Service mediating apparatus
First Claim
1. A service providing system, comprising:
- at least one service providing apparatus for processing information to provide a service, at least one service requesting apparatus for processing information to request the service from the service providing apparatus, and at least one service mediating apparatus connected to the service providing apparatus and the service requesting apparatus via a network, wherein the service requesting apparatus receives a voice input indicating an instruction as to a service requested by a user of the service requesting apparatus, the service mediating apparatus specifies a service providing apparatus which is to perform a process corresponding to the instruction, based on the specified service providing apparatus, the service mediating apparatus specifies an information processing apparatus which is to recognize a voice input from the user, and the specified service providing apparatus processes information to provide a service based on speech recognition performed by the specified information processing apparatus.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system in which a service providing apparatus on the Internet efficiently provides service including provision of information corresponding to a voice input. The system is configured as follows.
A service requesting apparatus 300 receives a voice indicating a service request from a user, and transmits voice data corresponding to the received voice to a service mediating apparatus 100 through a network 1. Based on the voice input from the user, the service mediating apparatus 100 specifies a speech recognition engine which is to recognize a voice. A service providing apparatus then performs a process according to a request recognized by the specified speech recognition engine.
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19 Claims
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1. A service providing system, comprising:
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at least one service providing apparatus for processing information to provide a service, at least one service requesting apparatus for processing information to request the service from the service providing apparatus, and at least one service mediating apparatus connected to the service providing apparatus and the service requesting apparatus via a network, wherein the service requesting apparatus receives a voice input indicating an instruction as to a service requested by a user of the service requesting apparatus, the service mediating apparatus specifies a service providing apparatus which is to perform a process corresponding to the instruction, based on the specified service providing apparatus, the service mediating apparatus specifies an information processing apparatus which is to recognize a voice input from the user, and the specified service providing apparatus processes information to provide a service based on speech recognition performed by the specified information processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A service mediating apparatus connected via a network to at least one service providing apparatus for processing information to provide service, and at least one service requesting apparatus for processing information to request the service from the service providing apparatus, the service mediating apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving, via the network, a voice input indicating an instruction as to a service requested by a user of the service requesting apparatus, the voice input having been received by the service requesting apparatus, means for specifying a service providing apparatus which is to perform a process corresponding to the instruction, and means for specifying an information processing apparatus which is to recognize a voice input from the user based on the specified service providing apparatus, wherein the specified service providing apparatus processes information to provide a service based on speech recognition performed by the specified information processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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14. A service mediating apparatus for processing information to mediate a service, the service mediating apparatus comprising:
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a receiving device for receiving user voice information indicating an instruction as to a service requested by a user of a service requesting apparatus, a storage device for storing a program for specifying a service corresponding to an instruction indicated by the voice information and, based on the specified service, specifying a speech recognition program for recognizing the voice information, a processing device for, according to the program, specifying the service corresponding to the instruction indicated by the user voice information and, based on the specified service, specifying a speech recognition program which is to recognize the user voice information, the processing device being connected to the receiving device and the storage device, and an output device for outputting information for recognizing the user voice information to an information processing apparatus which is to recognize a voice according to the specified speech recognition program.
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