Method and system for performing speech recognition for an internet appliance using a remotely located speech recognition application

• US 20020065660A1
• Filed: 11/30/2000
• Published: 05/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Regional Resources Ltd (Imperial Metals Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Cooklev, Todor, Gray, Mark, Morley, Ken, Gibbs, Darrin
• Granted Patent: US 6,772,123 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

A method and system for performing speech recognition for an internet appliance using a remotely located speech recognition application. The invention includes an internet appliance that is connected through a network with either a stand-alone computer or a server computer located at the Internet Service Provider. Verbal commands directed to an internet appliance are received as analog signals and converted to digital signals. The digital signals are remotely translated into a set of instructions by a dedicated hardware device or a software program that operates a speech recognition application at either a stand-alone computer or server computer located at an Internet Service Provider in a form recognizable by the internet appliance. The internet appliance receives and executes the translated instructions.

Claims

1. A method of speech recognition comprising the steps of:

a. receiving a verbal command comprising of analog signals at a device;

b. converting said analog signals to digital signals;

c. translating said digital signals at a server computer located at an Internet Service Provider into a set of instructions in a format recognizable by said device;

d. sending said set of instructions to said device; and

e. executing said set of instructions by said device.

2. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said conversion of said analog signals to said digital signals occurs at said device.

3. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said conversion of said analog signals to said digital signals occurs at said server computer.

4. A method as described in claim 1 wherein a digital signal processor located externally from said device translates said digital signals.

5. A method as described in claim 1 comprising the step of sending said signals to said server computer.

6. A method as described in claim 1 further comprising a communications network whereby said device is coupled with said server computer.

7. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said device is an internet appliance.

8. A method of speech recognition comprising the steps of:

a. receiving a verbal command comprising of analog signals at a device;

b. converting said analog signals to digital signals;

c. translating said digital signals at a personal computer remotely located from said device into a set of instructions in a format recognizable by said device;

d. sending said set of instructions to said device; and

e. executing said set of instructions by said device.

9. A method as described in claim 8 wherein said conversion of said analog signals to said digital signals occurs at said device.

10. A method as described in claim 8 wherein said conversion of said analog signals to said digital signals occurs at said personal computer.

11. A method as described in claim 8 wherein a digital signal processor located externally from said device translates said digital signals.

12. A method as described in claim 8 comprising the step of sending said signals to said personal computer.

13. A method as described in claim 8 further comprising a communications network whereby said device is coupled with said personal computer.

14. A method as described in claim 8 wherein said device is an internet appliance.

16. A speech recognition system as described in claim 15 wherein said conversion of said analog signals to said digital signals occurs at said device.

17. A speech recognition system as described in claim 15 wherein said conversion of said analog signals to said digital signals occurs at said server computer.

18. A speech recognition system as described in claim 15 wherein a digital signal processor located externally from said device translates said digital signals.

19. A speech recognition system as described in claim 15 comprising the step of sending said signals to said server computer.

20. A speech recognition system as described in claim 15 wherein said device is an internet appliance.

15. A speech recognition system, comprising:

a device;

a server computer located at an Internet Service Provider;

a communications network for coupling said device with said server computer, wherein a method of speech recognition is performed comprising the steps of;

a. receiving a verbal command comprising of analog signals at said device;

b. converting said analog signals to digital signals;

c. translating said digital signals at said server computer into a set of instructions in a format recognizable by said device;

d. sending said set of instructions to said device; and

e. executing said set of instructions by said device.

21. A speech recognition system, comprising:

a device;

a personal computer;

a communications network for coupling said device with said personal computer, wherein a method of speech recognition is performed comprising the steps of;

a. receiving a verbal command comprising of analog signals at said device;

b. converting said analog signals to digital signals;

c. translating said digital signals at said personal computer into a set of instructions in a format recognizable by said device;

d. sending said set of instructions to said device; and

e. executing said set of instructions by said device.

22. A speech recognition system as described in claim 21 wherein said conversion of said analog signals to said digital signals occurs at said device.

23. A speech recognition system as described in claim 21 wherein said conversion of said analog signals to said digital signals occurs at said personal computer.

24. A speech recognition system as described in claim 21 wherein a digital signal processor located externally from said device translates said digital voice signals.

25. A speech recognition system as described in claim 21 comprising the step of sending said signals to said personal computer.

26. A speech recognition system as described in claim 21 wherein said device is an internet appliance.