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Speech-enabled server for internet website and method

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  • US 7,050,977 B1
  • Filed: 11/12/1999
  • Issued: 05/23/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A speech-enabled internet website operating on a server computing system and comprising:

  • a receiving routine executing on the server computing system for receiving speech data associated with a user speech-based query, said speech data being characterized by a data content that is substantially inadequate by itself for permitting recognition of words articulated in said speech query; and

    a speech recognition routine executing on the server computing system for completing recognition of said speech query using said speech data and said data content to generate a recognized speech query; and

    a web page having a list of items, at least some of said list of items being selectable by a user based on said recognized speech query;

    wherein signal processing functions required to generate said recognized speech query can be allocated between a client platform and the server computing system as needed based on computing resources available to said client platform and server computing system respectively.

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