APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INTERACTIVE TELEVISION AND VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICES

摘要

A system, process and computer-readable media that incorporate teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an interactive application delivering captions of an audio signal, such as a voicemail message or audio received concurrently during a telephone conversation. The application can be a television application, for example, receiving at a media processor associated with equipment of a first party, a textual interpretation of an audio signal of a second party, for example, during an active telephone call between the first party and the second party. A graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal is rendered at the media processor and presented to a display device, such as a television display. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a system including a processor, an indication of an audio signal; presenting, by the system, to a television display associated with a first party an offer to receive a textual interpretation of the audio signal; receiving, by the system, in response to an acceptance of the offer, the textual interpretation of the audio signal, wherein the textual interpretation of the audio signal is received from an application server; rendering, by the system, a graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal; and presenting, by the system, to the television display, the graphical image of the textual interpretation of the audio signal.