User speech interfaces for interactive media guidance applications

摘要

A user speech interface for interactive media guidance applications, such as television program guides, guides for audio services, guides for video-on-demand (VOD) services, guides for personal video recorders (PVRs), or other suitable guidance applications is provided. Voice commands may be received from a user and guidance activities may be performed in response to the voice commands.

主权项

1. A system for providing customized features based on voice controls, comprising processing circuitry configured to:
receive a voice command from a user, via a microphone of a first device, for performing a guidance operation on a second device, wherein the first device includes a voice recognition system; identify a user profile associated with the user based on an association of the user with the first device; retrieve, from the user profile, information provided by the user; determine the guidance operation to be performed on the second device based on the received voice command and the information provided by the user retrieved from the user profile; and transmit an instruction to perform the guidance operation on the second device.