Voice Sample Processing for Media Program Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Call-in radio shows face limitations in managing telephone connections and predicting emotional states or detecting objectionable content from listeners, leading to inefficiencies and potential disruptions during live broadcasts.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for receiving voice samples from listeners using devices with microphones, processing them to transcribe and analyze emotional states and content, allowing creators to select and incorporate suitable samples into media programs while filtering out objectionable content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If call-in radio shows use traditional telephone systems to connect listeners with hosts, then listeners can participate in the radio show, but additional telephone systems and personnel are required to manage connections
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses voice recording devices to capture listener voices as digital recordings, creating copies of the original audio signals. These recorded voices are then transmitted to the broadcast studio, eliminating the need for real-time telephone connections while preserving the listener participation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical telephone connection system with an electronic digital transmission system. Instead of using physical telephone lines and manual switching, the system uses digital voice recordings transmitted through electronic communication channels, thereby reducing the complexity of telephone infrastructure and personnel requirements.
2Ease of operation
If call-in radio shows select listeners from a numbered or ranked list, then connection management becomes systematic, but producers cannot determine emotional state or detect objectionable content until the listener appears on air
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of voice recordings before they are played on the radio show. The system analyzes emotional states, detects objectionable content, and evaluates suitability in advance, allowing producers to make informed decisions about which listener voices to include without having to manage real-time telephone connections or guess about content appropriateness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary voice recording and analysis system between the listener and the radio show. This intermediary captures the listener's voice, performs automated analysis of emotional state and content, and presents processed information to producers, thereby preventing loss of information about listener characteristics while simplifying connection management.
3Productivity
If call-in radio shows connect multiple listeners to the host, then more listener feedback is received, but the system becomes more complex and harder to manage during live broadcast
Solution Approach 1:
The patent allows multiple listeners to record their voices independently, creating multiple voice copies that can be transmitted to the studio. This enables the reception of feedback from many listeners simultaneously without requiring complex real-time connection coordination, as each voice is captured as a separate recording that can be managed independently during the broadcast.
Data Source
AI summary
Listeners to media programs provide feedback to creators or other entities associated with the media programs in the form of one or more spoken utterances. When a listener to a media program speaks one or more words to a microphone or other system, the words are captured and processed to determine an emotion of the listener, or to determine whether the words include any objectionable content. Data including the spoken words is captured and stored, and presented to the creator of the media program. Notifications of the utterances are provided to the creator, who may identify one of the utterances, and include the utterance in the media program, or invite the listener who provided the utterances to participate in the media program.