Searching for content using voice search queries

• US 20070005570A1
• Filed: 06/30/2005
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hurst-Hiller, Oliver, Farago, Julia
• Granted Patent: US 7,672,931 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3329 Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A system, method and computer-readable media are disclosed for searching for content from a device. The system, method, and computer-readable media are adapted to transmit a voice search query from a device and can in return allow the device to receive corresponding non-voice search result data. Once non-voice search result data is received it can be displayed to the user on a display of the device.

Claims

1. A system for searching for content, comprising:

an input unit for inputting at least one voice search query;

a communication interface for establishing a connection with a search engine, and for receiving non-voice search result data from the search engine; and

a display unit for displaying the non-voice search result data.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the non-voice search result data is derived from at least one of a geographic location and a user profile.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the voice search query is derived from a predetermined lexicon of words.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the non-voice search result data is transmitted via a non-voice message.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the non-voice search result data includes at least one of a web page, a resource locator, text data, audio data, speech data, image data, geographic data, and video data.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication interface maintains the connection with the search engine for transmitting a response to the non-voice search result data, the response including at least one of a reformulated search query and an input of a result identifier.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication interface disables the connection with the search engine and creates a new connection with the search engine for transmitting a response to the non-voice search result data, the response including at least one of a reformulated search query and an input of a result identifier with the at least one voice search query.

8. The system according to claims 6, wherein the response is executed by at least one of a voice command and a button command.

9. The system according to claim 5, wherein the non-voice search result data is automatically shown on the display unit without requiring a response.

10. One or more computer-readable media having computer-usable instructions stored thereon for performing a method for transmitting search results, the method comprising:

receiving one or more voice search queries from a requesting device;

processing the one or more voice search queries by converting the one or more voice search queries into at least one text search query;

searching for one or more search results corresponding to the at least one text search query, the one or more search results including non-voice search result data; and

transmitting the non-voice search result data to the requesting device.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising transmitting the non-voice search result via a non-voice message.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the non-voice search result data includes at least one of a web page, a resource locator, text data, audio data, speech data, image data, geographic data, and video data.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein processing one or more voice search queries further includes parsing for at least one of geographic location information and user profile information.

14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising searching for the non-voice search result data based on the at least one of geographic location information and user profile information.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein the requesting device is a mobile device.

16. A method for transmitting search results, comprising:

receiving one or more voice search queries from a requesting device;

processing the one or more voice search queries by converting the one or more voice search queries into at least one text search query;

searching for one or more search results corresponding to the at least one text search query, the one or more search results including non-voice search result data; and

transmitting the non-voice search result data to the requesting device.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the non-voice search result data includes at least one of a web page, a resource locator, text data, audio data, speech data, image data, geographic data, and video data.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein processing one or more voice search queries further includes parsing for at least one of geographic location information and user profile information.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising searching for the non-voice search result data based on the at least one of geographic location information and user profile information.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the requesting device is a mobile device.