Digitized voice alerts

Abstract

Methods, systems and processor-readable media for providing instant/real-time voice alerts automatically to remote electronic devices. An activity can be detected utilizing one or more sensors. A text message indicative of the activity can be generated and converted into a digitized voice alert. The activity can also be a live utterance (e.g., a live announcement), which can then be instantly converted into a digitized voice alert for automatic delivery in a selected series of languages following the base language (e.g., English). The combined digitized voice alert can then be instantly transmitted through a network for broadcast of consecutive alerts (e.g., English followed by Spanish followed by Vietnamese, etc.) to one or more remote electronic devices that communicate with the network for an automatic audio announcement of the digitized voice alert through the one or more remote electronic devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for providing instant voice alerts automatically to remote electronic devices, said method comprising:
 detecting an activity utilizing at least one sensor;   generating and converting a text message indicative of said activity into a digitized voice alert; and   transmitting said digitized voice alert through a network for broadcast to at least one remote electronic device that communicates with said network for an automatic audio announcement of said digitized voice alert through said at least one remote electronic device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising configuring said at least one sensor to communicate with a server that communicates with said network. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising configuring said at least one sensor to communicate with an intelligent router that communicates with said network. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising configuring said at least one sensor to communicate with said at least one remote electronic device through said network. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising configuring said at least one sensor to comprise a self-contained computer that communicates with said network. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising broadcasting said digitized voice message through said at least one remote electronic device in at least one language based on a language setting in a user profile. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  further comprising pre-selecting said at least one language in said user profile. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6  further comprising establishing said user profile as a user preference via a server during a set up of said at least one remote electronic device. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6  further comprising establishing said user profile as a user preference via an intelligent router during a set up of said at least one remote electronic device. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 6  further comprising during a set up of said at least one remote electronic device, selecting said at least one language from a plurality of different languages. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising converting said digitized voice message into more than one language from among a plurality of languages for broadcast of said digitized voice alert in consecutively different languages through said at least one remote electronic device. 
     
     
         12 . A system for providing instant voice alerts automatically to remote electronic devices, said system comprising:
 a processor;   a data bus coupled to said processor; and   a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for:
 detecting an activity utilizing at least one sensor; 
 generating and converting a text message indicative of said activity into a digitized voice alert; and 
 transmitting said digitized voice alert through a network for broadcast to at least one remote electronic device that communicates with said network for an automatic audio announcement of said digitized voice alert through said at least one remote electronic device. 
   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12  wherein said at least one sensor communicates with a server that communicates with said network. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12  wherein said at least one sensor communicates with an intelligent router that communicates with said network. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 12  wherein said at least one sensor communicates with said at least one remote electronic device through said network. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 12  wherein said instructions are further configured for broadcasting said digitized voice message through said at least one remote electronic device in at least one language based on a language setting in a user profile. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said instructions are further configured for allowing a pre-selection of said at least one language in said user profile. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17  wherein said instructions are further configured during a set up of said at least one remote electronic device for selecting said at least one language from a plurality of different languages. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 12  wherein said instructions are further configured for converting said digitized voice message into more than one language from among a plurality of languages for broadcast of said digitized voice alert in consecutively different languages through said at least one remote electronic device. 
     
     
         20 . A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process to automatically provide an instant voice announcement to remote electronic devices, said code comprising of code to:
 capture a live announcement;   automatically convert said live announcement into a digitized voice message indicative of said live announcement in response to capturing said live announcement;   associate said digitized voice message with a text message to be transmitted through a network to a plurality of remote electronic devices that communicate with said network; and   transmit said text message with said digitized voice message through a network for broadcast to said plurality of electronic devices for automatic playback of said digitized voice message through at least one remote electronic device among said plurality of remote electronic devices upon receipt of said text message with said digitized voice message at said at least one remote electronic device among said plurality of remote electronic devices.