109 results about "Interactive audio" patented technology

All-in-one wireless mobile telecommunication devices, methods and systems providing greater customer-control, instant-response anti-fraud / anti-identity theft protections with instant alarm, messaging and secured true-personal identity verifications for numerous registered customers / users, with biometrics and PIN security, operating with manual, touch-screen and / or voice-controlled commands, achieving secured rapid personal / business e-banking, e-commerce, accurate transactional monetary control and management, having interactive audio-visual alarm / reminder preventing fraudulent usage of legitimate physical and / or virtual credit / debit cards, with cheques anti-forgery means, curtailing medical / health / insurance frauds / identity thefts, having integrated cellular and / or satellite telephonic / internet and multi-media means, equipped with language translations, GPS navigation with transactions tagging, currency converters, with or without NFC components, minimizing potential airport risks / mishaps, providing instant aid against school bullying, kidnapping, car-napping and other crimes, applicable for secured military / immigration / law enforcements, providing guided warning / rescue during emergencies and disasters.

All-in-one wireless mobile telecommunication devices, methods and systems providing greater customer-control, instant-response anti-fraud / anti-identity theft protections with instant alarm, messaging and secured true-personal identity verifications for numerous registered customers / users, with biometrics and PIN security, operating with manual, touch-screen and / or voice-controlled commands, achieving secured rapid personal / business e-banking, e-commerce, accurate transactional monetary control and management, having interactive audio-visual alarm / reminder preventing fraudulent usage of legitimate physical and / or virtual credit / debit cards, with checks anti-forgery means, curtailing medical / health / insurance frauds / identity thefts, having integrated cellular and / or satellite telephonic / internet and multi-media means, equipped with language translations, GPS navigation with transactions tagging, currency converters, with or without NFC components, minimizing potential airport risks / mishaps, providing instant aid against school bullying, kidnapping, car-napping and other crimes, applicable for secured military / immigration / law enforcements, providing guided warning / rescue during emergencies and disasters.

This invention confers to an interactive audio / video entertainment system providing video-on-demand (VOD) services the abilities to automatically adapt to viewers tastes and preferences and download in advance the most likely viewing choices of each user, thereby freeing the system and its users from the real-time throughput constraints and availability limitations of the audio / video distribution network. Viewers are presented with a virtual video-rental-store paradigm offering a locally stored, and therefore immediately available for rental, selection of audio / video programs tailored to each viewer on the basis of observation by the system, in a transparent fashion, of the viewer's past choices.

A system and device for providing services to a secure facility. The system includes a kiosk with a processor, display, speaker, microphone, and a camera, and the kiosk communicates with a server that includes a server processor, a network interface unit, and a computer memory. The kiosk receives communications and transmits audio and video of the communications to the server via an internet connection, and the server records the audio and video and transmits the audio and video to a destination. The kiosk is configured to authenticate the identity of a user by verifying a personal identification number entered by the user and also performing one or more of a facial recognition via the camera or a biometric voice recognition via the microphone. The kiosk provides access to services including internet services, text-based messaging, tele-medical services, religious and educational materials, commissary ordering, and entertainment.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for generating, customizing, distributing, and presenting an interactive audio publication to a user are provided. A plurality of text-based and / or speech-based content items is converted into voice-navigable interactive audio content items that include segmented audio data, embedded visual content, and accompanying metadata. An audio publication is generated by associating one or more audio content items with one or more audio publication sections, and generating metadata that defines the audio publication structure. Assembled audio publications may be used to generate one or more new custom audio publications for a user by utilizing one or more user-defined custom audio publication templates. Audio publications are delivered to a user for presentation on an enabled presentation system. The user is enabled to navigate and interact with the audio publication, using voice commands and / or a button interface, in a manner similar to browsing visually-oriented content.

DTS Interactive provides low cost fully interactive immersive digital surround sound environment suitable for 3D gaming and other high fidelity audio applications, which can be configured to maintain compatibility with the existing infrastructure of Digital Surround Sound decoders. The component audio is stored and mixed in a compressed and simplified format that reduces memory requirements and processor utilization and increases the number of components that can be mixed without degrading audio quality. Techniques are also provided for “looping” compressed audio, which is an important and standard feature in gaming applications that manipulate PCM audio. In addition, decoder sync is ensured by transmitting frames of “silence” whenever mixed audio is not present either due to processing latency or the gaming application.

