Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ACCESS INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH TELEVISION BROADCASTING ON INTERNET
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3566194
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive television system that allows a user to retrieve its own desired information from the Internet and serves the desired information to the user through the interaction with the user.
SOLUTION: The user utters a request in a natural language to a voice controllable system including a voice recognition section and a natural language syntax analysis section and the syntax analysis section extracts semantic contents from the user's voice on the basis of a plurality of oriented grammars. A retrieval engine command section simultaneously activates a plurality of retrieval engines in response to the extract result and the results obtained from a plurality of the retrieval engines are filtered on the basis of information extracted by an electronic program guide and user profile data stored in advance. The results are displayed on a screen or indicated via a synthesized voice. The system preferably includes a fixed grammar and a grammar that can be updated or downloaded and the system can be used without the need for learning due to system extension and permits a capability compatible with a specific purpose of users.
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Inventors:
Roland Coon
Jean-Claude Junca
Tony Davis
Way in li
Lee Zhao
Jean-Claude Junca
Tony Davis
Way in li
Lee Zhao
Application Number:
JP2000255968A
Publication Date:
September 15, 2004
Filing Date:
August 25, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
International Classes:
G06F3/16; G06F3/01; G06F17/30; G10L15/00; G10L15/18; G10L15/183; G10L15/193; G10L15/26; H04N5/44; H04N5/445; H04N7/173; H04N21/432; H04N21/439; H04N21/454; H04N21/4722; (IPC1-7): H04N7/173; H04N5/44; H04N5/445
Domestic Patent References:
| JP10507554A | ||||
| JP6110946A | ||||
| JP9186943A | ||||
| JP11224179A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aoyama Aoi
Osamu Kawamiya
Osamu Kawamiya
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