Methods and Systems for Searching Utilizing Acoustical Context
AssigneeThe Diablo Canyon Collective LLC
InventorsSteven W. Goldstein, Jordan Cohen
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Abstract
Systems, controllers and methods for contextual-based searching are provided. A system includes one or more devices configured to collect at least one audio stream and a contextual search system. The contextual search system includes a data analyzer and a search engine. The data analyzer is configured to receive the at least one audio stream from among the one or more devices and to determine contextual information from the received at least one audio stream. The search engine is configured to perform a search of at least one search term using the contextual information, to produce a search result. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
Claims20
A device to perform a search, comprising:
- an environmental sensor;
- a microphone;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive environmental information from the environmental sensor relating to a surrounding environment of the device,
- receive acoustic information from an audio stream collected from the microphone;
- and
- present a search result obtained from a search request generated based on the environmental information and the acoustic information.
A method for performing a search, comprising:
- receiving environmental information from an environmental sensor of a device relating to a surrounding environment of the device,
- receiving acoustic information from an audio stream collected from a microphone of the device;
- and
- presenting a search result obtained from a search request generated based on the environmental information and the acoustic information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.