Patent ID: 6185532
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A broadcast communications system, comprising:at a first physical location, a transmitting means, includinga source of digitally coded textual data items, each digitally coded textual data item carrying both digitally coded speech allophone information and special codes for inflection to be transmitted and one or more digitally coded index terms relating to the subjects of that item's information,means for broadcasting said items in a sequence via a transmission medium;at a plurality of different physical locations, a plurality of receiving means, each operable by a different user, and includingdetecting means for accepting said sequence of items,profile means for storing a profile comprising certain ones of said index terms selected by said user, said profile being potentially different for each of said receiving means,selection means coupled to said detecting means for passing only certain of said items, said certain items being those having index terms corresponding to those in said profile,memory means coupled to said selection means for storing at least the digitally coded speech allophone information and special codes for inflection of said certain items as said certain items are received,switch means operable by said user for choosing among said items stored in said memory means, andaudio conversion means coupled to said memory means and responsive to said switch means for regenerating analog speech signals corresponding to at least the digitally coded speech allophone information and special codes for inflection of each of said chosen items stored in said memory means.