PERSONALIZED SPEECH SERVICES ACROSS A NETWORK

• US 20080004880A1
• Filed: 06/15/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Paek, Timothy S., Chickering, David M., Meek, Christopher A., Acero, Alex
• Application Number:
  US11/424,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20080004880A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/227 of the speaker; Human-factor methodology

Abstract

A speech application accessible across a network is personalized for a particular user based on preferences for the user. The speech application can be modified based on the preferences.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

establishing a speech application accessible across a network for a plurality of users;

storing separate preferences for each of the plurality of users related to the speech application; and

altering the speech application based on each of the separate preferences.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the preferences relate to a grammar for the speech application.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the preferences relate to a prompt for the speech application.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the speech application includes an acoustic model and wherein the speech application is further altered based on speech input from each of the plurality of users.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the preferences relate to a lexicon of the speech application.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the preferences relate to a history of user behavior for each of the plurality of users.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the preferences relate to commands for the speech application.

8. The method of claim 1 and further comprising storing DTMF associations for commands.

9. A system, comprising:

a speech application;

a data store for storing preferences for a user related to the speech application;

a communication application programming interface for receiving information from the user related to the preferences across a network; and

a module adapted to alter the preferences based on the information received and alter the speech application based on the preferences.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the preferences related to a grammar for the speech application.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the preferences related to a prompt for the speech application.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the speech application includes an acoustic model and wherein the speech application is further altered based on speech input from the user.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the preferences relate to a history of user behavior of the user.

14. The system of claim 13 and further comprising wherein the preferences relate to a probability for a task based on the history.

15. A method, comprising:

establishing a speech application for access across a network, the speech application including an acoustic model and a language model;

rendering information across the network to a user that is related to at least one of the acoustic model and the language model;

allowing the user to modify at least one of the acoustic model and the language model based on the rendered information; and

modifying operation of the speech application based on modifications by the user.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein allowing the user further comprises training the acoustic model, adding language to the language model and associating the added language to a particular task.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein allowing the user further comprises providing access using an internet protocol network and a plain old telephone system network.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein modifying operation includes assigning probabilities to tasks identified by the speech application based on a history of the user.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein modifying operation includes adjusting prompts for the speech application.

20. The method of claim 15 and further comprising allowing a user to modify DTMF associations.