Graphical user interface for creating content for a voice-user interface

• US 7,861,170 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2008
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intrado Interactive Services Corp.
• Original Assignee: TuVox, Inc. (West Corporation)
• Inventors: Pollock, Steven Samuel, Khosla, Ashok Mitter
• Primary Examiner(s): BONSHOCK, DENNIS G
• Application Number:
  US12/122,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20090049393A1
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• Field of Search: 715/727, 715/729, 715/705, 715/712, 715/713
• US Class Current: 715/712
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for creating a voice application, the method being implemented by a computer system and comprising generating a graphical user interface comprising a text-to-topic button; receiving first input identifying a location of a text file; receiving second input selecting the text-to-topic button; partitioning content associated with the text file into subjects in response to receiving the second input; and

storing information on the partitioning.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

generating a first graphical user interface comprising a text to topic button;

receiving first input identifying a location of a text file;

receiving second input selecting the text to topic button;

partitioning the text file into subjects in response to receiving the second input; and

storing information on the partitioning; and

generating a second graphical user interface comprising a plurality of percentage scales simultaneously displayed, each having an associated user-adjustable sliding button to control a granularity of said partitioning.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein partitioning the second graphical user interface comprises three percentage scales.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein one percentage scale is to control a granularity of subject topics generated by said portioning.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein one percentage scale is to control a degree similarity between subject topics generated by said portioning.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein one percentage scale is to control a number of subject topics generated by said portioning for purposes of disambiguation between topics.

6. A method for a computer to generate content for a speech application, the method comprising

generating a first graphical user interface comprising a text to topic button;

receiving first input identifying a location of a text file;

receiving second input selecting the text to topic button;

partitioning the text file into subjects in response to receiving the second input;

storing information on the partitioning; and

generating a second graphical user interface comprising a plurality of percentage scales displayed simultaneously, each having an associated user-adjustable sliding button to control a granularity of said partitioning.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second graphical user interface comprises three percentage scales.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein one percentage scale is to control a granularity of subject topics generated by said portioning.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein one percentage scale is to control a degree similarity between subject topics generated by said portioning.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein one percentage scale is to control a number of subject topics generated by said portioning for purposes of disambiguation between topics.

11. A system, comprising

a processor;

and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the system to perform a method comprising;

generating a first graphical user interface comprising a text to topic button;

receiving first input identifying a location of a text file;

receiving second input selecting the text to topic button;

partitioning the text file into subjects in response to receiving the second input;

storing information on the partitioning; and

generating a second graphical user interface comprising a plurality of percentage scales displayed simultaneously, each having and an associated user-adjustable sliding button to control a granularity of said partitioning.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the second graphical user interface comprises three sliding scales.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein one percentage scale is to control a granularity of subject topics generated by said portioning.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein one percentage scale is to control a degree similarity between subject topics generated by said portioning.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein one percentage scale is to control a number of subject topics generated by said portioning for purposes of disambiguation between topics.