Multimodal portable communication interface for accessing video content

• US 20100066684A1
• Filed: 09/12/2008
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gilbert, Mazin, Liu, Zhu, Johnston, Michael J., Gibbon, David Crawford, Shahraray, Behzad, Renger, Bernard S., Basso, Andrea
• Granted Patent: US 8,259,082 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/24 Speech recognition using non-acoustical features
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP

Abstract

A portable communication device has a touch screen display that receives tactile input and a microphone that receives audio input. The portable communication device initiates a query for media based at least in part on tactile input and audio input. The touch screen display is a multi-touch screen. The portable communication device sends an initiated query and receives a text response indicative of a speech to text conversion of the query. The portable communication device then displays video in response to tactile input and audio input.

Claims

1. An apparatus for accessing media comprising:

a touch screen display adapted to receive tactile input;

a microphone adapted to receive audio input; and

a controller adapted to initiate a query based at least in part on the received tactile input and the received audio input.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the touch screen display is a multi-touch screen.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the controller is further adapted to send an initiated query and receive a text response in response to the query, the text response indicative of a speech to text conversion of the query.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the touch screen display is further adapted to display video in response to a received tactile input and a received audio input.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the controller is further adapted to transmit a command to transmit video to another device in response to a received tactile input and a received audio input.

6. A method of accessing media with a portable communication device comprising:

receiving an audio input indicative of desired media content from the portable communication device;

sending information related to the received audio input to the portable communication device;

receiving a request for media related to the sent information; and

sending media related to the received audio input to the portable communication device.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

receiving the audio input at a speech to text converter; and

wherein sending information related to the received audio input comprises sending information related to converted text to the portable communication device.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

sending the media related to the received audio input to a display device other than the portable communication device.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

receiving a request related to the sent information; and

sending additional information related to the request to the portable communication device.

10. A computer readable medium comprising computer program instructions capable of being executed in a processor and defining the steps of:

receiving an audio input indicative of desired media content from the portable communication device;

sending information related to the received audio input to the portable communication device;

receiving a request for media related to the sent information; and

sending media related to the received audio input to the portable communication device.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions defining the steps of:

receiving a request related to the sent information; and

sending additional information related to the request to the portable communication device.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions defining the steps of:

receiving the audio input at a speech to text converter; and

wherein sending information related to the received audio input comprises sending information related to converted text to the portable communication device.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions defining the step of sending the media related to the received audio input to a display device other than the portable communication device.