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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Benjamin T. Metzler, Beaverton, OR (US);
Wayne D. Trantow, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin T. Metzler, Beaverton, OR (US);
Wayne D. Trantow, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for controlling an electronic device connected to a network are provided. The methods and apparatus described herein convert a text based device list and/or a text based function list into text based voice prompt scripts. The voice prompt scripts are then read to a user via a text-to-speech engine. The user responds with a voice command for a device. The voice command is converted to text by a voice recognition engine. This text is then used to send a command to the electronic device via the network.