SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMODAL SHORT-CUTS TO DIGITAL SERVICES

• US 20170201609A1
• Filed: 11/15/2016
• Published: 07/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2002
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: SALMENKAITA, Jukka-Pekka, SORVARI, Antti
• Granted Patent: US 10,291,760 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/251 where a voice mode or a visual mode can be used interchangeably
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/253 where a visual mode is used instead of a voice mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A method and system for facilitating user access to services through a wireless device of a user, involves recommending to a user a subset of services from a plurality of services available to the user in which each recommended service of the subset has at least one voice short-cut associated therewith, and selecting a service to be accessed through the user'"'"'s wireless device from the subset of services according to a voice command by the user corresponding to the voice short-cut of the service.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a current context based on current environment of a user'"'"'s wireless device sensed by one or more sensors and at least one of a selected profile of the wireless device or user profile from an online server or web site;

recommending to the user through the wireless device a subset of services, the subset dynamically selected from a plurality of services on a server in response to the current environment sensed by the one or more sensors and the profile of the wireless device or user; and

assigning to each recommended service of the subset at least one voice short-cut, each voice short-cut in the form of a voice tag based, at least in part, on metadata associated with the recommended service or a service provider of the recommended service.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a service to be accessed through the wireless device from the subset of services according to a voice command by the user corresponding to the at least one voice short-cut of the service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one voice short-cut is temporarily assigned to said each recommended service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one voice short-cut is assigned according to a hierarchy or a priority of said each recommended service.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining that a voice command by the user corresponds to a plurality of said each recommended service; and

selecting a service to be accessed based on the hierarchy or the priority of said each recommended service.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining that a voice command by the user corresponds to a plurality of said each recommended service; and

outputting the plurality of said each recommended service to the user for selection thereform.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the current environment of the user'"'"'s wireless device is sensed by the one or more sensors periodically, at particular times, at particular days, at particular dates, at particular locations, upon a manual command, upon particular activities, or a combination thereof.

8. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

determine a current context based on current environment of a user'"'"'s wireless device sensed by one or more sensors and at least one of a selected profile of the wireless device or user profile from an online server or web site;

recommend to the user through the wireless device a subset of services, the subset dynamically selected from a plurality of services on a server in response to the current environment sensed by the one or more sensors and the profile of the wireless device or user; and

assign to each recommended service of the subset at least one voice short-cut, each voice short-cut in the form of a voice tag based, at least in part, on metadata associated with the recommended service or a service provider of the recommended service.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

select a service to be accessed through the wireless device from the subset of services according to a voice command by the user corresponding to the at least one voice short-cut of the service.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one voice short-cut is temporarily assigned to said each recommended service.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one voice short-cut is assigned according to a hierarchy or a priority of said each recommended service.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine that a voice command by the user corresponds to a plurality of said each recommended service; and

select a service to be accessed based on the hierarchy or the priority of said each recommended service.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine that a voice command by the user corresponds to a plurality of said each recommended service; and

output the plurality of said each recommended service to the user for selection thereform.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the current environment of the user'"'"'s wireless device is sensed by the one or more sensors periodically, at particular times, at particular days, at particular dates, at particular locations, upon a manual command, upon particular activities, or a combination thereof.

15. A system comprising:

an apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

determine a current context based on current environment of a user'"'"'s wireless device sensed by one or more sensors and at least one of a selected profile of the wireless device or user profile from an online server or web site;

recommend to the user through the wireless device a subset of services, the subset dynamically selected from a plurality of services on a server in response to the current environment sensed by the one or more sensors and the profile of the wireless device or user; and

assign to each recommended service of the subset at least one voice short-cut, each voice short-cut in the form of a voice tag based, at least in part, on metadata associated with the recommended service or a service provider of the recommended service.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

select a service to be accessed through the wireless device from the subset of services according to a voice command by the user corresponding to the at least one voice short-cut of the service.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one voice short-cut is temporarily assigned to said each recommended service.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one voice short-cut is assigned according to a hierarchy or a priority of said each recommended service.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine that a voice command by the user corresponds to a plurality of said each recommended service; and

select a service to be accessed based on the hierarchy or the priority of said each recommended service.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine that a voice command by the user corresponds to a plurality of said each recommended service; and

output the plurality of said each recommended service to the user for selection thereform.