Voice activated device and method for providing access to remotely retrieved data
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1. A voice activated device comprising:
- a microprocessor programmed to control establishment of a phone connection to a remote central office by dialing a telephone number assigned to the remote central office, so as to receive, from said remote central office, speaker independent phonetic spellings of words associated with specified applications, and additional application data associated with said specified applications;
means for establishing said phone connection to the remote central office;
memory for storing said phonetic spellings and said additional application data;
a speech recognition unit which employs the speaker independent phonetic spelling in recognizing voice commands;
a phonetic acoustic models database; and
means for communicating, in response to a voice command of a user of said device, an appropriate portion of said additional application data to the user of said device.
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Abstract
A voice activated device using speaker independent speech recognition is capable of receiving from a remote location the phonetic spellings needed for speech recognition in the device. The phonetic spellings, as well as additional application data, are communicated to the voice activated device from the remote location and stored in the device. A user can then speak voice commands which are intercepted by the device where local processing of the voice commands takes place. The device makes available to the user extensive information pertaining to multiple network services or applications. The information may be communicated to the user by voice or via other communication media.
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31 Claims
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1. A voice activated device comprising:
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a microprocessor programmed to control establishment of a phone connection to a remote central office by dialing a telephone number assigned to the remote central office, so as to receive, from said remote central office, speaker independent phonetic spellings of words associated with specified applications, and additional application data associated with said specified applications; means for establishing said phone connection to the remote central office; memory for storing said phonetic spellings and said additional application data; a speech recognition unit which employs the speaker independent phonetic spelling in recognizing voice commands; a phonetic acoustic models database; and means for communicating, in response to a voice command of a user of said device, an appropriate portion of said additional application data to the user of said device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A voice activated device comprising:
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a microprocessor programmed to control establishment of a phone connection to a remote central office by dialing a telephone number assigned to the remote central office, so as to receive, from said remote central office, speaker independent phonetic spellings of words associated with specified applications, and additional application data associated with said specified applications; a modem for establishing said phone connection to the remote central office; memory for storing said phonetic spellings and said additional application data; a speech recognition unit; a phonetic acoustic models database; and a text-to-speech unit which communicates an appropriate portion of said application data to a user of said device in response to a voice command by the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A voice activated device comprising:
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a microprocessor set to establish a connection automatically to a predetermined remote location at a pre-specified time so as to receive, from said remote location, speaker independent phonetic spellings of words associated with specified applications; means for establishing said connection; memory for storing said phonetic spellings; a speech recognition unit; a phonetic acoustic models database; means for receiving, in response to a voice command, additional application data associated with said specified applications from said remote location; and means for communicating, in response to said voice command, an appropriate portion of said additional application data to a user of said device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of communicating information comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a telecommunication connection to a remote location; (b) receiving from said remote location a plurality of speaker independent phonetic spellings of words and additional application data; (c) storing said phonetic spellings and said additional application data; (d) receiving a voice command; (e) performing speech recognition processes using said phonetic spellings; and (f) communicating, in response to said voice command, an appropriate portion of said additional application data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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