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OUTPUT SYSTEMS, INFORMATION APPARATUS, OR INTERNET APPLIANCES SUPPORTING VOICE COMMANDS FOR RECEIVING AND FOR PLAYING SELECTED DIGITAL CONTENT FROM A SERVICE OVER A NETWORK

  • US 20180046418A1
  • Filed: 10/04/2017
  • Published: 02/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An output system for receiving digital content from one or more servers over a network, the digital content includes audio digital content or video digital content, and the received digital content is for outputting or playing at the output system, the output system comprising:

  • a display screen;

    a touch sensitive screen interface on at least part of the display screen for interacting with a user;

    one or more controllers or processors;

    wireless communication circuitry for establishing a wireless local area network connection;

    one or more audio output devices for outputting digital content that includes at least one of sound content, voice content, or music content, individually or in any combination;

    a microphone; and

    a voice activated command interface for interacting with the user;

    wherein the output system;

    (1) receives, using the touch sensitive screen interface, security information for establishing the wireless local area network connection;

    (2) establishes, using the wireless communication circuitry of the output system, a wireless connection to the wireless local area network, the establishing of the wireless connection to the wireless local area network is based, at least in part, on the security information received in (1);

    (3) wirelessly accesses, via the wireless communication circuitry and using the wireless local area network connection established in (2), the network;

    (4) obtains, using the touch sensitive screen interface, authentication information for connecting to a service provided over the network in (3);

    (5) wirelessly connects, via the wireless communication circuitry, to the service by accessing the one or more servers, operated, at least in part, by the service over the network, the wireless connecting to the service is based, at least in part, on the authentication information obtained in (4) for connecting to the service;

    (6) receives, using the voice activated command interface of the output system, a voice command from the user for outputting or playing selected digital content at the output system, the selected digital content includes at least one of audio digital content or video digital content, individually or in any combination, and the receiving of the voice activated command from the user is based on the output system being connected to the service in (5);

    (7) wirelessly transmits, using the wireless communication circuitry of the output system, a digital content object from the output system to the one or more servers over the network, the digital content object includes information related to the selected digital content in (6) or audio data related to the selected digital content in (6), individually or in any combination;

    (8) wirelessly receives, using the wireless communication circuitry at the output system, output data from the one or more servers over the network, the wireless receiving of the output data being in response to having transmitted the digital content object in (7), and at least part of the output data includes audio data or video data, individually or in any combination, that is related to the selected digital content in (6) for outputting or playing at the output system;

    (9) processes, using the one or more controllers or processors of the output system, at least part of the output data received in (8) for outputting or playing at least part of the selected digital content at the output system; and

    (10) outputs or plays, using the one or more audio output devices of the output system or using the display screen of the output system, at least part of the processed output data in (9).

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