Providing Audio-Activated Resource Access for User Devices

• US 20130066633A1
• Filed: 09/09/2011
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.
• Original Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.
• Inventors: Krishnan, Harshini Ramnath
• Application Number:
  US13/229,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20130066633A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting

Abstract

Methods and computer systems for providing audio-activated resource access for user devices are provided. In at least one embodiment, a computer system may comprise a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may store instructions to cause the processor to perform operations comprising capturing audio at a user device. The operations may also comprise using a speech-to-text converter to convert speech transmitted over the audio into text and transmitting the text to a server system to determine a corresponding keyword or phrase. The operations may also comprise receiving a resource corresponding to the keyword or phrase.

Claims

1. A computer system for providing audio-activated resource access for user devices, the computer system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions to cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

capturing audio at a user device;

using a speech-to-text converter to convert speech transmitted over the audio into text;

transmitting the text to a server system to determine a corresponding keyword or phrase; and

receiving a resource corresponding to the keyword or phrase.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations comprise capturing audio from a microphone of the user device.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations comprise captured human-comprehensible audio.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the speech-to-text converter comprises speech recognition technology.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the user device is a mobile phone.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the server computer system comprises keyword- or phrase-resource pairings registered by an entity.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the resource comprises at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), a Uniform Resource Number (URN), a domain name, a telephone number, or an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein receiving the resource causes at least one of downloading a webpage associated with the resource, or storing data associated with the resource.

9. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the resource comprises an action.

10. A system for providing audio-activated resource access for user devices, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions to cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request from a first device to register a keyword- or phrase-resource pairing;

registering the pairing in a database;

receiving a request from a second device for a resource corresponding to at least one word included in the request from the second device;

determining whether a keyword- or phrase-resource pairing exists in the database based on the at least one word; and

transmitting at least one resource to the second device.

11. A method for providing audio-activated resource access for user devices, the method comprising:

capturing audio at a user device;

converting speech transmitted over the audio into text;

transmitting the text to a server system to determine a corresponding keyword or phrase; and

receiving a resource corresponding to the keyword or phrase.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the method comprises capturing audio from a microphone of the user device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the method comprises capturing human-comprehensible audio.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the speech-to-text converter comprises speech recognition technology.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the user device is a mobile phone.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the server system comprises keyword- or phrase-resource pairings registered by an entity.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the resource comprises at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), a Uniform Resource Number (URN), a domain name, or an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving the resource comprises:

downloading a webpage associated with the resource.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the resource comprises an action.

20. A method for providing audio-activated resource access for user devices, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a first device to register a keyword- or phrase-resource pairing;

registering the pairing in a database;

receiving a request from a second device for a resource corresponding to at least one word included in the request from the second device;

determining whether a keyword- or phrase-resource pairing exists in the database based on the at least one word; and

transmitting at least one resource to the second device.