DISPLAYING SPEECH COMMAND INPUT STATE INFORMATION IN A MULTIMODAL BROWSER

• US 20140208210A1
• Filed: 03/20/2014
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Cross, Charles W. Jr., Hollinger, Michael C., Jablokov, Igor R., Lewis, Benjamin D., Pike, Hilary A., Smith, Daniel M., Wintermute, David W., Zaitzeff, Michael A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,965,772 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• 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 2015/228 of application context

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for displaying speech command input state information in a multimodal browser including displaying an icon representing a speech command type and displaying an icon representing the input state of the speech command. In typical embodiments, the icon representing a speech command type and the icon representing the input state of the speech command also includes attributes of a single icon. Typical embodiments include accepting from a user a speech command of the speech command type, changing the input state of the speech command, and displaying another icon representing the changed input state of the speech command. Typical embodiments also include displaying the text of the speech command in association with the icon representing the speech command type.

Claims

1. A method for displaying speech command input state information in a multimodal browser, the method comprising:

displaying an icon representing a speech command type; and

displaying an icon representing an input state of the speech command.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the icon representing a speech command type and the icon representing the input state of the speech command further comprise attributes of a single icon.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

accepting from a user a speech command of the speech command type;

changing the input state of the speech command; and

displaying another icon representing the changed input state of the speech command.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising displaying text describing the speech command in association with the icon representing the speech command type.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein accepting from a user a speech command of the speech command type further comprises:

identifying the speech command type in dependence upon the input state of the speech command of the speech command type.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein accepting from a user a speech command of the speech command type further comprises:

receiving from the user a speech command; and

determining the speech command type of the speech command.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein determining the speech command type of the speech command further comprises:

determining whether the speech command matches an entry in one of a plurality of grammars for one of a plurality of speech command types; and

if the speech command matches an entry in one of a plurality of grammars, identifying the speech command type in dependence upon a grammar type.

8. A system for displaying speech command input state information in a multimodal browser, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory coupled for data transfer to the processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

displaying an icon representing a speech command type; and

displaying an icon representing an input state of the speech command.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the icon representing a speech command type and the icon representing the input state of the speech command further comprise attributes of a single icon.

10. The system of claim 8 further comprising a speech command information module, where the speech command information module comprises computer program instructions capable of:

accepting from a user a speech command of the speech command type;

changing the input state of the speech command; and

displaying another icon representing a changed input state of the speech command.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the speech command information module further comprises computer program instructions capable of:

identifying the speech command type in dependence upon the input state of the speech command of the speech command type.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the speech command information module further comprises computer program instructions capable of:

receiving from the user a speech command; and

determining the speech command type of the speech command.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the speech command information module further comprises computer program instructions capable of:

determining whether the speech command matches an entry in one of a plurality of grammars for one of a plurality of speech command types; and

if the speech command matches an entry in one of a plurality of grammars, identifying the speech command type in dependence upon a grammar type.

14. A computer program product for displaying speech command input state information in a multimodal browser, the computer program product disposed upon a recording medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions that display an icon representing a speech command type; and

computer program instructions that display an icon representing an input state of the speech command.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the icon representing a speech command type and the icon representing the input state of the speech command further comprise attributes of a single icon.

16. The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising:

computer program instructions that accept from a user a speech command of the speech command type;

computer program instructions that change the input state of the speech command; and

computer program instructions that display another icon representing a changed input state of the speech command.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising computer program instructions that display text describing the speech command in association with the icon representing the speech command type.

18. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein computer program instructions that accept from a user a speech command of the speech command type further comprise:

computer program instructions that identify the speech command type in dependence upon the input state of the speech command of the speech command type.

19. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein computer program instructions that accept from a user a speech command of the speech command type further comprise:

computer program instructions that receive from the user a speech command; and

computer program instructions that determine the speech command type of the speech command.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein computer program instructions that determine the speech command type of the speech command further comprise:

computer program instructions that determine whether the speech command matches an entry in one of a plurality of grammars for one of a plurality of speech command types; and

computer program instructions that identifying the speech command type in dependence upon a grammar type if the speech command matches an entry in one of a plurality of grammars.