Patent ID: 6415257
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: G10L,H04N

Abstract:
A control system for audio/video equipment comprising:speaker verification/identification module for ascertaining the identity of a system user based on the user's speech; a user profile database that stores user-specific data based on the identity of a system user and retrieves said data in response to operation of said speaker verification/identification module; said user profile database being further configured to store at least one user preference information selected from the group consisting of preferred channels, blocked channels and combinations thereof; a speech recognizer and language parser system for extracting a semantic representation of spoken information provided by the user; a command module coupled to said speech recognizer and language parser system for providing control signals to said audio/video equipment based on said extracted semantic representation; said command module being further responsive to said user preference information in providing said control signals; and wherein at least one of said speech recognizer and language parser system and said command module uses said user-specific data.