# US 2014/0153705 A1 · Apparatus and method for managing interactive television and voice communication services > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153705 A1 - Document ID: US20140153705A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/690,879 - Filed: 2012-11-30 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Applicants: At&T Intellectual Property I, LP - Inventors: Darryl Cynthia Moore; Burt Joseph Bossi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153705A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 40/103: Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents (automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191) - G06F 40/40: Processing or translation of natural language (natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30) - H04M 1/2475: {for a hearing impaired user} - H04M 3/42042: {Notifying the called party of information on the calling party (details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72)} - H04M 3/42391: {where the subscribers are hearing-impaired persons, e.g. telephone devices for the deaf} - H04N 7/173: with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal - H04N 21/41265: {having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204)} - H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations} - H04N 21/435: Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream - H04N 21/478: Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application - H04N 21/488: Data services, e.g. news ticker {(systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71)} - G10L 15/26: Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) - H04M 2201/38: Displays - H04M 2201/40: using speech recognition - H04M 2201/50: Telephonic communication in combination with video communication - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING ## Abstract A system, process and computer-readable media that incorporate teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an interactive application delivering captions of an audio signal, such as a voicemail message or audio received concurrently during a telephone conversation. The application can be a television application, for example, receiving at a media processor associated with equipment of a first party, a textual interpretation of an audio signal of a second party, for example, during an active telephone call between the first party and the second party. A graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal is rendered at the media processor and presented to a display device, such as a television display. Other embodiments are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, by a system including a processor, an indication of an audio signal; presenting, by the system, to a television display associated with a first party an offer to receive a textual interpretation of the audio signal; receiving, by the system, in response to an acceptance of the offer, the textual interpretation of the audio signal, wherein the textual interpretation of the audio signal is received from an application server; rendering, by the system, a graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal; and presenting, by the system, to the television display, the graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the textual interpretation of the audio signal comprises an audio signal of a telephone call active between a first party and a second party. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a caller identification of a second party, wherein the offer to receive the textual interpretation of the audio signal is presented in response to the caller identification of the second party. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the presenting of the offer comprises rendering a selectable graphical icon and presenting the selectable graphical icon to the display device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting of the graphical image to the display device of the textual interpretation of the audio signal, comprises presenting the graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal as an overlay of other displayed content. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving features of a preferred configuration of the graphical image of the textual interpretation, wherein the rendering of the graphical image of the textual interpretation comprises the features of the preferred configuration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the textual interpretation of the audio signal comprises an audio signal of a voicemail message. ### Claim 8 A media processing device comprising: a memory to store computer instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: receiving, during an active telephone call between a first party and a second party, a textual interpretation of an audio signal generated by equipment of the second party, wherein the textual interpretation of the audio signal is received from an application server; rendering a graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal generated during the active telephone call by the equipment of the second party; and presenting to a television display associated with a caller identification of the first party the graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal generated during the active telephone call by the equipment of the second party. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The media processing device of claim 8, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations further comprising presenting to the television display an offer for presenting the textual interpretation of an audio signal generated during the active telephone call, wherein the rendering of the graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal and the presenting to the television display the graphical image of the textual interpretation are responsive to an acceptance of the offer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The media processing device of claim 9, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations further comprising receiving an indication of a caller identification of the second party, wherein the presenting to the television display the offer for presenting the textual interpretation of an audio signal generated during the telephone call is presented in response to the indication of the caller identification of the second party. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The media processing device of claim 10, wherein the presenting of the offer comprises rendering a selectable graphical icon and presenting the selectable graphical icon to the display device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The media processing device of claim 8, wherein the presenting to the television display the graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal generated during the telephone call, comprises presenting the graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal as an overlay with respect to other content displayed at the television display. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The media processing device of claim 8, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations further comprising receiving features of a preferred configuration of the graphical image of the textual interpretation, wherein the rendering the graphical image of the textual interpretation comprises the features of the preferred configuration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The media processing device of claim 13, wherein the features of the preferred configuration are selected from the group consisting of: font style; font size; font color; background color; location; number of displayed lines; number of displayed characters; and combinations thereof. ### Claim 15 A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, during an active telephone call between a first party and a second party, a textual interpretation of an audio signal generated by equipment of the second party, wherein the textual interpretation of the audio signal is received from an application server; rendering a graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal generated during the active telephone call by the equipment of the second party; and presenting to a display device associated with a caller identification the first party the graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal generated during the telephone call by the equipment of the second party. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein rendering a graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal generated during the active telephone call comprises rendering a graphical image for presentation as a picture-in-picture for display with other video content. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein rendering a graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal generated during the active telephone call comprises rendering a graphical image in combination with other video content for presentation as an overlay for display with the other video content. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the textual interpretation of the audio signal generated during the telephone call is received from a network-accessible translation service. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, comprising computer instructions which when executed by processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising receiving features of a preferred configuration of the graphical image of the textual interpretation, wherein rendering the graphical image of the textual interpretation comprises the features of the preferred configuration. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the features of the preferred configuration are selected from the group consisting of: font style; font size; font color; background color; location; number of displayed lines; number of displayed characters; and combinations thereof.