Enhanced set-top box control

1. A method for controlling a set-top box via a smart speaker, the method comprising:

receiving, at the smart speaker, an input related to the set-top box;

transmitting, to a server, a request based on the input;

retrieving, at the server and based on the request, program listing data;

identifying a command for controlling the set-top box based on the program listing data;

transmitting, from the server to the smart speaker, at least one of the program listing data and the identified command; and

transmitting, from the smart speaker to the set-top box, the identified command;

wherein the smart speaker is a first smart speaker, the set-top box is a first set-top box and the method further comprises:

identifying, at a second smart speaker, a set-top box identifier associated with a second set-top box;

receiving at the second smarts speaker, one or more control commands from a control device of the second set-top box;

transmitting, to the server, the set-top box identifier associated with the second set-top box and the one or more control commands;

storing, at the server, the set-top box identifier associated with the second set-top box and the one or more control commands, thereby creatin a received control command set;

identifying, at a first smart speaker, a set-top box identifier associated with a first set-top box;

transmitting, to the server, the set-top box identifier associated with the first set-top box; and

identifying, at the server, that the set-top box identifier associated with the second set-top box corresponds to the set-top box identifier associated with the first set-top box; and

wherein:

identifying the command comprises identifying a control command from the control command set;

transmitting the identified command from the server comprises transmitting the control command from the control command set; and

transmitting the identified command from the first smart speaker to the first set-top box comprises transmitting the control command from the control command set.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the input is a first input and is for a program recommendation;

the request is a first request and is based on the first input;

a user profile is identified;

the program listing data is retrieved based on the first request and the user profile;

a program recommendation is generated, at the server, based on at least one of the user profile, the first request and/or the program listing data;

the program recommendation is transmitted, from the server, to the smart speaker;

the program recommendation is outputted at the smart speaker;

a second input related to the program recommendation and the set-top box is received at the smart speaker; and

the command for controlling the set-top box is identified based on the second input.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the program listing data is transmitted from the server to the smart speaker; and the command is identified at the smart speaker.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the command is identified at the server; and

the command is transmitted from the server to the smart speaker.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

identifying, at the smart speaker, a set-top box identifier associated with the set-top box;

transmitting, to a server, the set-top box identifier;

retrieving, at the server and based on the set-top box identifier, a control command set of one or more control commands for controlling the set-top box; and

wherein:

the identifying the command based on the program listing data comprises identifying a control command from the control command set;

the transmitting the command from the server to the smart speaker comprises transmitting the identified control command; and

the transmitting the command from the smart speaker to the set-top box comprises transmitting the identified control command from the control command set.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, at the smart speaker, one or more control commands from a control device of the set-top box;

storing the one or more control commands, thereby creating a received control command set; and

wherein:

the identifying the command based on the program listing data comprises

identifying a control command from the received control command set; and

the transmitting the command from the smart speaker to the set-top box comprises transmitting the identified control command from the received control command set.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the command is received via a microphone of the smart speaker.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the command is transmitted from the smart speaker to the set-top box via an infrared transmitter or a Bluetooth transmitter.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the program listing data comprises one or more of date, time and/or channel information for a television program and/or a movie.

10. A system for controlling a set-top box via a smart speaker, the system comprising:

a communication port; and

control circuitry configured to:

receive, at the smart speaker, an input related to the set-top box;

transmit, to a server, a request based on the input;

retrieve, at the server and based on the request, program listing data;

identity a command for controlling the set-top box based on the program listing data;

transmit, from the server to the smart speaker, at least one of the program listing data and the identified command; and

transmit, from the smart speaker to the set-top box, the identified command;

wherein the smart speaker is a first smart speaker, the set-top box is a first set-top box and the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify, at a second smart speaker, a set-top box identifier associated with a second set-top box;

receive, at the second smart speaker, one or more control commands from a control device of the second set-top box;

transmit, to the server, the set-top box identifier associated with the second set-top box and the one or more control commands;

store, at the server, the set-top box identifier associated with the second set-top box and the one or more control commands, thereby creating a received control command set:

identify, at a first smart speaker, a set-top box identifier associated with a first set-top box;

transmit to the server the set-top box identifier associated with the first set-top box; and

identify, at the server, that the set-top box identifier associated with the second set-top box corresponds to the set-tors box identifier associated with the first set-top box; and

wherein:

the control circuitry configured to identify the command is further configured to identify a control command from the control command set;

the control circuitry configured to transmit the identified command from the server is further configured to transmit the control command from the control command set; and

the control circuitry configured to transmit the identified command from the first smart speaker to the first set-top box is further configured to transmit the control command from the control command set.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:

the input is a first input and is for a program recommendation;

the request is a first request and is based on the first input;

the control circuitry is further configured to identify a user profile;

the control circuitry configured to retrieve the program listing data is further configured to retrieve the program listing based on the first request and the user profile;

the control circuitry is further configured to generate a program recommendation, at the server, based on at least one of the user profile, the first request and/or the program listing data; and

the control circuitry is further configured to:

transmit the program recommendation, from the server, to the smart speaker; output the program recommendation at the smart speaker; and

receive a second input related to the program recommendation and the set-top box at the smart speaker; and

the control circuitry configured to identify the command for controlling the set-top box is further configured to identify the command based on the second input.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

transmit the program listing data from the server to the smart speaker; and identify the command at the smart speaker.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify the command at the server; and

transmit the command from the server to the smart speaker.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify, at the smart speaker, a set-top box identifier associated with the set-top box;

transmit, to a server, the set-top box identifier;

retrieve, at the server and based on the set-top box identifier, a control command set of one or more control commands for controlling the set-top box; and

wherein:

the control circuitry configured to identify the command based on the program listing data is further configured to identify a control command from the control command set;

the control circuitry configured to transmit the command, from the server to the smart speaker, is further configured to transmit the identified control command from the control command set; and

the control circuitry configured to transmit the command, from the smart speaker to the set-top box, is further configured to transmit the identified control command from the control command set.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive, at the smart speaker, one or more control commands from a control device of the set-top box;

store the one or more control commands, thereby creating a received control command set; and

wherein:

the control circuitry configured to identify the command based on the program listing data is further configured to identify a control command from the received control command set; and

the control circuitry configured to transmit the command from the smart speaker to the set-top box is further configured to transmit the identified control command from the received control command set.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to receive the command via a microphone of the smart speaker.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to transmit the command from the smart speaker to the set-top box via an infrared transmitter or a Bluetooth transmitter.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry configured to retrieve the program listing data is further configured to retrieve program listing data comprising one or more of date, time and/or channel information for a television program and/or a movie.