IP Library Granted Patent US 8,635,181
Granted Patent B2
US 8,635,181 · App. 13/652,897 · Granted Jan 21, 2014

System and method for tagging signals of interest in time variant data

Inventor: David Waite (Silver Spring, MD)
Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
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Patent No.
US 8,635,181
App. No.
13/652,897
Granted
Jan 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable storage media for tagging a known signal of interest. Initially, the system classifies the data from an input signal using a short-term classifier, wherein there are at least two classifications available, a first classification of the data as having no identified outputs and a second classification of the data as at least one potential signal of interest, wherein the short-term classifier also bypasses data that is known to be of no interest. After the short-term classifier classifies the inputs, it collapses the input data that is classified as having no identified outputs. This allows the short-term classifier to create time-variant data. Finally, the system will tag a known signal of interest in the time-variant data that was classified as having at least one potential signal of interest. Therefore, a system for tagging a known signal of interest is described.

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

classifying, via a processor, a first data from input signal data as having no signal of interest, to yield a first classification;

classifying a second data from the input signal data as having a potential signal of interest, to yield a second classification;

collapsing a portion of the input signal data, based on the first classification, to yield a third data; and

tagging a segment of the third data, based on the second classification, as having a known signal of interest.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collapsing further comprises one of ignoring a portion of the input signal data and removing a portion of the input signal data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein having no signal of interest comprises one of having no identified outputs and having a known signal of no interest.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the known signal of no interest comprises one of a door slam, a paper rattle, air conditioning, an airplane engine, a dial tone, and a speaker of no interest.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third data is a time-variant data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the potential signal of interest is a signal with no output for a predetermined amount of time.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third data is smoothed prior to the tagging but after the collapsing.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tagging further comprises determining a number of matches identified within the third data based on known signals of interest.

9. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

classifying a first data from input signal data as having no signal of interest, to yield a first classification;

classifying a second data from the input signal data as having a potential signal of interest, to yield a second classification;

collapsing a portion of the input signal data, based on the first classification, to yield a third data; and

tagging a segment of the third data, based on the second classification, as having a known signal of interest.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the collapsing further comprises one of ignoring a portion of the input signal data and removing a portion of the input signal data.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein having no signal of interest comprises one of having no identified outputs and having a known signal of no interest.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the third data is a time-variant data.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the third data is smoothed prior to the tagging but after the collapsing.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the tagging further comprises determining a number of matches identified within the third data based on known signals of interest.

15. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

classifying a first data from input signal data as having no signal of interest, to yield a first classification;

classifying a second data from the input signal data as having a potential signal of interest, to yield a second classification;

collapsing a portion of the input signal data, based on the first classification, to yield a third data; and

tagging a segment of the third data, based on the second classification, as having a known signal of interest.

16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the collapsing further comprises one of ignoring a portion of the input signal data and removing a portion of the input signal data.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein having no signal of interest comprises one of having no identified outputs and having a known signal of no interest.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the known signal of no interest comprises one of a door slam, a paper rattle, air conditioning, an airplane engine, a dial tone, and a speaker of no interest.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the third data is a time-variant data.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the potential signal of interest is a signal with no output for a predetermined amount of time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2012
From: WAITE, DAVID
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 12582067 · Oct 20, 2009
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