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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2005
Applicants:

Zesen Chen, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Peter Chou, San Ramon, CA (US);

Steve Aspell, Brentwood, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zesen Chen, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Peter Chou, San Ramon, CA (US);

Steve Aspell, Brentwood, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/20 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system, set-top box, and method of providing audio content are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the set-top box device includes an audio input device that is configured to receive a voice command. The set-top box device also includes a display disposed on a visible side of a set-top box housing. Additionally, the set-top box device includes a media control logic module to retrieve audio content identified by the voice command and data related to the audio content. The media control logic module transmits an audio signal corresponding to the audio content to an audio output device. The data related to the audio content is displayable on the display.


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