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System and method for voice controlled video screen display
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-05
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Granted: 1999-03-30
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Expires: 2015-06-05
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for a voice controlled video screen display system are provided. The voice controlled system is useful for providing "hands-free" navigation through various video screen displays such as the World Wide Web network and interactive television displays. During operation of the system, language models are provided from incoming data in applications such as the World Wide Web network.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael Kenneth Brown
- 👤 Bruce Melvin Buntschuh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 23:31
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/487; H04M3/493; H04M3/4938; G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/16; G10; G10L; G10L15/00; G10L15/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A voice-interactive video screen display system comprising: means for recognizing a set of data links, each data link associated with visual information concurrently displayed on a video scrcen; means for recognizing voiced ulterances corresponding to the displayed visual information on said video screen and the associated data link, and generating corresponding natural language text, said visual information having been diplayed prior to the voiced utterances being spoken; and means for evaluating said natural language text and converting said natural language text to programming commands for changing the video screen display in accordance with said data link corresponding to said recognized voiced utterances.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
A voice-interactive video screen display system comprising: means for recognizing a set of data links, each data link associated with visual information concurrently displayed on a video scrcen; means for recognizing voiced ulterances corresponding to the displayed visual information on said video screen and the associated data link, and generating corresponding natural language text, said visual information having been diplayed prior to the voiced utterances being spoken; and means for evaluating said natural language text and converting said natural language text to programming commands for changing the video screen display in accordance with said data link corresponding to said recognized voiced utterances.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said video screen display is selected from the group consisting of a computer monitor, a television screen, automatic teller machine screen and telephone screen display.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said data links include software text formatting directives.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said means for recognizing voiced utterances receives signals from a microphone positionable remote from a location of said system.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said means for recognizing data links interprets data links from software for accessing the World Wide Web network.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said means for recognizing data links interprets data links of at least one document displayed on said video screen display.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said means for recognizing data links interprets data links of at least one document stored in memory.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A system according to claim 1, wherein said programming commands produced by said means for evaluating natural language text direct the system to access a document for display on said video screen.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
117 words
A device for accessing pages of a video screen display from a data connection comprising: means for recognizing a set of data links, each associated with visual information concurrently displayed on at least a portion of a video screen display; means for providing grammar corresponding to said data links of said video screen display; means for recognizing speech and identifying whether the speech corresponds to said grammar associated with any one of said data links and th associated visual information already displayed; and means for transmitting a signal representative of a new video screen display if the speech corresponds to said any one data link, said new video screen display being associated with the one data link.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
117 words
A device for accessing pages of a video screen display from a data connection comprising: means for recognizing a set of data links, each associated with visual information concurrently displayed on at least a portion of a video screen display; means for providing grammar corresponding to said data links of said video screen display; means for recognizing speech and identifying whether the speech corresponds to said grammar associated with any one of said data links and th associated visual information already displayed; and means for transmitting a signal representative of a new video screen display if the speech corresponds to said any one data link, said new video screen display being associated with the one data link.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein said means for recognizing a set of data links and said means for providing grammar corresponding to said data links are selected from the group consisting of a compiler, an interpreter and an evaluator.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein said video screen display is selected from the group consisting of a computer monitor, a television screen, automatic teller machine screen and telephone screen display.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein said data links include software text formatting directives.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein said means for recognizing a set of data links interprets data links of software for accessing the World Wide Web network.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein said means for recognizing a set of data links interprets data links of a document displayed on said video screen display.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device according to claim 9, wherein said means for recognizing a set of data links interprets data links of at least one document stored in memory.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
103 words
A method for accessing pages of a video screen display from a data connection comprising: recognizing a set of data links, each associated with visual information concurrently displayed on at least a portion of a video screen display; producing grammar corresponding to said data links of said video screen display; recognizing speech and identifying whether the speech corresponds to said grammar associated with any one of said data links and the associated visual information already displayed; and if the speech corresponds to one of said data links, transmitting a signal representative of a new video screen display associated with the one data link.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
103 words
A method for accessing pages of a video screen display from a data connection comprising: recognizing a set of data links, each associated with visual information concurrently displayed on at least a portion of a video screen display; producing grammar corresponding to said data links of said video screen display; recognizing speech and identifying whether the speech corresponds to said grammar associated with any one of said data links and the associated visual information already displayed; and if the speech corresponds to one of said data links, transmitting a signal representative of a new video screen display associated with the one data link.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 16, wherein said step of recognizing a set of data links includes accessing the World Wide Web network and interpreting data links of at least one document of the World Wide Web network.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 16, wherein said step of recognizing a set of data links includes interpreting data links displayed on a video screen.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 16, wherein said step of recognizing a set of data links includes interpreting data links of at least one document stored in memory.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
82 words
A method according to claim 16, further including the steps of: merging said grammar produced in said producing step with a base grammar associated with a portion of said video display; said step of recognizing speech further including identifying whether said speech corresponds to either said base grammar or said produced grammar; and said step of transmitting further including transmitting a signal representative of a new video screen display associated with said base grammar if said speech corresponds to said base grammar.
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