Method and apparatus for distributed speech applications

• US 20060146728A1
• Filed: 12/30/2004
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ferrans, James C., Engelsma, Jonathan R., Pearce, Michael D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,751,431 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

A communication unit (105) includes a communication interface, for transmitting and receiving communications when operably connected to a first communication network; and a processor cooperatively operable with the communication interface. Responsive to receipt of an utterance, the communication unit (105) can perform a fetch (109) over the communication interface and can transmit a first message (107) having the utterance over the communication interface. The communication unit (105) can receive a second message (113) having a result (111) of a recognition of the utterance from the communication interface in response to the fetch (109).

Claims

1. A communication unit comprising:

a communication interface, for transmitting and receiving communications when operably connected to a first communication network; and

a processor cooperatively operable with the communication interface, and configured to facilitate, responsive to receipt of an utterance, performing a fetch over the communication interface and transmitting a first message having the utterance over the communication interface; and

receiving a second message having a result of a recognition of the utterance from the communication interface in response to the fetch.

2. The communication unit of claim 1, wherein the first message is transmitted via streaming.

3. The communication unit of claim 1, further comprising a voice input device cooperatively operable with the processor, wherein the utterance is received in connection with the voice input device.

4. The communication unit of claim 1, wherein the fetch is initiated prior to the transmitting of the first message.

5. The communication unit of claim 1, further comprising a unique identifier, wherein the first message and the fetch indicate the unique identifier.

6. The communication unit of claim 1, wherein the fetch is directed to a first server, and the transmitting of the first message is directed to a second server.

7. The communication unit of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to facilitate providing the result, responsive to receipt thereof, to an application program executing on the processor.

8. The communication unit of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to facilitate prompting a user for the utterance.

9. The communication unit of claim 1, wherein the fetch and the second message are in accordance with the hypertext transfer protocol.

10. A method for providing speech handling for a communication system, in a server, comprising:

receiving a first message with an utterance over a communication interface from a communication network, wherein the first message includes an indication corresponding to a communication device that originated the utterance;

performing, responsive to the first message, speech recognition of the utterance to produce a result of the recognition; and

posting a second message with the result of the recognition, wherein the second message includes the indication.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising wherein the second message is posted in accordance with a hypertext transfer protocol over a transport control protocol connection.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the second message is posted over the communication network in accordance with the communication interface

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the first message is received from the communication device via streaming over the communication network.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising operating responsive to the result in accordance with a dialog manager.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising

receiving, from the communication device in accordance with the communication interface, a fetch having the indication;

and

associating the result with the indication; and

wherein the second message is posted to the communication device corresponding to the indication.

16. A server providing an application for a communication system, comprising:

a communication interface, for transmitting and receiving communications when operably connected to a communication network;

a memory; and

a processor cooperatively operable with the communication interface, and configured to facilitate receiving a first message over the communication interface from a communication device, the first message having a fetch request and a first indication corresponding to a source of the fetch request;

storing the first indication in the memory;

waiting for a result of a voice recognition;

receiving the result, the result having a second indication corresponding to a source of the result;

associating;

responsive to the first indication and the second indication, the fetch request with the result; and

transmitting, over the communication interface to the communication device, a second message with the result as a response to the fetch request.

17. The server of claim 16, further comprising a second communication interface, for receiving communications when operably connected to a second communication network, wherein the result is received from a third message having a post with the result.

18. The server of claim 16, wherein the result is received from the communication network over the communication interface.

19. The server of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to facilitate receiving a third message from the communication device having an utterance;

and responsive to the third message, performing speech recognition on the utterance to determine the result.

20. The server of claim 16, wherein the first and second message are in accordance with a hypertext transfer protocol.