All-in-one wireless mobile telecommunication devices, methods and systems providing greater customer-control, instant-response anti-fraud / anti-identity theft protections with instant alarm, messaging and secured true-personal identity verifications for numerous registered customers / users, with biometrics and PIN security, operating with manual, touch-screen and / or voice-controlled commands, achieving secured rapid personal / business e-banking, e-commerce, accurate transactional monetary control and management, having interactive audio-visual alarm / reminder preventing fraudulent usage of legitimate physical and / or virtual credit / debit cards, with cheques anti-forgery means, curtailing medical / health / insurance frauds / identity thefts, having integrated cellular and / or satellite telephonic / internet and multi-media means, equipped with language translations, GPS navigation with transactions tagging, currency converters, with or without NFC components, minimizing potential airport risks / mishaps, providing instant aid against school bullying, kidnapping, car-napping and other crimes, applicable for secured military / immigration / law enforcements, providing guided warning / rescue during emergencies and disasters.

A system for selecting and assembling previously-recorded video segments having at least some instructional content allows users to assemble a complete program. The complete program may include a workout session or instructions on for a complete activity. The programs may be saved to storage device and the storage device may be personal to the user.

The present invention provides a system and method for delivering programmable, personalized interactive audio content, including advertising, via telecommunications carriers. Also, a telecommunications-carrier-based interactive combined entertainment, advertising, and sales channel is provided.

The invention disclosed with this application is a autonomous mobile system comprising: a means of achieving mobility, a means of navigating, a means of providing autonomous power, and a means of providing general purpose computing.In some embodiments, the system comprises a base unit capable of sensing its environment and computing navigation instructions to direct the system to move to particular locations and execute particular functions, as directed by a set of programmed instructions.In some embodiments, a coupling exists on the base unit to attach additional structures and mechanisms. These structures may comprise a means for carrying packages or other items, robotic manipulators that can grab and move objects, interactive audio and video displays for telepresence applications, a means for serving food and drink, etc. These extensions may be designed to be detachable and interchangeable, or may be designed to be permanently attached to the base unit.

A platform for the delivery of dynamic, interactive audio advertisements played in response to a consumer initiated request for information via a telephone. The platform invention provides advertising supported information services that are related to a geographic location associated with a response to a consumer initiated request. In one specific embodiment, at a customer station, a consumer dials an information access number and is connected to a call processing system. The call processing system receives a request for information from the consumer, and determines a response. The response is then further processed to determine a geographic location associated with the response. An advertisement is then selected that is associated with the geographic location of the response (as opposed to the geographic location specified in request, or as opposed to the geographic location of the consumer, which may not necessarily be the same).

The invention disclosed with this Application is a autonomous mobile system comprising: a means of achieving mobility, a means of navigating, a means of providing autonomous power, and a means of providing general purpose computing.In some embodiments, the system comprises a base unit capable of sensing its environment and computing navigation instructions to direct the system to move to particular locations and execute particular functions, as directed by a set of programmed instructions.In some embodiments, a coupling exists on the base unit to attach additional structures and mechanisms. These structures may comprise a means for carrying packages or other items, robotic manipulators that can grab and move objects, interactive audio and video displays for telepresence applications, a means for serving food and drink, etc. These extensions may be designed to be detachable and interchangeable, or may be designed to be permanently attached to the base unit.

The present invention relates to an interactive entertainment system and method comprising: a system server (110), said system server (110) residing at a communication center (100); a system database (120), said system database (120) residing at the communication center (100) and accessible by the system server (110); a plurality of entertainment files stored on the database (120), where the system server (110) retrieves the plurality of entertainment files for transmission over a first communication network; a reception device (30), where the reception device (30) includes an integrated receiver decoder (IRD), where the IRD selectively retrieves the plurality of entertainment files via the first communication network from the system server based a user's preferences; a user input device (35), where said user input device (35) enables a user to interact with the system server (110) and system database (120) via the reception device (30), where the user provides real time feedback regarding said entertainment files; and a user output device (34), where said output device (34) plays selected entertainment files.

