Patent ID: 11972449
Assignee: nan
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for blocking, substituting, and critiquing content on an electronic media device that receives content signals and that has a controller for delivering the received content signals to a speaker, said content blocking, substituting, and critiquing system comprising:
a microphone mounted proximate the electronic media device and operable to receive voice commands;
a voice control module in data communication with said microphone and with the electronic media device, said voice control module being configured to determine if a human voice command received via said microphone is a predetermined survey command indicative of a user's intention to submit a survey or critique associated with said current content signal and, if so, allow a current content signal being received by the electronic media device and initiate a voice-activated survey program (“VAS”) that is operable to record survey data via said microphone in real time;
wherein said voice control module is configured to determine if a human voice command received via said microphone is a predetermined blocking command indicative of a user's intention to block the current content signal and, if so, block a current content signal being received by the electronic media device if said received human voice command is said blocking command;
a processor;
a nonvolatile memory in data communication with said processor and having storage locations for storing replacement content data and programming instructions;
wherein said processor is in data communication with said voice control module, said input device, and with the electronic media device;
wherein said voice control module is configured to:
determine if said predetermined blocking command includes a user timer command and, if so, to actuate a blocking timer for a time equivalent to said user timer command;
determine if said predetermined blocking command does not include a user timer command and, if not, actuate said blocking timer for a time equivalent to a predetermined time; and
unblock said current content signal when said blocking timer expires.