System and method for modifying and updating a speech recognition program

• US 20080167860A1
• Filed: 01/10/2007
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Michael D. Goller, Stuart E. Goller
• Inventors: Goller, Michael D., Goller, Stuart E
• Granted Patent: US 8,056,070 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/28 Constructional details of speech recognition systems

Abstract

An embodiment provides a system and method for updating a speech recognition program. The system provides a speech recognition program, an update website for updating a speech recognition program, and a database for storing data that may be used to update a speech recognition program. A user may utilize an update website, to add, modify, and delete speech recognition program information that may include: speech commands, dll'"'"'s, multimedia files, executable code, and other information. Speech recognition program may communicate with update website to request information about possible updates. Update website may send a response consisting of information to speech recognition program. Speech recognition program may utilize received information to decide what speech commands, dll'"'"'s, multimedia files, executable code, and other information it may want to download. A speech recognition program may send one or more requests to update website to download speech commands, dll'"'"'s, multimedia files, executable code, and other information. Update website may respond by transmitting, requested speech commands, dll'"'"'s, multimedia files, executable code, and other information, to a speech recognition program. Speech recognition program may overwrite speech commands, dll'"'"'s, multimedia files, executable code, and other information, with newly received speech commands, dll'"'"'s, multimedia files, executable code, and other information.

Claims

1. A method of updating a speech recognition program, the method comprising:

updating speech recognition program information stored in a storage means, via an update website, creating updated speech recognition program information;

loading a speech recognition program;

transmitting said updated speech recognition program information, from said storage means, to said loaded speech recognition program;

updating said loaded speech recognition program with received said updated speech recognition program information;

resulting in an updated speech recognition program.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the storage means is a database.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the storage means is a file system.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein speech recognition program information includes one or more of the list consisting of:

file, grammar file, speech command file, specialized speech command file, data, executable code, multimedia file, dll, demographic variable data, other information.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

generating an updated grammar file;

updating the loaded speech recognition program with said updated grammar file.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

updating the loaded speech recognition program with a multimedia file.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

updating the loaded speech recognition program, with a dll.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

updating the loaded speech recognition program, with executable code.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

updating the loaded speech recognition program, with a speech command file.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

creating demographic variable data linked to a speech command;

updating said loaded speech recognition program with said updated speech recognition program information based upon which demographic variable data are linked to which speech commands.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

dynamically generating updated speech recognition program information, from said storage means.

12. A method of updating a speech recognition program, the method comprising:

updating speech recognition program information stored in a database, via an update website;

loading said speech recognition program;

submitting a request from loaded said speech recognition program to said update website, for identifying information about said updated speech recognition program information;

responding from said update website to said loaded speech recognition program, with said identifying information about said updated speech recognition program information;

deciding within said loaded speech recognition program, which said updated speech recognition program information, said loaded speech recognition program, wants to update;

p1 submitting a request from said loaded speech recognition program to said update website, for said updated speech recognition program information;

retrieving from said database, requested, said updated speech recognition program information;

responding from said update website, by transmitting, requested, said updated speech recognition program information to said loaded speech recognition program;

receiving, requested, said updated speech recognition program information into said loaded speech recognition program;

updating said loaded speech recognition program with said updated speech recognition program information;

resulting in an updated speech recognition program.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein speech recognition program information includes one or more of the list consisting of:

file, grammar file, speech command file, specialized speech command file, data, executable code, multimedia file, dll, demographic variable data, and other information.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:

submitting multiple requests to said update website, each request for a different portion of said updated speech recognition program information.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising the steps of:

generating an updated grammar file;

updating the loaded speech recognition program with said updated grammar file.

16. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:

updating the speech recognition program, with a multimedia file.

17. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:

updating the speech recognition program, with a dll.

18. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:

updating the speech recognition program, with executable code.

19. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:

updating the speech recognition program, with a speech command file.

20. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:

utilizing a speech recognition program to input data into an update website.

21. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

storing speech recognition program information in a file system.

22. The method of claim 12 further comprising the steps of:

creating demographic variable data linked a speech command;

updating said loaded speech recognition program with said updated speech recognition program information based upon which demographic variable data are linked to which speech commands.

23. The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of:

dynamically generating updated speech recognition program information, from said database.

24. A system for updating a speech recognition program, the system comprising:

a speech recognition program configured to look for updates, evaluate if said updates are needed, request said updates, and download said updates;

an update website, configured to operate over a web browser, that a user edits to generate said updates for said speech recognition program, that downloads said updates to said speech recognition program;

a database interfaced with said update website that stores inputs and can be read.