US 10,708,645 B2Granted

Method and system for controlling a user receiving device using voice commands

AssigneeThe DIRECTV Group, Inc.

InventorsScott Pardue, Eddie M. Oddo, Aaron P. Marinari, Chinmay Panchal, Subramanian Kovilmadam

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Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that performs operations including receiving one or more media processor commands generated by a voice processing system that synthesizes the one or more media processor commands according to voice data provided by a portable device by way of an adapter, and executing the one or more media processor commands to generate an updated presentation of media content. The adapter converts a first radio frequency (RF) signal to a second RF signal comprising the voice data, the first RF signal generated by the portable device according to a first RF protocol, the second RF signal conforming to a second RF protocol that differs from the first RF protocol, and the second RF signal comprising routing information to route the voice data to the voice processing system. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

obtaining, by a processing system including a processor of a first portable device, first voice data of a first user;
transmitting, by the processing system of the first portable device and via a first radio frequency (RF) signal according to a remote control standard wireless protocol, the first voice data to an adapter configured to extract the first voice data from the first RF signal and to provide the first voice data to a voice processing system via a first wireless transfer according to a local area network wireless protocol between a first wireless interface of the adapter and a local area network of a gateway,
wherein the voice processing system generates one or more media processor commands for a first media processor whose operations are being controlled by the first portable device, and
wherein the first portable device, the first media processor, the voice processing system, and the gateway are separate, non-integrated devices, the voice processing system receiving via the adapter, second voice data from a second portable device of a second user in wireless communication with the adapter via a second RF signal comprising the second voice data and determining whether the second portable device obtains control via the second voice data of the first media processor, the voice processing system making the determination based upon a priority given to the first user, the second user or a combination thereof;
and
responsive to a determination by the processing system that the first portable device obtained control of the first media processor:
receiving, by the processing system of the first portable device and via a second wireless transfer between a second wireless interface of the adapter and the first portable device according to the remote control standard wireless protocol, the one or more media processor commands from the voice processing system;
and
transmitting, by the processing system of the first portable device and according to the remote control standard wireless protocol, the one or more media processor commands to the first media processor.

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A method comprising:

receiving, by a voice processing system comprising a processor, first voice data from a first portable device of a first user, wherein the first voice data is received from an adapter that obtains the first voice data wirelessly from the first portable device via a first wireless interface according to a remote control standard wireless protocol, wherein the voice processing system receives the first voice data via a first wireless transfer according to a local area network wireless protocol between a second wireless interface of the adapter and a local area network of a gateway, wherein the voice processing system generates one or more media processor commands for a first media processor whose operations are being controlled by the first portable device, and wherein the first portable device is a separate, non-integrated device from the first media processor,
receiving, by the voice processing system, second voice data from a second portable device of a second user, wherein the second voice data is received from the adapter that obtains the second voice data wirelessly from the second portable device via the first wireless interface according to the remote control standard wireless protocol, wherein the voice processing system makes a determination as to whether the second portable device obtains control via the second voice data of the first media processor, and wherein the voice processing system makes the determination based upon a priority given to one of the first user or the second user;
and
responsive to a determination by the voice processing system that the first portable device obtained control of the first media processor, transmitting, by the voice processing system, one or more media processor commands to the first portable device via a second wireless interface of the adapter, the adapter providing the one or more media processor commands to the first portable device according to the remote control standard wireless protocol, and the first portable device sending the one or more media processor commands to the first media processor via the remote control standard wireless protocol.

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An adapter, comprising:

a multimode transceiver that communicates using a plurality of radio frequency protocols;
a processing system including a processor;
and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a first wireless transmission from a first portable device, via the multimode transceiver according to a remote control standard wireless protocol, the first wireless transmission comprising first voice data of a first user;
receiving a second wireless transmission from a second portable device, via the multimode transceiver, the second wireless transmission comprising second voice data of a second user;
transmitting, via the multimode transceiver, the first voice data to a voice processing system that synthesizes the first voice data into one or more media processor commands directed to a media processor whose operations are being controlled by the first portable device, wherein the first voice data is transmitted according to a local area network wireless protocol between a first wireless interface and a local area network;
transmitting, via the multimode transceiver, the second voice data from the second portable device, wherein the voice processing system makes a determination as to whether the second portable device obtains control via the second voice data of the media processor, and wherein the voice processing system makes the determination based upon a priority given to one of the first user or the second user;
and
responsive to a determination by the voice processing system that the first portable device obtained control of the media processor:
receiving the one or more media processor commands from the voice processing system according to the local area network wireless protocol between the first wireless interface and the local area network;
and
transmitting the one or more media processor commands to the first portable device via a third wireless transmission between a second wireless interface and the first portable device according to the remote control standard wireless protocol, the first portable device sending the one or more media processor commands to the media processor via the remote control standard wireless protocol.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/876,978Filed 22 Jan 2018 · continuation
Priority: 4 Feb 2016
Published: US 2018/0213276 A126 Jul 2018
Granted: 7 Jul 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04N 21/42222
Characterized by hardware details: additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting…
G10L 15/22
Speech recognition: procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
G10L 15/26
Speech recognition: speech to text systems
H04B 1/3833
Portable transceivers: hand-held transceivers

Family

Application15/015,848Parent of this continuation · filed 4 Feb 2016
US 2018/0213276 A1Pre-grant publication · published 26 Jul 2018
US 9,912,977 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0230705 A1Published application
US 10,708,645 B2This patent

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