Personalized and Contextualized Audio Briefing

• US 20170329848A1
• Filed: 05/11/2017
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Goodman, Michael Andrew, Xu, Bibo
• Granted Patent: US 10,402,450 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/243 Natural language query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3329 Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/635 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/02 Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/04 Details of speech synthesis systems, e.g. synthesiser structure or memory management
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/226 using non-speech characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/323 for loudspeakers H04R1/34 and H04R1/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/028 Structural combinations of loudspeakers with built-in power amplifiers, e.g. in the same acoustic enclosure H04R2499/10 takes precedence; Single (sub)woofer with two or more satellite loudspeakers for mid- and high-frequency band reproduction driven via the (sub)woofer H04R2205/026
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2227/005 : Audio distribution systems for home, i.e. multi-room use

Abstract

A method at an electronic device with an audio input device and an audio output device includes: receiving through the audio input device a verbal input from a user; transmitting information corresponding to the verbal input to a remote system; receiving from the remote system a response responsive to the verbal input, the response including information in accordance with one or more criteria; and outputting the response through the audio output device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device comprising memory, one or more processors, an audio input device, and an audio output device;

receiving through the audio input device a verbal input from a user;

transmitting information corresponding to the verbal input to a remote system;

receiving from the remote system a response responsive to the verbal input, the response including information in accordance with one or more criteria; and

outputting the response through the audio output device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more criteria comprise a time of day.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more criteria comprise a type of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more criteria comprise a location of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more criteria comprise a usage history of the electronic device by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes information sourced from one or more sources specified by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes information associated with one or more categories specified by the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the response is generated by the remote system in real-time or near real-time.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the response is streamed from the remote system to the electronic device in real-time or near real-time, and receiving from the remote system a response responsive to the verbal input comprises receiving the streamed response and outputting the streamed response in real-time or near real-time.

10. An electronic device, comprising

an audio input device;

an audio output device;

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for;

receiving through the audio input device a verbal input from a user;

transmitting information corresponding to the verbal input to a remote system;

receiving from the remote system a response responsive to the verbal input, the response including information in accordance with one or more criteria; and

outputting the response through the audio output device.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the one or more criteria comprise a time of day.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the one or more criteria comprise a type of the electronic device.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the one or more criteria comprise a location of the electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the information includes information sourced from one or more sources specified by the user.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the information includes information associated with one or more categories specified by the user.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device with an audio input device, an audio output device, and one or more processors, cause the electronic device to:

receive through the audio input device a verbal input from a user;

transmit information corresponding to the verbal input to a remote system;

receive from the remote system a response responsive to the verbal input, the response including information in accordance with one or more criteria; and

output the response through the audio output device.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more criteria comprise a time of day.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more criteria comprise a location of the electronic device.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the information includes information sourced from one or more sources specified by the user.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the information includes information associated with one or more categories specified by the user.