Patent ID: 8528040
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G10L,H04B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A multimedia receiver suitable for use in a multimedia content distribution network, the multimedia receiver comprising: an audio database and a customized text to speech engine, wherein both the audio database and the customized text to speech engine are provisioned into the multimedia receiver; a remote control interface operable to receive, from a remote control device, a wirelessly transmitted remote control command; a processor coupled to the remote control interface; and a non-transitory machine readable storage resource, accessible to the processor, containing program instructions operable by the processor, the program instructions including instructions to: generate programming content output suitable for providing to a display screen wherein the programming content output includes a first program associated with a first channel of the multimedia content distribution network; modify the programming content output in response to the remote control command to produce modified programming content output including a second program associated with a second channel of the multimedia content distribution network when the remote control command is a change channel remote control command; and determine if a customized audio feature is enabled; select the customized audio database or the customized text to speech engine if the customized audio feature is enabled; generate, by the multimedia receiver in response to modifying the programming content output, an audio stream representing a first audible message suitable for playing by an audio output device based on the customized audio database when the customized audio database is selected, wherein the first audible message identifies a title of the second program and announces the channel change remote control command; generate, by the multimedia receiver in response to modifying the programming content output, an audio stream representing a first audible message suitable for playing by an audio output device based on the customized text to speech engine when the customized text to speech engine is selected, wherein the first audible message identifies a title of the second program and announces the channel change remote control command; wherein an aural indication application generates a second audible message that announces caller ID information associated with an incoming telephone call received via the multimedia content distribution network and a communication indicating an event associated with recording, by the multimedia receiver of programming content.