HOSTED VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS DEVICES

• US 20120166199A1
• Filed: 02/13/2012
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Igor R. Jablokov, Marc White, Victor R. Jablokov
• Inventors: Jablokov, Victor R., Jablokov, Igor R., White, Marc
• Granted Patent: US 8,433,574 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

Methods, systems, and software for converting the audio input of a user of a hand-held client device or mobile phone into a textual representation by means of a backend server accessed by the device through a communications network. The text is then inserted into or used by an application of the client device to send a text message, instant message, email, or to insert a request into a web-based application or service. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of initializing or launching the application on the device; recording and transmitting the recorded audio message from the client device to the backend server through a client-server communication protocol; converting the transmitted audio message into the textual representation in the backend server; and sending the converted text message back to the client device or forwarding it on to an alternate destination directly from the server.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a selection of an application at a device;

receiving audio input at the device;

transmitting to a server a first transmission comprising the audio input;

receiving an identifier of the audio input from the server;

transmitting to the server a second transmission comprising the identifier of the audio input and a request for results;

receiving from the server a transcription of at least a portion of the audio input; and

processing at least a portion of the transcription with the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the audio input is a receipt.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first transmission further comprises an identifier of the application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is an email application.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein processing at least a portion of the transcription with the application comprises sending an email message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a selection of an application at the device comprises a user pressing a button on the device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile phone.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting to a server a first transmission comprising the audio input comprises streaming the audio input.

9. Non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon executable code that directs a computer system to perform a process that comprises:

receiving audio input at a device;

transmitting to a server a first transmission comprising the audio input;

receiving an identifier of the audio input from the server;

transmitting to the server a second transmission comprising the identifier of the audio input and a request for results;

receiving from the server a transcription of at least a portion of the audio input; and

processing at least a portion of the transcription at the device.

10. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 9, wherein processing at least a portion of the transcription at the device comprises displaying advertisements according to information in the transcription.

11. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 9, further comprising:

determining a position of the device using a global positioning system; and

displaying on the device at least one location, proximate to the position of the device, of a target of interest associated with information in the transcription.

12. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 9, wherein processing at least a portion of the transcription at the device comprises presenting the at least a portion of the transcription on a display.

13. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 9, wherein processing at least a portion of the transcription at the device comprises playing audio, created by a text-to-speech engine, of the at least a portion of the transcription.

14. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a correction to the transcription from a user.

15. A system, comprising:

a server that is configured to;

receive audio input and an identifier of an application;

transcribe at least a portion of the audio input to create a transcription using the identifier of the application;

transmit at least a portion of the transcription; and

a device that is configured to;

receive a selection of the application by a user;

receive the audio input from the user;

transmit the audio input and the identifier of the application to the server;

receive the at least a portion of the transcription from the server.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein using the identifier of the application comprises selecting a grammar.

17. The system of claim 15,

wherein the server is further configured to associate a receipt with the audio input and to transmit the receipt, and

wherein the device is further configured to receive the receipt from the server and to request results from the server using the receipt.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the application is a text messaging application.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the server is configured using servlets.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the device is further configured to store the audio input.