INTEGRATED VOICE SEARCH COMMANDS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method implemented on a mobile device that includes speech recognition functionality, said method comprising:
- presenting to a user of the mobile device a voice-control interface that supports two types of commands at a common level of the interface, the two types of commands including a first type and a second type, the first type being command and control commands and the second type being search request commands;
receiving an utterance from the user, wherein the utterance corresponds to a command of either of the first type or the second type;
using the speech recognition functionality to recognize the utterance;
if the received utterance is a command of the first type, performing a corresponding command and control function; and
if the received utterance is a command of the second type, generating a representation of a corresponding search request and then using said representation to request a search that is responsive to the search request.
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Abstract
A method implemented on a mobile device that includes speech recognition functionality involves presenting to a user of the mobile device a voice-control interface that supports two types of commands at a common level of the interface, the two types of commands including a first type and a second type, the first type being command and control commands and the second type being search request commands. The method further involves: receiving an utterance from the user that corresponds to a command of either of the first type or the second type; recognizing the utterance; if the received utterance is a command of the first type, performing a corresponding command and control function; and if the received utterance is a command of the second type, generating a representation of a corresponding search request and then using the representation to request a search that is responsive to the search request.
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26 Claims
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1. A method implemented on a mobile device that includes speech recognition functionality, said method comprising:
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presenting to a user of the mobile device a voice-control interface that supports two types of commands at a common level of the interface, the two types of commands including a first type and a second type, the first type being command and control commands and the second type being search request commands; receiving an utterance from the user, wherein the utterance corresponds to a command of either of the first type or the second type; using the speech recognition functionality to recognize the utterance; if the received utterance is a command of the first type, performing a corresponding command and control function; and if the received utterance is a command of the second type, generating a representation of a corresponding search request and then using said representation to request a search that is responsive to the search request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile device that includes a processor system and memory storing code which when executed by the processor system causes the mobile device to perform the functions of:
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presenting to a user of the mobile device a voice-control interface that supports two types of commands at a common level of the interface, the two types of commands including a first type and a second type, the first type being command and control commands and the second type being search request commands; receiving an utterance; using speech recognition functionality to recognize a received utterance from a user, said received utterance corresponding to a command of either of the first type or the second type; if the received utterance is a command of the first type, performing a corresponding command and control function; and if the received utterance is a command of the second type, generating a representation of a corresponding search request and then using said representation to request a search that is responsive to the search request. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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