Dynamically adjusting speech menu presentation style

• US 6,658,386 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2000
• Issued: 12/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lewis, James R., Zabolotskaya, Margarita, Kemble, Kimberlee A., Michelini, Vanessa V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chawan, Vijay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nolan, Daniel A.
• Application Number:
  US09/735,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20020072910A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270, 704/270.1, 704/275, 704/257, 704/235, 704/243, 725/151, 345/764, 345/817, 345/825
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

A method for adjusting a speech menu interface in a speech recognition system. The method can include a series of steps which can include identifying one or more menu items from a data structure in memory for presentation using the speech menu interface. The step of retrieving the one or more menu items from the data structure can be included. Also, the step of reading at least one attribute corresponding to the one or more menu items with menu item criteria can be included. Based on the comparing step, the method can include selecting a presentation style for presentation of the one or more menu items using the speech menu interface.

Claims

1. A method of adjusting a speech menu interface comprising:

identifying one or more menu items from a data structure in memory, said menu items to be presented using said speech menu interface;

retrieving said one or more menu items from said data structure;

reading at least one attribute corresponding to said one or more menu items; and

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based on said reading step, selecting a presentation style for presentation of said one or more menu hems using said speech menu interface.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting said one or more menu items through said speech menu interface using said selected presentation style.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said presentation style is literal style presentation.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said presentation style is representative style presentation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said reading step comprises comparing said at least one attribute with menu item criteria.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said menu item criteria includes one or more threshold value.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining said at least one attribute corresponding to said one or more menu items.

8. A method of adjusting a speech menu interface comprising:

identifying one or more menu items from a data structure in memory, said menu items to be presented using said speech menu interface;

retrieving said one or more menu items from said data structure;

reading at least one attribute corresponding to said one or more menu items, wherein said at least one attribute is a binary indicator corresponding to the complexity of said one or more menu items; and

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based on said reading step, selecting a presentation style for presentation of said one or more menu items using said speech menu interface.

9. A method of adjusting a speech menu interface comprising:

identifying one or more menu items from a data structure in memory, said menu items to be presented using said speech menu interface;

retrieving said one or more menu items from said data structure;

reading at least one attribute corresponding to said one or more menu items, wherein said at least one attribute is a score corresponding to the complexity of said one or more menu items; and

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based on said reading stag, selecting a presentation style for presentation of said one or more menu items using said speech menu interface.

10. A method of adjusting a speech menu interface comprising:

identifying one or more menu items from a data structure in memory, said menu items to be presented using said speech menu interface;

retrieving said one or more menu items from said data structure;

reading at least one attribute corresponding to said one or more menu items, said reading step comprising comparing said ax least one attribute with menu item criteria, said menu item criteria including one or more threshold values;

based on said reading step, selecting a presentation style for presentation of said one or more menu items using said speech menu interface; and

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presenting said one or more menu items through said speech menu interface using said selected presentation style.

11. A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

identifying one or more menu items from a data structure in memory, said menu items to be presented using a speech menu interface;

retrieving said one or more menu items from said data structure;

reading at least one attribute corresponding to said one or more menu items; and

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based on said reading step, selecting a presentation style for presentation of said one or more menu items using said speech menu interface.

12. The machine readable storage of claim 11 further comprising:

presenting said one or more menu items through said speech menu interface using said selected presentation style.

13. The machine readable storage of claim 11, wherein said presentation style is literal style presentation.

14. The machine readable storage of claim 11, wherein said presentation style is representative style presentation.

15. The machine readable storage of claim 11, wherein said reading step comprises comparing said at least one attribute with menu item criteria.

16. The machine readable storage of claim 15, wherein said menu item criteria includes one or more threshold values.

17. The machine readable storage of claim 11, further comprising:

determining said at least one attribute corresponding to said one or more menu items.

18. A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

identifying one or more menu items from a data structure in memory, said menu items to be presented using a speech menu interface;

retrieving said one or more menu items from said data structure;

reading at least one attribute corresponding to said one or more menu items, wherein said at least one attribute is a binary indicator corresponding to the complexity of said one or more menu items; and

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based on said reading step, selecting a presentation style for presentation of said one or more menu items using said speech menu interface.

19. A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the step of:

identifying one or more menu items from a data structure in memory, said menu items to be presented using a speech menu interface;

retrieving said one or more menu items from said data structure;

reading at least one attribute corresponding to said one or more menu items, wherein said at least one attribute is a score corresponding to the complexity of said one or more menu items; and

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based on said reading step, selecting a presentation style for presentation of said one or more menu items using said speech menu interface.