Patent ID: 6895242

Claim:
A speech enabled device management and access platform, designed to interface with at least one remote control device and at least one controlled device, said platform comprising: (a) a communication module which is configured to: establish connections with the remote control device and the controlled device; and provide data and speech paths; (b) a connection management module which maintains network topology and provides network security administration and device access control; (c) a device management module which discovers the controlled device and gathers respective controlled device data therefrom; (d) a speech processing module which is configured to perform at least one of: converting a speech command received by said communication module into a data command corresponding to the controlled device data gathered by said device management module; and converting a data response from the controlled device into a speech response and providing the speech response to said communication module; and (e) a command/event management module which generates corresponding instructions based on the data command from said speech processing module and sends the generated instructions to at least one of corresponding ones of said modules and the controlled device.