communication;

receive a voice-command during the communication;

determine an operation corresponding to the voice-command, the operation including establishing a second communication path between a source of the voice-command and second device, and the second communication path allowing one of;

(i)a headset to join in a communication between another headset and a communication device, (ii)a plurality of headsets to communicate with each other, and (iii)a headset to communicate with a plurality of communication devices; and

perform the operation.

9. The computer usable program product of claim 8, wherein the instructions causing the data processing system to receive the voice-command further include instructions to:

process a speech included in the communication;

identify a speech pattern as including a voice-command;

determine a portion of the speech pattern as including the voice-command;

separate the portion of the speech pattern from the speech pattern;

compare the portion of the speech pattern with a second speech pattern; and

accept the portion of the speech pattern as the voice-command.

10. The computer usable program product of claim 8, wherein instructions causing the data processing system to perform the operation include instructions to perform the operation on a remote device.

11. The computer usable program product of claim 8, wherein the operation forwards the voice-command to a remote device.

12. The computer usable program product of claim 8, wherein the operation sends a notification to a user.

13. A system for controlling devices and applications using voice-commands, the system comprising:

a first communication path configured to allows establishing a communication, the communication including a voice-command;

a user-side communication and voice-command interface coupled to the first communication path and configured to receive the voice-command; and

a processing engine in communication with the first communication path and the user-side communication and voice-command interface, configured to process the voice-command, determine an operation corresponding to the voice-command, and perform the operation, the processing engine further configured to process the voice-command by processing a speech, identify a speech pattern as including a voice-command, determine a portion of the speech pattern as including the voice-command, separate the portion of the speech pattern from the speech pattern, compare the portion of the speech pattern with a second speech pattern, and accept the portion of the speech pattern as the voice-command.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the user-side communication and voice-command interface receives a voice-command during the communication.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein performing the operation is one of performing the operation on a remote device, establishing a second communication path between a source of the voice-command and second device, forwarding the voice-command to a remote device, and sending a notification to a user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the second communication path allows one of a headset to join in a communication between another headset and a communication device, a plurality of headsets to communicate with each other, and a headset to communicate with a plurality of communication devices.