PERMITTING AUTOMATED SPEECH COMMAND DISCOVERY VIA MANUAL EVENT TO COMMAND MAPPING

• US 20120271639A1
• Filed: 04/20/2011
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: HANSON, GARY R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,368,107 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/06 Creation of reference templates; Training of speech recognition systems, e.g. adaptation to the characteristics of the speaker's voice G10L15/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

An input from a manually initiated action within a computing system can be received. The system can be associated with a speech component. The input can be associated with a system function. The function can be an operation within the computing system and can be linked to a function identifier. The identifier can be translated to a command data. The command data can be associated with a command identifier, a command, and an alternative command. The command data can be a speech command registered within the speech component. The command data can be presented within a speech interface responsive to the translating. The speech interface can be associated with the speech component.

Claims

1. A method for discovering speech recognition commands comprising:

receiving an input from a manually initiated action within a computing system, wherein the computing system is associated with a speech component, wherein the input is associated with a system function, wherein the system function is an operation within the computing system and is linked to a function identifier;

translating the function identifier to a command data, wherein the command data is associated with at least one of a command identifier, a command, and an alternative command, wherein the command data is a speech command registered within the speech component; and

presenting the command data within a speech interface responsive to the translating, wherein the speech interface is associated with the speech component.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting comprises enunciating the command associated with the command data, wherein the command is at least one of a word and a phrase.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting includes the alternative command within the speech interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving, translating, and presenting is performed in real-time.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the translating is associated with a customizable ruleset.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the ruleset comprises of a plurality of speech language formats.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing system is associated with a vehicle computing system within a vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing system is associated with an application, wherein the application is associated with the speech component.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the function identifier is at least one of a numeric value and an alphanumeric value.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting includes the alternative command within the speech interface.

10. A system for speech recognition command discovery comprising:

a discovery engine configured to present a speech command responsive to a manually initiated action detected by a computing system, wherein the manually initiated action is linked to a function within the computing system, wherein the function is an operation within the computing system associated with a function identifier, wherein the computing system is associated with a speech component; and

a data store able to persist a command mapping associated with the speech component, wherein the mapping links the function identifier with a command data, wherein the command data comprises at least one of a command identifier, a command, and an alternative command.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

an application handler able to register a speech-enabled application and configured to receive the function identifier from the speech-enabled application;

a mapping engine configured to identify a command data linked to the function identifier, wherein the command data triggers the function of the computing system; and

a command component able to convey a command data to at least one of a speech interface associated with the speech component and an application.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the discovery engine is configured to verify a ruleset associated with the mapping.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the discovery engine is able to verify grammars associated with an application linked with the computing system.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the discovery engine is configured to generate a pre-compiled mapping during a software development cycle.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the discovery engine is associated with a vehicle computing system within a vehicle.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:

computer usable program code stored in a tangible storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to receive an input from a manually initiated action within a computing system, wherein the computing system is associated with a speech component, wherein the input is associated with a system function, wherein the system function is an operation within the computing system and is linked to a function identifier;

computer usable program code stored in a tangible storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to translate the function identifier to a command data, wherein the command data is associated with at least one of a command identifier, a command, and an alternative command, wherein the command data is a speech command registered within the speech component; and

computer usable program code stored in a tangible storage medium, if said computer usable program code is executed by a processor it is operable to present the command data within a speech interface responsive to the translating, wherein the speech interface is associated with the speech component.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer usable program code enunciates the command associated with the command data, wherein the command is at least one of a word and a phrase.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer program usable code is associated with a vehicle computing system within a vehicle.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer program product is an IBM WEBSPHERE middleware.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the function identifier is at least one of a numeric value and an alphanumeric value.

21. A system for discovering speech recognition commands comprising a processor, a memory, and a bus linking the processor and memory, wherein said processor is able execute instructions of at least one computer program product that is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, wherein execution of the instructions causes the system to:

receive an input from a manually initiated action within a computing system, wherein the computing system is associated with a speech component, wherein the input is associated with a system function, wherein the system function is an operation within the computing system and is linked to a function identifier;

translate the function identifier to a command data, wherein the command data is associated with at least one of a command identifier, a command, and an alternative command, wherein the command data is a speech command registered within the speech component; and

present the command data within a speech interface responsive to the translating, wherein the speech interface is associated with the speech component.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the presenting comprises enunciating the command associated with the command data, wherein the command is at least one of a word and a phrase.

24. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

a discovery engine configured to present the command data within the speech user interface responsive to the manually initiated action, wherein the manually initiated action is linked to the system function; and

a data store able to persist a command mapping associated with the speech component, wherein the mapping links the function identifier with the command data.

25. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

an application handler able to register a speech-enabled application and configured to receive the function identifier from the speech-enabled application;

a mapping engine configured to identify command data linked to the function identifier, wherein the command data triggers the function of the computing system; and

a command component able to convey command data to at least one of a speech interface associated with the speech component and an application.