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Voice search engine interface for scoring search hypotheses

  • US 8,768,700 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more processors associated with a device, a voice query;

    determining, by the one or more processors, a plurality of word hypotheses for the voice query,each word hypothesis of the plurality of word hypotheses including a respective one or more terms;

    accessing, by the one or more processors, a search query log;

    determining, by the one or more processors, respective weights associated with the plurality of word hypotheses based on the search query log;

    generating, by the one or more processors and based on the respective weights, a first search query from the plurality of word hypotheses;

    accessing, by the one or more processors and based on the first search query, a first set of search results;

    modifying, by the one or more processors and based on the first set of search results, one or more of the weights;

    generating, by the one or more processors and based on modifying the one or more weights, a second search query; and

    obtaining, by the one or more processors and using the second search query, a second set of search results as a response to the voice query.

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