A means of creating and means of exhibiting a multi-dimensional production consisting of two or more interrelated stories, story lines or story parts, in audio-visual media, by simultaneously delivering or streaming parallel “tracks” or “channels,” between and among which the viewer(s) can alternate at will to create a variable, interactive audio-visual experience or product. The technology is adaptable to a variety of delivery systems including, but not limited to, commercial broadcast television, pay television (cable and satellite) and theatrical release (i.e., movies in theaters).

A system and method for obtaining a sight screening as well as previous and current optical prescriptions (specifications) for virtual try-on and purchase of glasses and contact lenses operated by one's self, through a voice-activated response self-refraction, or a technician / optician assisted refraction, at a convenient location or possibly several different customer diagnostic, electronic store locations where digital instruments interface and may transfer either directly back to the customer, or to a remote, interactive audio-video diagnosing and assisting, consulting eye doctor (ophthalmologist or optometrist) who interprets the digital data, diagnoses, consults, delivers health care, and authorizes the specifications, whereby the store technician / optician gathers data for purchase and electronically sends the data to a lens lab for fabrication and delivery of glasses or contact lenses to the store or directly to the customer; and, the customer can purchase selected glasses or contact lenses from any internet PC address, whereby the technician provides the customer with a CD containing customer data and digital imaging for reorders either through a PC or a selected retail location.

The present invention provides a system and method for delivering programmable, personalized interactive audio content, including advertising, via telecommunications carriers. Also, a telecommunications-carrier-based interactive combined entertainment, advertising, and sales channel is provided.

A method for recording and playback of voice messages associated with a surface. The method includes recognizing an actuation of a pen device on a detachable surface. The detachable surface is configured for removable attachment to a plurality of different surfaces, and comprises encoded information readable by the pen device. Upon actuation, an interactive audio function of the pen device is accessed. The interactive audio function provides functionality related to the encoded information of the detachable surface, and provides an audio output in accordance with the function.

A networked communication session is defined vis-à-vis parameter information received from a first device, and access to the networked communication session is provided to the first device. Access to the networked communication session is further provided to each of additional device(s) in accordance with information associated with each of the additional device(s). A composited interactive audio / video feed is generated and transmitted that comprises audio / video input received during the networked communication session from each of the devices. Each of the devices is configured via a gesture-based user interface to enable user-based selection and respective manipulation of at least a portion of the composited audio / video feed that results in a customized representation of the composited audio-video feed at a particular one device that is not represented at a particular other of the device(s).

Systems and methods are provided for enhanced television services such as an interactive audio programming guide for a television. Users may use an input device, such as a remote control, to select display objects displayed on an output device, such as a television, as part of an interactive programming guide. An IPG module on a network terminal, such as a set top box, may determine whether the display object requires an audio representation. If an audio representation is required, the set top box may transmit an audio representation of the display object to the television to be played for the user.

A system for interactive audio recording and manipulation may include a controller having at least one two-axis analog control and plurality of control buttons. The controller may be coupled to a computing device including a processor, a memory, and an audio interface including at least one audio input port to accept an input audio signal and at least one audio output port to provide an output audio signal. The system may perform actions in response to inputs from the controller. The actions may include recording the audio input signal as a recorded track, playing the recorded track to provide an audio output signal, scrubbing the recorded track in response to activation of the two-axis analog control along a first axis, and pitch-shifting one of the input audio signal and the output audio signal in response to activation of the two axis analog control along a second axis.

The present invention discloses an instant interactive audio / video management system, which comprises a management program installed in an information processing device, and the management program integrates an instant video window, a text discussion window, a text broadcasting window and at least one media display window into a combined screen, so that the information processing device can send the combined screen to a terminal device, and the terminal device can show the combined screen. Therefore, a user of the terminal device can see the combined screen and the windows can display information directly from different sources.

The present invention provides an interactive type sound effect production method. Said method includes the following steps: providing several sound effect identifications, in which every described sound effect identification is correspondent to a specific sound effect object, the described sound effect object includes seed sound representing previously-defined sound file and sound effection action representing operation for sound; for whole source sound or at lease one section of source sound user selects at least one described sound effect identification; utilizing selected sound effect identification to edit source sound and form sound effect expression; interpreting above-mentioned sound effect expression so as to define operation correspondent to every sound effect identification in above-mentioned sound effect expression and execution sequence of said operation; and according to the above-mentioned sequence executing above-mentioned operation so as to output the sound with sound effect.

