Method and system for multi-modal communication
First Claim
1. A method for multi-modal communication comprising:
- receiving a control command for an end user multimodal terminal from a content server;
decoding the control command by the multimodal terminal;
providing the decoded control command to a control unit of the multimodal terminal; and
in response to the decoded control command received from the content server, the multimodal terminal modifying at least one input component or at least one output component of the multimodal terminal such that the end user need not modify the at least one input or output component in response to the decoded control command.
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Abstract
A method and system for multi-modal communication has a terminal (102) with at least one input component (108) and at least one output component (112) coupled to a gateway (104) having a dialog manager (114). The system and method further has a content server (106) coupled to the dialog manager (114) wherein the content server (106) provides the dialog manager (114) with an encoded control command. Moreover, at least one input component (108) and at least one output component (112) are coupled to a control unit (110). The dialog manager (114) decodes the encoded control command, producing and providing a decoded control command to the control unit (110). In response to the decoded control command, the control unit (110) modifies at least one of the input components (108) and/or at least one of the output components (112).
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25 Claims
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1. A method for multi-modal communication comprising:
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receiving a control command for an end user multimodal terminal from a content server; decoding the control command by the multimodal terminal; providing the decoded control command to a control unit of the multimodal terminal; and in response to the decoded control command received from the content server, the multimodal terminal modifying at least one input component or at least one output component of the multimodal terminal such that the end user need not modify the at least one input or output component in response to the decoded control command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for multi-modal communication comprising:
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receiving an information fetch request for requested information; accessing a content server to retrieve the requested information; receiving a control command by an end user multimodal terminal wherein the control command is either from the content server and the control command is encoded within the requested information, or the control command is received from a control server using a reference indicator encoded within the requested information; and providing the control command to a control unit of the end user multimodal terminal and in response to the control command, modifying at least one input component or at least one output component of the multimodal terminal such that the end user need not modify the at least one input or output component in response to the control command. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for multi-modal communication comprising:
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at least one dialog manager; a content server operably coupled to the at least one dialog manager; a control unit of an end user multimodal terminal operably coupled to the dialog manager wherein the dialog manager receives a control command from the content server, decodes the control command from the content server and provides the control command to the control unit of the end user multimodal terminal; at least one input component operably coupled to the control unit; and at least one output component operably coupled to the control unit wherein the control unit, in response to the control command, either enables the at least one input component, enables the at least one output component, disables the at least one input component, or disables the at least one output component such that the end user need not modify the at least one input or output component in response to the decoded control command. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for multi-modal communication comprising:
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an end user multimodal terminal having at least one input component and at least one output component; a gateway having a dialog manager operably coupled to the at least one input component and the at least one output component of the multimodal terminal; a content server operably coupled to the dialog manager wherein the content server provides the dialog manager with a control command for the multimodal terminal; and wherein the multimodal terminal controls modification of at least one input component or one output component of the end user multimodal terminal in response to the control command such that the end user need not modify the at least one input or output component in response to the control command. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for multi-modal communication comprising:
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an end user multimodal terminal having at least one input component, at least one output component, and a dialog manager operably coupled to the at least one input component and the at least one output component; a content server operably coupled to the dialog manager, wherein the content server provides the dialog manager of the end user multimodal terminal with a control command; wherein the at least one input component, the at least one output component and the dialog manager are operably coupled to a control unit disposed within the terminal and wherein the dialog manager decodes the encoded control command to generate a decoded control command and provides the decoded control command to the control unit; and wherein the control unit, in response to the decoded control command, either enables the at least one input component, enables the at least one output component, disables the at least one input component, or disables the at least one output component such that the end user need not modify the at least one input or output component in response to the decoded control command. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A multimodal terminal comprising:
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at least one input component, at least one output component; a dialogue manager operatively coupled to the at least one input component and the at least one output component; a control unit, operatively coupled to the input component and the output component and the dialogue manager, wherein the dialogue manager decodes an encoded control command received from a content server to generate a decoded control command and wherein the control unit, in response to the decoded control command, either enables at least one input component, enables at least one output component, disables at least one input component, or disables at least one output component;
wherein the encoded control command is encoded in requested information from the content server such that the end user need not modify the at least one input or output component in response to the decoded control command. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for multi-modal communication comprising:
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receiving a control command for a multimodal terminal from a content server; decoding the control command received from the content server by the multimodal terminal; providing the decoded control command to a control unit of the multimodal terminal; in response to the decoded control command, modifying at least one input component or at least one output component of the multimodal terminal such that the end user need not modify the at least one input or output component in response to the decoded control command; wherein the step of modifying further comprises enabling or disabling at least one of the following;
at least one input component and at least one output component of the multimodal terminal; andprior to receiving the control command, receiving an information fetch request for requested information and fetching the requested information from a content server, wherein the control command is encoded within the requested information and controls an input or output component of the multimodal terminal.
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25. A method for multi-modal communication comprising:
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receiving a control command for a mobile multimodal terminal from a content server wherein the control command is encoded in a mark-up language; decoding the control command received from the content server by the mobile multimodal terminal; providing the decoded control command to a control unit in the mobile multimodal terminal; in response to the decoded control command, modifying at least one input component or at least one output component of the mobile multimodal terminal such that the end user need not modify the at least one input or output component in response to the decoded control command; wherein the input component is at least one of the following;
a microphone disposed within an audio subsystem, a speech detector/controller, a speech recognition engine, a keypad, an input encoder, touchscreen, and a handwriting engine; and
wherein the output component is at least one of the following;
a speaker disposed within the audio subsystem and a display.
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