×

Method and system for using spatial metaphor to organize natural language in spoken user interfaces

  • US 7,729,915 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2003
  • Issued: 06/01/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of providing audio information to a user of an interactive response system, the method comprising the steps of:

  • presenting a background prompt by the interactive response system to the user indicating to the user an environment;

    presenting one or more foreground prompts by the interactive response system indicating to the user a selection means for entering at least one of one or more available commands, the at least one of the one or more available commands indicated being variable according to a location of the user in the environment; and

    altering the background prompt by the interactive response system to the user in response to a user entered command to the interactive response system by the user selected from the one of the one or more available commands indicated to the user, to reflect perceived movement of the user within the environmentwherein the one or more foreground prompts provided by the interactive response system to the user further comprises spoken exemplars of the one or more available commands.

View all claims
  • 5 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×