System, method and computer program product for supporting the delivery of localized content

• US 20020133336A1
• Filed: 01/24/2001
• Published: 09/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bevocal Incorporated (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bevocal Incorporated (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Stone, Kevin, Berner, Mikael, Guerra, Lisa
• Application Number:
  US09/769,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20020133336A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product are afforded for providing localized content. Initially, an utterance representative of content is received from a user. Further, such utterance is transcribed utilizing a speech recognition process. A current location of the user is subsequently determined. Based on the transcribed utterance and the current location a database is queried for generating the content.

Claims

1. A method for providing localized content, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving from a user an utterance representative of content;

(b) transcribing the utterance utilizing a speech recognition process;

(c) determining a current location of the user; and

(d) querying a database for retrieving the content based on the transcribed utterance and the current location.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the current location is determined utilizing the speech recognition process.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the speech recognition process includes querying one of a plurality of databases based on the current address.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein database queried by the speech recognition process includes grammars representative of the current location.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the current location is determined by a source of the utterance.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the utterance is received, and the database queried utilizing a network.

7. A computer program product for providing localized content, comprising:

(a) computer code for receiving from a user an utterance representative of content;

(b) computer code for transcribing the utterance utilizing a speech recognition process;

(c) computer code for determining a current location of the user; and

(d) computer code for querying a database for retrieving the content based on the transcribed utterance and the current location.

8. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein the current location is determined utilizing the speech recognition process.

9. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein the speech recognition process includes querying one of a plurality of databases based on the current address.

10. The computer program product as recited in claim 9, wherein database queried by the speech recognition process includes grammars representative of the current location.

11. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein the current location is determined by a source of the utterance.

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein the utterance is received, and the database queried utilizing a network.

14. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the current location is determined utilizing the speech recognition process.

15. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the speech recognition process includes querying one of a plurality of databases based on the current address.

16. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein database queried by the speech recognition process includes grammars representative of the current location.

17. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the current location is determined by a source of the utterance.

18. The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the utterance is received, and the database queried utilizing a network.

13. A system for providing localized content, comprising:

(a) logic for receiving from a user an utterance representative of content;

(b) logic for transcribing the utterance utilizing a speech recognition process;

(c) logic for determining a current location of the user; and

(d) logic for querying a database for retrieving the content based on the transcribed utterance and the current location.