Dynamically generating a voice navigable menu for synthesized data

• US 20070061132A1
• Filed: 09/14/2005
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jaramillo, David, Bodin, William, Redman, Jerry, Thorson, Derral
• Application Number:
  US11/226,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20070061132A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/200
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/183 using context dependencies, e.g. language models
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/193 Formal grammars, e.g. finite state automata, context free grammars or word networks

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for dynamically generating a voice navigable menu for synthesized data, including determining a logical structure for a menu in dependence upon the synthesized data, creating a menu having the determined logical structure and at least one menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data, creating at least one grammar for the menu in dependence upon the menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry, and attaching at least one menu action to the grammar.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically generating a voice navigable menu for synthesized data, the method comprising:

determining a logical structure for a menu in dependence upon the synthesized data;

creating a menu having the determined logical structure and at least one menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data;

creating at least one grammar for the menu in dependence upon the menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry; and

attaching at least one menu action to the grammar.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining a logical structure for the menu in dependence upon the synthesized data further comprises determining a logical structure in dependence upon the native data type of at least a portion of the synthesized data.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining a logical structure for the menu in dependence upon the synthesized data further comprises determining a logical structure in dependence upon channels identified for the synthesized data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein creating at least one grammar for the menu in dependence upon the menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry further comprises selecting keywords from the content of the menu entry and including the keywords in the grammar.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating markup for visual depiction of the menu in dependence upon the menu entry and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein creating markup for visual depiction of the menu in dependence upon the menu entry and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry further comprises creating markup in dependence upon the native data type of the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the menu action further comprises a menu action for navigating the menu.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the menu action further comprises a menu action for accessing the synthesized data.

9. A system for dynamically generating a voice navigable menu for synthesized data, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

determining a logical structure for a menu in dependence upon the synthesized data;

creating a menu having the determined logical structure and at least one menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data;

creating at least one grammar for the menu in dependence upon the menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry; and

attaching at least one menu action to the grammar.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of determining a logical structure in dependence upon the native data type of at least a portion of the synthesized data.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of determining a logical structure in dependence upon channels identified for the synthesized data.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of selecting keywords from the content of the menu entry and including the keywords in the grammar.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of creating markup for visual depiction of the menu in dependence upon the menu entry and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of creating markup in dependence upon the native data type of the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the menu action further comprises a menu action for navigating the menu.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the menu action further comprises a menu action for accessing the synthesized data.

17. A computer program product for dynamically generating a voice navigable menu for synthesized data, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for determining a logical structure for a menu in dependence upon the synthesized data;

computer program instructions for creating a menu having the determined logical structure and at least one menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data;

computer program instructions for creating at least one grammar for the menu in dependence upon the menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry; and

computer program instructions for attaching at least one menu action to the grammar.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for determining a logical structure for the menu in dependence upon the synthesized data further comprise computer program instructions for determining a logical structure in dependence upon the native data type of at least a portion of the synthesized data.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for determining a logical structure for the menu in dependence upon the synthesized data further comprise computer program instructions for determining a logical structure in dependence upon channels identified for the synthesized data.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for creating at least one grammar for the menu in dependence upon the menu entry representing a portion of the synthesized data and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry further comprise computer program instructions for selecting keywords from the content of the menu entry and computer program instructions for including the keywords in the grammar.

21. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising computer program instructions for creating markup for visual depiction of the menu in dependence upon the menu entry and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry.

22. The computer program product of claim 21 wherein computer program instructions for creating markup for visual depiction of the menu in dependence upon the menu entry and the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry further comprise computer program instructions for creating markup in dependence upon the native data type of the portion of the synthesized data which is represented by the menu entry.

23. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the menu action further comprises a menu action for navigating the menu.

24. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the menu action further comprises a menu action for accessing the synthesized data.