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Speech interface for search engines

  • US 7,742,922 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2006
  • Issued: 06/22/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing search results comprising the steps of:

  • receiving voiced utterances;

    converting said voiced utterances into data;

    identifying from said data, information comprising;

    (i) a query term to be searched for of a plurality of query terms to be searched for, (ii) a search engine identifier of a plurality of search engine identifiers representing a search engine of a plurality of search engines;

    modifying said query term to be searched for of a plurality of query terms to be searched for by replacing any spaces in said query term to be searched for of a plurality of query terms to be searched for with a query term separator compatible with said search engine of a plurality of search engines creating a modified query term to be searched for;

    constructing a uniform resource locator that includes said modified query term to be searched for, such that said constructed uniform resource locator represents a valid request to said search engine of a plurality of search engines to perform a search;

    opening said constructed uniform resource locator, via a uniform resource locator transmission method of a plurality of uniform resource locator transmissions methods;

    and providing results of the search system.

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