Terminal device for voice-directed work and information exchange
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1. A terminal device comprising:
- speech processing circuitry operable for facilitating a speech dialog with a user to communicate activity information back and forth with a user;
an RFID reader, interfaced with the speech processing circuitry, the RFID reader operable for retrieving data from a tag within the context of the speech dialog.
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Abstract
A device is comprised of processing circuitry operable for providing a speech interface to facilitate a speech dialog with a user or generates commands for a user. An RFID reader, operably coupled with the processing circuitry, is operable for reading data from an RFID tag. In one aspect, the reading occurs in the context of a speech dialog. In another aspect, the data is used to generate speech commands. In another aspect, information is stored to an RFID tag during the speech dialog.
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71 Claims
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1. A terminal device comprising:
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speech processing circuitry operable for facilitating a speech dialog with a user to communicate activity information back and forth with a user;
an RFID reader, interfaced with the speech processing circuitry, the RFID reader operable for retrieving data from a tag within the context of the speech dialog. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A user-wearable terminal device comprising:
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processing circuitry operable for providing a speech dialog with a user to gather information;
a portable RFID reader operable for gathering information from a tag;
the terminal combining speech information and tag information for communication with a central system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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a terminal with speech circuitry operable for directing a user, with speech, to perform a variety of tasks and to exchange spoken information about the tasks;
an RFID tag with data stored thereon;
an RFID reader operable for retrieving data from a tag and interfacing with the speech circuitry;
the speech circuitry, based on the tag data, generating a speech command for directing an activity by the user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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- 29. An RFID tag having data stored thereon that is configured to initiate a speech dialog associated with the tag data when the tag is read with a terminal having speech functionality.
- 32. An RFID reader for reading information from a tag, the RFID reader including speech processing circuitry for facilitating a speech dialog with a user.
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37. A system comprising:
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a central processor operable for processing information gathered by terminal devices and directing the activities of users wearing the terminal devices;
at least one terminal device, the terminal device including speech processing circuitry operable for facilitating a speech dialog with a user and circuitry for exchanging information with the central processor;
an RFID reader operable for reading information from an RFID tag, the terminal device combining information from the tag and from the speech dialog and exchanging the information with the central processor. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of handling products comprising:
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with a speech dialog generated by a portable terminal, directing a terminal user to perform an activity with respect to a product;
reading, with an RFID reader, information from a tag associated with the product to which the activity is directed. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method of handling items comprising:
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reading an RFID tag with data stored thereon with an RFID reader;
using a speech dialog, directing a user to perform a task wherein the task to be performed is based upon the tag data. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55)
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56. A system comprising:
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a terminal device for exchanging information with a central system, the terminal device including speech processing circuitry operable for facilitating a speech dialog with a user to obtain information for the exchange;
an RFID writer coupled with the terminal and configured to store data in an RFID tag based on at least one of the speech dialog, information in the terminal or information in the central system. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A terminal device for use in a voice-directed system comprising:
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speech circuitry for facilitating a speech dialog between a user and the terminal, the speech dialog having a contextual stream for directing actions of the user and obtaining speech inputs from the user;
an RFID reader coupled with the speech circuitry, and operable to automatically perform a read operation on an RFID tag based upon the speech dialog. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A terminal device comprising:
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speech circuitry for generating a speech command for a user;
an RFID reader coupled with the speech circuitry and operable to perform a read operation of data on an RFID tag;
the terminal device generating a speech command for the user based on the tag data. - View Dependent Claims (71)
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