Altering Behavior Of A Multimodal Application Based On Location

• US 20080208593A1
• Filed: 02/27/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Jablokov, Igor R., McCobb, Gerald M., Ativanichayaphong, Soonthorn, Cross, Charles W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,208,783 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/24 Speech recognition using non-acoustical features

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for altering behavior of a multimodal application based on location. The multimodal application operates on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of user interaction with the multimodal application, including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes. The voice mode of user interaction with the multimodal application is supported by a voice interpreter. Altering behavior of a multimodal application based on location includes: receiving a location change notification in the voice interpreter from a device location manager, the device location manager operatively coupled to a position detection component of the multimodal device, the location change notification specifying a current location of the multimodal device; updating, by the voice interpreter, location-based environment parameters for the voice interpreter in dependence upon the current location of the multimodal device; and interpreting, by the voice interpreter, the multimodal application in dependence upon the location-based environment parameters.

Claims

1. A method of altering behavior of a multimodal application based on location, the multimodal application operating on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of user interaction with the multimodal application, the modes of user interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes, the voice mode of user interaction with the multimodal application supported by a voice interpreter, the method comprising:

receiving a location change notification in the voice interpreter from a device location manager, the device location manager operatively coupled to a position detection component of the multimodal device, the location change notification specifying a current location of the multimodal device;

updating, by the voice interpreter, location-based environment parameters for the voice interpreter in dependence upon the current location of the multimodal device; and

interpreting, by the voice interpreter, the multimodal application in dependence upon the location-based environment parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein updating, by the voice interpreter, location-based environment parameters for the voice interpreter in dependence upon the current location of the multimodal device further comprises:

identifying values in an interpreter configuration repository for the location-based environment parameters in dependence upon the current location for the multimodal device; and

assigning the identified values to the location-based environment parameters.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the location-based environment parameters specify a natural language for multimodal user interaction with the multimodal application at the current location.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the location-based environment parameters specify an output modality for user interaction with the multimodal application at the current location.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the multimodal application further comprises a plurality of elements, at least one of the elements having a location-aware attribute, the location-aware attribute specifying whether to interpret the element in dependence upon the location-based environment parameters.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the multimodal application specifies an action in dependence upon a value for at least one of the location-based environment parameters.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein interpreting, by the voice interpreter, the multimodal application in dependence upon the location-based environment parameters further comprises performing actions specified in the multimodal application during a collect phase of a form interpretation algorithm for the voice interpreter.

5. The method of claim 5 wherein the location-based environment parameters further specify specific characteristics of the output modality.

9. Apparatus of altering behavior of a multimodal application based on location, the multimodal application operating on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of user interaction with the multimodal application, the modes of user interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes, the voice mode of user interaction with the multimodal application supported by a voice interpreter, the apparatus comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

receiving a location change notification in the voice interpreter from a device location manager, the device location manager operatively coupled to a position detection component of the multimodal device, the location change notification specifying a current location of the multimodal device;

updating, by the voice interpreter, location-based environment parameters for the voice interpreter in dependence upon the current location of the multimodal device; and

interpreting, by the voice interpreter, the multimodal application in dependence upon the location-based environment parameters.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein updating, by the voice interpreter, location-based environment parameters for the voice interpreter in dependence upon the current location of the multimodal device further comprises:

identifying values in an interpreter configuration repository for the location-based environment parameters in dependence upon the current location for the multimodal device; and

assigning the identified values to the location-based environment parameters.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the location-based environment parameters specify a natural language for multimodal user interaction with the multimodal application at the current location.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the location-based environment parameters specify an output modality for user interaction with the multimodal application at the current location.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the multimodal application further comprises a plurality of elements, at least one of the elements having a location-aware attribute, the location-aware attribute specifying whether to interpret the element in dependence upon the location-based environment parameters.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the multimodal application specifies an action in dependence upon a value for at least one of the location-based environment parameters.

15. A computer program product for altering behavior of a multimodal application based on location, the multimodal application operating on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of user interaction with the multimodal application, the modes of user interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes, the voice mode of user interaction with the multimodal application supported by a voice interpreter, the computer program product disposed upon a computer-readable, recordable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of:

receiving a location change notification in the voice interpreter from a device location manager, the device location manager operatively coupled to a position detection component of the multimodal device, the location change notification specifying a current location of the multimodal device;

updating, by the voice interpreter, location-based environment parameters for the voice interpreter in dependence upon the current location of the multimodal device; and

interpreting, by the voice interpreter, the multimodal application in dependence upon the location-based environment parameters.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein updating, by the voice interpreter, location-based environment parameters for the voice interpreter in dependence upon the current location of the multimodal device further comprises:

identifying values in an interpreter configuration repository for the location-based environment parameters in dependence upon the current location for the multimodal device; and

assigning the identified values to the location-based environment parameters.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the location-based environment parameters specify a natural language for multimodal user interaction with the multimodal application at the current location.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the location-based environment parameters specify an output modality for user interaction with the multimodal application at the current location.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the multimodal application further comprises a plurality of elements, at least one of the elements having a location-aware attribute, the location-aware attribute specifying whether to interpret the element in dependence upon the location-based environment parameters.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the multimodal application specifies an action in dependence upon a value for at least one of the location-based environment parameters.