Bi-directional Audio Streaming for Personalized Listener Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional radio lacks the ability to obtain real-time listener profiles and provide personalized, interactive experiences due to its one-way communication nature and limited broadcasting capabilities.
Innovation Solution
An interactive audio streaming technology that enables bi-directional communication between users and streaming services, allowing users to provide voice responses to prompts without the need for phone calls or app usage, using client devices with audio playback and voice communication capabilities, and employing automated speech recognition for processing user-generated audio data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional radio broadcasting is used, then content can be delivered to multiple devices simultaneously, but real-time listener profiles and personalized interactions cannot be obtained
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements bi-directional communication where listeners can send voice responses back to the streaming service. The system captures audio responses from listeners, processes them through speech recognition, and uses the information to update listener profiles and personalize content delivery, thereby resolving the information loss problem while maintaining broad accessibility
Solution Approach 2:
Listeners can actively participate in shaping their own experience by providing voice responses to prompts. The system automatically processes these responses and adjusts content delivery without requiring manual configuration, enabling listeners to self-customize their experience while the system maintains the ability to serve multiple users simultaneously
2Ease of operation
If conventional radio is used, then community and shared experience are provided, but interactive and personalized experiences are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical interaction method (phone calls) with acoustic field-based voice communication. Listeners use their voices to interact with the system, which captures audio responses and processes them automatically, providing convenient one-way communication while enabling personalized interactions within the community radio framework
Solution Approach 2:
The system integrates multiple functions into a single platform: content broadcasting, voice response capture, speech recognition processing, listener profiling, and personalized content delivery. This multi-functional approach maintains the community aspect of traditional radio while adding interactive and personalized capabilities through unified voice-based interaction
3Productivity
If phone calls are required for user responses, then user participation can be obtained, but the process becomes complex and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential interaction function from the complex phone call process. Instead of requiring listeners to dial numbers, navigate menus, and provide detailed information, the system simply captures voice responses through the audio playback device's microphone, dramatically simplifying the interaction process while maintaining high user participation
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer between the listener and the streaming service. The audio playback device captures voice responses and automatically processes them through speech recognition, translating spoken input into actionable data without requiring listeners to manually input information or navigate complex interfaces
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user participation and personalization by allowing seamless voice interactions with streaming services, enabling polls, contests, and live conversations, while maintaining the community aspects of traditional radio.
Implementation Method 1
the client device includes an audio input device that can capture an utterance made by a user and convert the utterance into audio input data
Implementation Method 2
The automated speech recognition may be implemented using a resource provider environment that includes an automatic speech recognition module
Data Source
AI summary
In various embodiments, an audio streaming system may provide bi-directional communication, in which content data is streamed from a server associated with a streaming service to a plurality of client devices and user generated audio data can also be transmitted from a client device to the streaming service over a network such as the Internet. In some embodiments, the client device includes both audio playback and voice communications capabilities such that a communication channel can be established between listeners and the streaming service via the client device and over the network. Automated speech recognition may also be used to translate the user-generated audio data into text such that the content can be further analyzed, such as to sort, categorize, rank, or filter the user-generated audio data. The user-generated audio data may also be analyzed for audio quality, such as to filter out poor quality data.