Method and apparatus for the provision of information signals based upon speech recognition
First Claim
1. In a speech recognition server forming a part of an infrastructure that wirelessly communicates with one or more subscriber units, each of the one or more subscriber units comprising a speech recognition client, a method for providing information signals to a subscriber unit of the one or more subscriber units, the method comprising steps of:
- receiving a parameterized speech signal, produced by the speech recognition client, from the subscriber unit;
performing speech recognition analysis on the parameterized speech signal to provide recognized utterances;
determining information signals based on the recognized utterances; and
responsive to the recognized utterances, providing the information signals to the subscriber unit.
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Abstract
A wireless comprises at least one subscriber unit in wireless communication with an infrastructure. Each subscriber unit implements a speech recognition client, and the infrastructure comprises a speech recognition server. A given subscriber unit takes as input an unencoded speech signal that is subsequently parameterized by the speech recognition client. The parameterized speech is then provided to the speech recognition server that, in turn, performs speech recognition analysis on the parameterized speech. Information signals, based in part upon any recognized utterances identified by the speech recognition analysis, are subsequently provided to the subscriber unit. The information signals may be used to control the subscriber unit itself; to control one or more devices coupled to the subscriber unit, or may be operated upon by the subscriber unit or devices coupled thereto.
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50 Claims
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1. In a speech recognition server forming a part of an infrastructure that wirelessly communicates with one or more subscriber units, each of the one or more subscriber units comprising a speech recognition client, a method for providing information signals to a subscriber unit of the one or more subscriber units, the method comprising steps of:
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receiving a parameterized speech signal, produced by the speech recognition client, from the subscriber unit; performing speech recognition analysis on the parameterized speech signal to provide recognized utterances; determining information signals based on the recognized utterances; and responsive to the recognized utterances, providing the information signals to the subscriber unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a speech recognition server forming a part of an infrastructure that wirelessly communicates with one or more subscriber units, each of the one or more subscriber units comprising a speech recognition client, a method for providing information signals to a subscriber unit of the one or more subscriber units, the method comprising steps of:
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receiving a parameterized speech signal from the subscriber unit, the parameterized speech signal being output by the speech recognition client; performing speech recognition analysis on the parameterized speech signal to provide recognized utterances;
andproviding information regarding the recognized utterances to control entity forming a part of the infrastructure, wherein the control entity provides the information signals to the subscriber unit based on the information regarding the recognized utterances, wherein the subscriber unit operates upon the information signals; receiving user data from the subscriber unit in response to the information signals; and responsive to the user data, providing additional information signals to the subscriber unit. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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11. The method of clam 10, wherein the speech recognition client, based on an unencoded speech signal input to the subscriber unit, provides the parameterized speech signal.
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13. In a subscriber unit that wirelessly communicates with an infrastructure, the subscriber unit comprising a speech recognition client and the infrastructure comprising a speech recognition server, a method for providing information signals to the subscriber unit:
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receiving, by the speech recognition client, an unencoded speech signal; analyzing, by the speech recognition client, the unencoded speech signal to provide a parameterized speech signal; transmitting, by the subscriber unit, the parameterized speech signal to the speech recognition server; and receiving, by the subscriber unit from the infrastructure, the information signals based on the parameterized speech signals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. In a wireless communications system comprising one or more subscriber units in wireless communication with an infrastructure, each of the one or more subscriber units comprising a speech recognition client and the infrastructure comprising a speech recognition server, a method for providing information signals to a subscriber unit of the one or more subscriber units, the method comprising steps of:
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receiving, by the speech recognition client, an unencoded speech signal; analyzing, by the speech recognition client, the unencoded speech signal to provide a parameterized speech signal; transmitting, by the subscriber unit, the parameterized speech signal to the speech recognition server; performing, by the speech recognition server, speech recognition analysis on the parameterized speech signal to provide recognized utterances; determining, by the speech recognition server, the information signals based on the recognized utterances; and responsive to the recognized speech utterances, providing, by the infrastructure, the information signals to the subscriber unit. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A speech recognition server for use in an infrastructure of a wireless communication system, wherein the infrastructure wirelessly communicates with one or more subscriber units, the speech recognition server comprising:
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a receiver that takes as input signals regarding a parameterized speech signal output by a subscriber unit of the one or more subscriber units and provides as output the parameterized speech signal; a speech recognition analyzer, coupled to the receiver, that performs speech recognition analysis on the parameterized speech signal to provide recognized utterances; and a transmitter, coupled to the speech recognition analyzer, that provides information regarding the recognized utterances to a control entity forming a part of the infrastructure, wherein the control entity provides information signals, based on the information regarding the recognized utterances, to the subscriber unit, wherein the subscriber unit operates upon the information signals, wherein the receiver further takes user data in response to the information signals from the subscriber unit, and wherein the transmitter, responsive to the user data, further provides additional information signals to the subscriber unit. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A speech recognition server for use in an infrastructure, wherein the infrastructure wirelessly communicates with one or more subscribe subscriber units, the speech recognition server comprising:
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a receiver that takes as input signals regarding a parameterized speech signal output by a subscriber unit of the one or more subscriber units and provides as output the parameterized speech signal; a speech recognition analyzer, coupled to the receiver, that performs speech recognition analysis on the parameterized speech signal to provide recognized utterances; a control processor that takes as input the recognized utterances and provides information signals based on the recognized utterances; and a transmitter, coupled to the control processor, that provides the information signals to the subscriber unit of the one or more subscribe subscriber units, wherein the one or more subscriber units operate upon the information signals, wherein the receiver further takes user data in response to the information signals from the one or more subscriber units, and wherein the transmitter, responsive to the user data, further provides additional information signals to the one or more subscriber units. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. A subscriber unit that wirelessly communicates with an infrastructure, the subscriber unit comprising:
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a speech recognition client that takes as input an unencoded speech signal and analyzes that unencoded speech signal to provide a parameterized speech signal; a transmitter, coupled to the speech recognition client, that wirelessly communicates the parameterized speech signal to the infrastructure; and a receiver that takes as input signals regarding information signals and provides the information signals as output, wherein the information signals are generated by a speech recognition server residing in the infrastructure and are based on the parameterized speech signal. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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