# US 10,482,880 B2 · Command and control of devices and applications by voice using a communication base system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,880 B2 - Document ID: US10482880B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/852,095 - Filed: 2017-12-22 - Published: 2018-05-03 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2007-11-16 - Assignees: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC - Applicants: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC - Inventors: Erik Geldbach; Kelsyn D. Rooks; Shane M. Smith; Mark Wilmoth - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482880B2 ## CPC - G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue - G10L 15/08: Speech classification or search - G10L 15/30: Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications - G10L 17/22: Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces - H04M 7/1295: {Details of dual tone multiple frequency signalling} - H04W 68/00: User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - G10L 2015/088: {Word spotting} - G10L 2015/223: {Execution procedure of a spoken command} - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A first communication path for receiving a communication is established. The communication includes speech, which is processed. A speech pattern is identified as including a voice-command. A portion of the speech pattern is determined as including the voice-command. That portion of the speech pattern is separated from the speech pattern and compared with a second speech pattern. If the two speech patterns match or resemble each other, the portion of the speech pattern is accepted as the voice-command. An operation corresponding to the voice-command is determined and performed. The operation may perform an operation on a remote device, forward the voice-command to a remote device, or notify a user. The operation may create a second communication path that may allow a headset to join in a communication between another headset and a communication device, several headsets to communicate with each other, or a headset to communicate with several communication devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for controlling a device using voice-commands, the method comprising: receiving a communication from a first device with the base station; identifying, with the base station, a speech pattern as including a voice-command by the detection of an address word, wherein the address word is associated with the base station and is unassociated with the voice-command; determining a second device operation corresponding to the voice-command; communicating the second device operation from the base station to the second device; and executing the second device operation at the second device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising separating the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the address word portion of the speech pattern. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the address word is a user-specified noun. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second device operation corresponding to the voice command of the user differs from a second device operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second device includes a processor and the second device operation comprises executing a program step with a second device processor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second device is a communication device and the operation comprises sending a notification to the communication device. ### Claim 8 A base station storing non-transitory computer executable instructions for wirelessly controlling a device using voice-commands that, when executed, cause the base station to: receive a communication from a first device; identify a speech pattern in the communications as including a voice-command by detecting an address word, wherein the address word is associated with the base station and is unassociated with the voice-command; determine a second device operation corresponding to the voice-command; and communicate a command corresponding to the second device operation to the second device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The base station of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the base station to separate the voice command portion of the speech pattern from the address word portion of the speech pattern. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The base station of claim 9, wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by a user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The base station of claim 9, wherein the address word is a user-specified noun. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The base station of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the base station to determine a second device operation corresponding to the voice command for a first user that is different from a second device operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user. ### Claim 13 A device control system comprising; a first device; a second device; and a base station storing computer executable instructions for wirelessly controlling the second device using voice-commands that, when executed, cause the base station to: establish a wireless communication path directly between the first device and the base station; establish a second wireless communication path between the base station and the second device; receive a communication from the first device; identify, with a command processing module, during the communication from the first device, a speech pattern as including a voice-command by detecting an address word, wherein the address word is associated with the base station and is unassociated with the voice-command; determine a second device operation corresponding to the voice-command; and communicate a command corresponding to the second device operation to the second device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the address word is a phrase in a non-English language as predetermined by the user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the address word is a user-specified noun. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13 wherein the second device operation corresponding to the voice command of the user differs from a second device operation corresponding to the same voice command of a second user. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the second device includes a processor and the second device operation comprises executing a program step with the second device processor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the second device is a communication device and the operation comprises sending a notification to the communications device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the first device is a cellular telephone.