An intelligent virtual assistant is provided for respectively customizable interactive audio / video content to each of a plurality of computing devices during a networked communication session. Input is received from at least one device, and is determined via information provided in or with the input, that the input is at least one of speech input, facial input, gesture input and textual input. The input is processed and machine-based learning occurs using at least some of the processed input. The intelligent virtual assistant is provided for the respectively customizable interactive audio / video content as a function of the machine-based learning process via at least one of the plurality of computing devices.

Respectively customizable interactive audio / video content is provided to each of a plurality of computing devices during a networked communication session. At least some of the computing devices capture audio video content via a microphone and camera respectively operable with each of the at least some of the computing devices. Further, the at least one processor is configured to receive, from each of the at least some of the computing devices, the respective audio and video content. The at least one processor is configured to generate a composited interactive audio / video feed including at least one of the audio and video content received from each of the at least some computing devices during the networked communication session. Moreover, the at least one processor is configured to transmit to each of the plurality of computing devices during the networked communication session the composited interactive audio / video feed.

DTS Interactive provides low cost fully interactive immersive digital surround sound environment suitable for 3D gaming and other high fidelity audio applications, which can be configured to maintain compatibility with the existing infrastructure of Digital Surround Sound decoders. The component audio is stored and mixed in a compressed and simplified format that reduces memory requirements and processor utilization and increases the number of components that can be mixed without degrading audio quality. Techniques are also provided for “looping” compressed audio, which is an important and standard feature in gaming applications that manipulate PCM audio. In addition, decoder sync is ensured by transmitting frames of “silence” whenever mixed auedio is not present either due to processing latency or the gaming application.

The disclosure provides an augmented reality virtual videoconference for each of a plurality of computing devices during a networked communication session. The networked communication session is defined and provided a plurality of devices. Video content that is at least partially captured by a camera associated with a respective device is received, and a composited interactive audio / video feed comprised of audio / video input received during the networked communication session from each of the first user computing device and at least the respective user computing device of the one of the additional users is generated. At least some of the video content captured by the camera associated with a respective user computing device is removed prior to including the remaining video content in the composited interactive audio / video feed. The composited interactive audio / video feed is provided to the plurality of computing devices during the networked communication session.

A system and method for obtaining a sight screening as well as previous and current optical prescriptions (specifications) for purchase of glasses and contact lenses operated by one's self, through a voice-activated response self-refraction, or a technician / optician assisted refraction, at a convenient location or possibly several different customer diagnostic, electronic store locations where digital instruments interface and may transfer either directly back to the customer, or to a remote, interactive audio-video diagnosing and assisting, consulting eye doctor (ophthalmologist or optometrist) who interprets the digital data, diagnoses, consults, delivers health care, and authorizes the specifications, whereby the store technician / optician gathers data for purchase and electronically sends the data to a lens lab for fabrication and delivery of glasses or contact lenses to the store or directly to the customer.

A system for producing audio output from interaction with printed material and a pen based computer system. The system includes a printed page including a substantially invisible position code and a human viewable image. The system further includes a pen-based computer system for determining a position of the human viewable image in response to interactions there between, e.g., based upon the pen tip's proximity to the image. The pen-based computer is operable to produce a human-audible output corresponding to the human viewable image contemporaneously with the interaction. The human viewable image may be produced independent of the pen based computer and may include a textual word and / or an image. A plurality of pages may be provided in book form allowing a plurality of audio recordings to be rendered in connection with a plurality of images, thusly providing an interactive audio book experience for the user.

The embodiments herein disclose a system and a method for providing an online web-based interactive audio-visual platform for note creation, presentation, sharing, organizing, and analysis. The system provides a conceptual and interactive interface to content; analyses a student's notes and instantly determines the accuracy of the conceptual connections made and a student's understanding of a topic. The system enables the student to add and use audio, visual, drawing, text notes, and mathematical equations in addition to those suggested by the note taking solution; to collate notes from various sources in a meaningful manner by grouping concepts using colors, images, and text; and to personalize other maps developed within the same environment while maintaining links back to the original source from which the notes are derived. The system highlights keywords in conjunction with spoken text to complement the advantages of using visual maps to improve learning outcomes.