Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140066053 | AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING A WIRELESS CONNECTION AT A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of managing a wireless connection at a mobile device includes detecting a short-range wireless signal at a mobile device; determining whether the short-range wireless signal is broadcast from a vehicular short-range wireless device or a non-vehicular short-range wireless device; and restricting one or more services available at the mobile device based on whether the short-range wireless signal is broadcast from a vehicular short-range wireless device or a non-vehicular short-range wireless device. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066132 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS USING A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of providing hands-free services using a mobile device having wireless access to computer-based services includes establishing a short-range wireless connection between a mobile device and a vehicle; receiving speech in the vehicle that is communicated to a mobile voice platform resident on the mobile device via the short-range wireless connection; parsing the received speech using the mobile voice platform to identify vehicle-specific vocabulary; when vehicle-specific vocabulary exists, identifying at least one vehicle-specific vocabulary term that affects vehicle operation; identifying at least one vehicle function of an inter-related group of vehicle functions that is associated with the identified vehicle-specific vocabulary; determining whether to access one or more cloud services based on the identity of the vehicle function; generating a text-based command reflecting audible control of the affected vehicle function; and sending the text-based command from the mobile device to the vehicle over the short-range wireless connection. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067392 | CENTRALIZED SPEECH LOGGER ANALYSIS - A method of providing hands-free services using a mobile device having wireless access to computer-based services includes receiving speech in a vehicle from a vehicle occupant; recording the speech using a mobile device; transmitting the recorded speech from the mobile device to a cloud speech service; receiving automatic speech recognition (ASR) results from the cloud speech service at the mobile device; and comparing the recorded speech with the received ASR results at the mobile device to identify one or more error conditions. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067403 | MANAGING SPEECH INTERFACES TO COMPUTER-BASED SERVICES - A method of managing speech interfaces to computer-based services includes beginning a first speech session that is carried out in a vehicle over a short-range wireless connection between a vehicle occupant and a mobile device; detecting an initiation of a second speech session while the first speech session is being carried out; determining an assigned priority level of the first speech session relative to an assigned priority level of the second speech session; and when the assigned priority level of the second speech session has a higher priority than the assigned priority level of the first speech session, carrying out a session-appropriate action on the first speech session. | 03-06-2014 |
20140278027 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSOCIATING VEHICLES EN ROUTE TO A COMMON DESTINATION - Methods and systems are provided for associating vehicles en route to a common destination. A request is received from a first vehicle as to an identification of one or more additional vehicles en route to the common destination. The first vehicle is associated with the additional vehicles as part of a caravan. Information is provided as to each of the vehicles in the caravan. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282093 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING STOPS FOR VEHICLES EN ROUTE TO A COMMON DESTINATION - Methods and systems are provided for facilitating stops for vehicles en route to a common destination. A request is received from a first vehicle, the request pertaining to a desire to make a particular type of stop en route to a destination. Information pertaining to the request is transmitted to one or more additional vehicles that are also en route to the destination. Feedback is obtained from the first vehicle, the second vehicle, or both, as to a desired location for the stop. | 09-18-2014 |
20150347848 | PROVIDING VEHICLE OWNER'S MANUAL INFORMATION USING OBJECT RECOGNITION IN A MOBILE DEVICE - There is provided a communication system that includes a vehicle and a mobile device, and a method uses that system to provide vehicle owner's manual information. The method includes the steps of: receiving a digital image of a portion of a vehicle; identifying an object of the vehicle in the digital image; associating the object with at least one reference object image stored in an object library comprising a plurality of reference object images; displaying owner's manual information based on the association; and storing at least a portion of the digital image in the object library as a new reference object image for future identifications. | 12-03-2015 |
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20130102295 | MOBILE VOICE PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE WITH REMOTE SERVICE INTERFACES - A mobile voice platform for providing a user speech interface to computer-based services includes a mobile device having a processor, communication circuitry that provides access to the computer-based services, an operating system, and one or more applications that are run using the operating system and that utilize one or more of the computer-based services via the communication circuitry. The mobile voice platform includes at least one non-transient digital storage medium storing a program module having computer instructions that, upon execution by the processor, receives speech recognition results representing user speech that has been processed using automated speech recognition, determines a desired computer-based service based on the speech recognition results, accesses a remotely-stored service interface associated with the desired service, initiates the desired service using the service interface, receives a service result from the desired service, and provides a text-based service response for conversion to a speech response to be provided to the user. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103404 | MOBILE VOICE PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE - A mobile voice platform providing a user speech interface to computer-based services uses a device having a processor, communication circuitry, an operating system, and applications that are run using the operating system and that utilize the computer-based services via the communication circuitry. The mobile voice platform includes a non-transient digital storage medium storing first and second program modules. Upon execution by the processor the first program module receives speech recognition results, determines a desired service based on the speech recognition results, and provides at least some of the speech recognition results to the second program module. The second program module, when executed, generates a service request based on the speech recognition results provided from the first program module, provides the service request to one or more of the computer-based services, obtains a service result from the computer-based service(s), and supplies the first program module with a response. | 04-25-2013 |
