MANAGING SPEECH INTERFACES TO COMPUTER-BASED SERVICES

• US 20140067403A1
• Filed: 09/06/2012
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Burke, Denis R., Gurovich, Danilo, Rudman, Daniel E., Fry, Keith A., McCutchen, Shane M., Carnevale, Marco T., Gupta, Mukesh
• Granted Patent: US 9,679,562 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0373 Voice control in general G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/34 Adaptation of a single recogniser for parallel processing, e.g. by use of multiple processors or cloud computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/082 to be used in vehicles H04B1/086 takes precedence; holding or mounting accessories B60R11/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

A method of managing speech interfaces to computer-based services includes beginning a first speech session that is carried out in a vehicle over a short-range wireless connection between a vehicle occupant and a mobile device; detecting an initiation of a second speech session while the first speech session is being carried out; determining an assigned priority level of the first speech session relative to an assigned priority level of the second speech session; and when the assigned priority level of the second speech session has a higher priority than the assigned priority level of the first speech session, carrying out a session-appropriate action on the first speech session.

Claims

1. A method of managing speech interfaces to computer-based services, the method comprising:

(a) beginning a first speech session that is carried out in a vehicle between a vehicle occupant and a mobile device;

(b) detecting an initiation of a second speech session while the first speech session is being carried out;

(c) determining an assigned priority level of the first speech session relative to an assigned priority level of the second speech session; and

(d) when the assigned priority level of the second speech session has a higher priority than the assigned priority level of the first speech session, carrying out a session-appropriate action on the first speech session.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of sending at least a portion of the first speech session to a cloud speech service.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving a priority level ranking for the first speech session and the second speech session from the vehicle occupant.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of storing the received priority level ranking at the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of pausing the first speech session until the second speech session is complete.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of returning to the first speech session after the second speech session is complete.

7. A method of managing speech interfaces to computer-based services, the method comprising:

(a) receiving one or more priority level rankings at a mobile device from a user;

(b) associating each of the priority level rankings with a speech context or a desired service accessible by the mobile device;

(c) beginning a first speech session at a vehicle using an audio user interface wirelessly linked to the mobile device;

(d) detecting the initiation of a second speech session at the mobile device;

(e) identifying the priority level ranking of the first speech session and the priority level ranking of the second speech session based on the associated priority level rankings; and

(f) carrying out a session-appropriate action for the first speech session or the second speech session based on a comparison of the identified priority level rankings of the first speech session and the second speech session.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of sending at least a portion of the first speech session to a cloud speech service.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of storing the received priority level rankings at the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the session-appropriate action further comprises placing the first speech session or the second speech session in a paused state based on which of the first speech session and the second speech session has a lower identified priority level ranking.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of ending the paused state.