AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING USER-SELECTED INFORMATION ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20140088969A1
• Filed: 10/09/2013
• Published: 03/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stripe, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Verna IP Holdings, LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Inventors: Ortiz, Luis M., Verna, Anthony
• Granted Patent: US 9,305,542 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function

Abstract

A customized live the application module can be configured in association with the mobile communication device in order to automatically vocalize the information preselected by a user in a multitude of languages. A text-to-speech application module can be integrated with the customized live tile application module to automatically vocalize the preselected information. The information can be obtained from a tile and/or a website integrated with a remote server and announced after a text to speech conversion process without opening the tile, if the tiles are selected for announcement of information by the device. The information can be obtained in real-time. Such an approach automatically and instantly pushes a vocal alert with respect to the user-selected information on the mobile communication device thereby permitting the user to continue multitasking. Information from tiles can also be rendered on second screens from a mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining user-selected information on mobile communication devices from active tiles displayed on the mobile devices and selected by users, comprising:

associating a customized live tile application module with a first mobile communication device in order to selectively provide information preselected by a user for rendering as at least one of speech to a speaker integrated in the first mobile communication device, speech to a speaker wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a flat panel display that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, or speech on the second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device;

obtaining said information with said first mobile communication device from a live tile displayed on the mobile device and selected by the user by retrieving said tile information from a remote server; and

selectively providing at least one of said tile and said tile information or rendering as at least one of speech to a speaker integrated in the first mobile communication device, speech to a speaker wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a flat panel display that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, or speech on the second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said tile information is provided as at least one of speech to a speaker integrated in the first mobile communication device or speech to a speaker wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device after a text to speech conversion process in said first mobile communication device without opening said tile if said tile is selected on said first mobile communication device for announcement of said information by said mobile first communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically and instantly pushing a vocal alert with respect to said information thereby permitting said user to continue multitasking.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising programming said customized live the application module to search said information from a website integrated with said remote server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying said real time information on a double-tile space of said mobile communication device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating information from a plurality of tiles to a parent application so that said information from more than one the is rendered.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically updating at least one new notification with respect to said tile wherein said tile provides information from a plurality of applications.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said tile comprises at least one of:

sports information, location-based services, weather, driving directions, local information, travel, and stock information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said customized spoken score application module work on a plurality of customer platforms with maximum performance, minimal memory and processing footprint, and highest speech quality.

10. The method for obtaining user-selected information on a mobile communication device from a the displayed on the mobile device and selected by the user of claim 1, wherein said tile is an instant football widget tile providing sports game information including ball location and score information as said information.

11. A method for programming a mobile device to obtain user-selected information associated with a the displayed on the mobile communication device, comprising:

associating a customized live the application module with a first mobile communication device in order to selectively provide information preselected by a user in a plurality of languages for rendering as at least one of speech to a speaker integrated in the first mobile communication device, speech to a speaker wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a flat panel display that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, or speech on the second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device;

integrating a text-to-speech application module with said customized live tile application module to automatically vocalize said preselected information in a language selected by the user;

obtaining said information with said first mobile communication device from stored information integrated within a remote server associated with information preselected by the user to announce said information after a text to speech conversion process without opening said tile if said tile is selected on said mobile communication device for rendering by the user; and

selectively providing at least one of said tile and said tile information for rendering as at least one of speech to a speaker integrated in the first mobile communication device, speech to a speaker wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a flat panel display that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, images on a second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device, or speech on the second mobile communication device that is wirelessly connected to the first mobile communication device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising automatically and instantly pushing a vocal alert with respect to said information thereby permitting said user to multitask.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising programming said customized live tile application module to search said information from a website integrated with said remote server.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying said real time information on a double-tile space of said mobile communication device.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising communicating information from a plurality of tiles to a parent application so that said information from more than one tile is rendered.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising automatically updating at least one new notification with respect to said tile wherein said tile provides information from a plurality of applications.

17. The method for programming a mobile device to obtain user-selected information associated with a tile displayed on the mobile communication device of claim 11, wherein said tile is an instant football widget tile providing sports game information including ball location and score information as said information.

18. A mobile device programmed to obtaining user-selected information associated with a tile displayed on the mobile communication device, comprising:

a customized live tile application module provided in association with the mobile communication device and configured to selectively;

vocalize information preselected by a user in a plurality of languages to a speaker integrated in the mobile communication device;

vocalize information preselected by a user in a plurality of languages to a speaker wirelessly associated with the mobile communication device;

or

display the information preselected by a user on a flat panel display wirelessly connected to the mobile communication device a text-to-speech application module with said customized live tile application module to automatically vocalize said preselected information in a language selected by the user.

19. The mobile device of claim 18, wherein information obtained from a the information integrated within a remote server is provided to the text-to-speech application module to process the information for the mobile communication device to announce said information after a text to speech conversion process without opening said tile if said tile is selected on said mobile communication device for announcement of said information by said mobile communication device.

20. The mobile device of claim 18, further comprising an instant football widget tile providing sports game information including ball location and score information as said information.