Modifying a grammar of a hierarchical multimodal menu with keywords sold to customers

• US 20060287858A1
• Filed: 06/16/2005
• Published: 12/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Pike, Hilary A., Wintermute, David W., Lewis, Benjamin D., Jablokov, Igor R., Smith, Daniel M., Hollinger, Michael C., Zaitzeff, Michael A., Cross, Charles W. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US11/154,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20060287858A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/257
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

Services, systems, and computer program products are provided for modifying a grammar of a hierarchical multimodal menu that include selling to a customer a keyword, selling to a customer a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu, and storing the keyword in the location. Storing the keyword in the location may be carried out by storing the keyword in a grammar cache in the grammar.

Claims

1. A method for modifying a grammar of a hierarchical multimodal menu, the method comprising:

selling to a customer a keyword;

selling to a customer a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu; and

storing the keyword in the location.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein selling to a customer a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu further comprises:

identifying a tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu; and

assigning a sale price to a location in a grammar associated with the tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein selling to a customer a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu further comprises receiving a bid price from the customer;

and

selecting a tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu in dependence upon the bid price; and

wherein storing the keyword in the location includes storing the keyword in a location in a grammar associated with the selected tier.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprises adding a GUI display object associated with the keyword to the hierarchical multimodal menu.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein storing the keyword in the location further comprises storing the keyword in a grammar cache in the grammar.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprises associating the keyword with an action.

16. The service of claim 1 further comprises adding a GUI display object associated with the keyword to the hierarchical multimodal menu.

7. A grammar of a hierarchical multimodal menu, the grammar comprising:

a keyword sold to a customer;

a keyword location sold to a customer; and

a keyword stored in the keyword location.

8. The grammar of claim 7 wherein the keyword location further comprises a keyword location in a grammar associated with a tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu.

9. The grammar of claim 7 wherein the keyword was sold for a bid price from a customer.

10. The grammar of claim 7 further comprises a GUI display object associated with the keyword.

11. The grammar of claim 7 further comprises a grammar cache for storing keywords sold to customers.

12. The grammar of claim 7 further comprises an action associated with the keyword.

13. A service for increasing vendor exposure through keyword placement in a multimodal application, the service comprising:

selling to a vendor a keyword;

selling to the vendor a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu of the multimodal application; and

storing the keyword in the location.

14. The service of claim 13 wherein selling to a vendor a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu further comprises:

identifying a tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu; and

assigning a sale price to a location in a grammar associated with the tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu of the multimodal application.

15. The service of claim 13 wherein selling to a vendor a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu further comprises receiving a bid price from the vendor;

and

selecting a tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu in dependence upon the bid price; and

wherein storing the keyword in the location includes storing the keyword in a location in a grammar associated with the selected tier.

17. A computer program product for modifying a grammar of a hierarchical multimodal menu, the computer program product disposed upon a recording medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions that sell to a customer a keyword;

computer program instructions that sell to a customer a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu; and

computer program instructions that store the keyword in the location.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions that sell to a customer a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu further comprise:

computer program instructions that identify a tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu; and

computer program instructions that assign a sale price to a location in a grammar associated with the tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions that sell to a customer a location in a grammar in a hierarchical multimodal menu further comprise computer program instructions that receive a bid price from the customer;

computer program instructions that select a tier in the hierarchical multimodal menu in dependence upon the bid price; and

computer program instructions that store the keyword in the location includes means, recorded on the recording medium, for storing the keyword in a location in a grammar associated with the selected tier.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising computer program instructions that associate the keyword with an action.