System and method for dynamically interacting with a mobile communication device
AssigneeTalkler Labs, LLC
InventorJeffrey Korn
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Abstract
Audio presentations of a media content delivered onto a device are interrupted using commands not otherwise known to or programmed in to a messaging application used to present the content to the user of the device. In one embodiment, an electronic message having textual content is received at the mobile device, where it is translated into an audio stream, and presented (i.e., played back) to the user of the device within the messaging application. The user provides, and the application receives a string of identical user commands that are not specifically defined or programmed in as commands within the messaging application, and playback of the audio stream is modified according to the received string of user commands.
Claims42
A method for interrupting a presentation of a message delivered onto a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an incoming electronic message at the mobile device, the incoming message comprising textual content;
- translating the textual content to an audio stream;
- initiating playback of the audio stream within a messaging application;
- receiving, by the messaging application, a string of substantially identical user commands, the commands not being specifically defined as commands within the messaging application;
- and
- triggering interruption of playback of the audio stream based on receiving the string of user commands.
A system for interrupting a presentation of a message delivered onto a mobile device, the system comprising:
- a processor for executing computer-executable instructions;
- and
- a memory for storing the computer-executable instructions, that when executed by the processor implements a message presentation application, wherein the message presentation application facilities the interruption of an audible representation of the message by:
- receiving an incoming electronic message at the mobile device, the incoming message comprising textual content;
- translating the textual content to an audio stream;
- initiating playback of the audio stream within a messaging application;
- receiving, by the messaging application, a string of identical user commands, the commands not being specifically defined as commands within the messaging application;
- and
- triggering interruption of playback of the audio stream based on receiving the string of user commands.
A method for triggering an operation within a software application operating on a physical device using audible user-generated signals, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving at the device a string of substantially similar user-generated signals, the signals not being specifically predefined within the application;
- validating that the user signals meet specified criteria for similarity;
- translating the signals to an application command;
- and
- triggering a specified operation within the application based on the application commands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.