20130197907 | SERVICES IDENTIFICATION AND INITIATION FOR A SPEECH-BASED INTERFACE TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of providing hands-free services using a mobile device having wireless access to computer-based services includes establishing a short range wireless connection between a mobile device and one or more audio devices that include at least a microphone and speaker; receiving at the mobile device speech inputted via the microphone from a user and sent via the short range wireless connection; wirelessly transmitting the speech input from the mobile device to a speech recognition server that provides automated speech recognition (ASR); receiving at the mobile device a speech recognition result representing the content of the speech input; determining a desired service by processing the speech recognition result using a first, service-identifying grammar; determining a user service request by processing at least some of the speech recognition result using a second, service-specific grammar associated with the desired service; initiating the user service request and receiving a service response; generating an audio message from the service response; and presenting the audio message to the user via the speaker. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197915 | SPEECH-BASED USER INTERFACE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of providing hands-free services using a mobile device having wireless access to computer-based services includes carrying out a completed speech session via a mobile device without any physical interaction with the mobile device, wherein the speech session includes receiving a speech input from a user, and obtaining from a cloud service a service result responsive to the speech input, and providing the service result as a speech response presented to the user. | 08-01-2013 |
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20130290845 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING VIDEO EDIT INFORMATION - The present invention relates to permitting a user to transmit information concerning a segment of an audio/video program without transmitting the audio/video program. Specifically, the present invention generates a start time of a video edit and a stop time of a video edit in response to a user input, and transmits this information to a recipient along with data identifying the video asset, such that the recipient may apply this information to a copy of the video asset. In addition, this information may be sent to a third party for generating usage statistics, altering access parameters to said video asset, or generating purchase offers for said video asset. | 10-31-2013 |
20140067855 | MEDIA ASSET USAGE DATA REPORTING THAT INDICATES CORRESPONDING CONTENT CREATOR - The disclosure is related to the idea of tracking user navigation, consumption, and/or behavior and applying analytics to help shape future offerings (customized offerings, up-sells, recommendations, etc.) to a user and to provide reporting data to service providers and studios. Methods and systems of providing viewing recommendations for a user are set forth. This involves collecting usage data related to a session of interaction by the user, processing the user data for the session, and providing feedback regarding the session. The sessions involve multiple stages tracking a user's interactions. These include stages such as an inquiry stage, a results stage, a details stage, a selection stage, and a confirmation stage. Usage data is then mined to indicate the content creator of a media asset regardless of the media asset type. | 03-06-2014 |
20140143713 | METHOD FOR LOCATNG REGIONS OF INTEREST IN A USER INTERFACE - The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface that displays a number of cards or windows. A user can implement a command where the user interface will automatically change the position of the displayed cards to show regions of interest which are the parts of the cards that a user may have interested in. The user interest can be determined in accordance with user preference information. Optionally, cards which do not have regions of interest are removed from a display area and such cards are replaced with new cards that do have regions of interest. | 05-22-2014 |
20140147102 | VARIABLE REAL TIME BUFFER AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure is directed to a time shifting approach for utilizing multiple tuners. The present disclosure makes use of a temporary buffer to record programs that a user may be interested in by having a variable buffer which stores programming which can be received from multiple tuners. The buffer space allocation per channel is variable so that the time duration recorded for the buffer changes. | 05-29-2014 |
20140150023 | CONTEXTUAL USER INTERFACE - The present disclosure is directed towards having a user interface being selected for display on an input device to control the playback of a media asset or media service. A determination is made of the media asset or media service to be played and a lookup operation is performed to select the corresponding user interface for the input device. The user interface will change depending on the media asset or media service being selected for playback. | 05-29-2014 |
20140298215 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MEDIA COLLECTIONS - A user interface is used for selecting a time duration for a media collection shelf. The media shelf can be populated with graphical elements corresponding to selected media assets, where the cumulative time duration of selected media assets should not exceed the time duration of the media collection shelf. When placed within the media collection shelf, a graphical element corresponding to a media asset is scaled in proportion to the time duration of the media asset as compared to the time duration of the media collection shelf. Optionally, selected media assets within the media collection shelf are played back in a particular order specified by a user. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTRICTING USER OPERATIONS WHEN APPLIED TO CARDS OR WINDOWS - A user interface that displays a number of cards or windows is described where a user can move the cards in a horizontal direction freely. When a card resides in a locked zone, as defined by a user, the card will be able to be manipulated in a vertical direction, while cards that reside in a regular zone will not be able to be moved vertically. In addition, only cards that are in the locked zone can be subjected to a user action such as cutting content from the card, pasting content to the card, enlarging the contents of the card, or shrinking the contents of the card. | 10-02-2014 |