Multiple web-based content category searching in mobile search application

• US 9,619,572 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2014
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Phillips, Michael S., Nguyen, John N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin, Jean B
• Application Number:
  US14/570,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20150100314A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 707706, 707709, 707758, 707760, 707769, 707770, 709203, 704 7, 704 9, 704245, 704256, 704270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use

Abstract

In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for multiple web-based content category searching for web content on a mobile communication facility comprising capturing speech presented by a user using a resident capture facility on the mobile communication facility; transmitting at least a portion of the captured speech as data through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility; generating speech-to-text results for the captured speech utilizing the speech recognition facility; and transmitting the text results and a plurality of formatting rules specifying how search text may be used to form a query for a search capability on the mobile communications facility, wherein each formatting rule is associated with a category of content to be searched.

Claims

1. A method of searching for web content on a mobile communication facility comprising:

capturing speech presented by a user using a resident capture facility on the mobile communication facility;

transmitting at least a portion of the captured speech as data through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility;

generating speech-to-text results for the captured speech utilizing the speech recognition facility based at least in part on at least one of a contact name; and

transmitting the text results and a plurality of formatting rules specifying how search text is used to form a query for a search capability on the mobile communications facility, wherein each formatting rule is associated with a category of content to be searched.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the categories include at least one of web information, music, videos, audio, and social network related information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the text results, a plurality of base URLs, and the plurality of formatting rules to a web-based search utilizing a first of multiple web-based search facilities, where results of the search are returned to and cached in the mobile communications facility as a first search result.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising selecting a plurality of the multiple web-based search facilities.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising providing the text results, a plurality of base URLs, and the plurality of formatting rules to a web-based search utilizing the plurality of the multiple web-based search facilities, where results of the search are returned to and cached in the mobile communications facility as a plurality of search results.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising selecting one of the cached plurality of search results.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of formatting rules specify combining search text with one or more base URLs.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the category of content to be searched comprises web information and the plurality of formatting rules specify how search text is used to form a query for web information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the category of content to be searched comprises social network related information and the plurality of formatting rules comprises at least one formatting rule for a social network.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the category of content to be searched comprises music and the formatting rules specifying how search text is used include song titles, artist names and music categories.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the category of content to be searched comprises video and the formatting rules specifying how search text is used include artist names and video titles.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the category of content to be searched comprises games and the formatting rules specifying how search text is used include artist names and game titles.

13. A system for searching for web content on a mobile communication facility comprising:

a memory system; and

at least one processor configured to capture speech presented by a user using a resident capture facility on the mobile communication facility, the at least one processor further configured to transmit at least a portion of the captured speech as data through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility based at least in part on at least one of a contact name and to generate speech-to-text results for the captured speech utilizing the speech recognition facility, the at least one processor further configured to transmit the text results and a plurality of formatting rules specifying how search text is used to form a query for a search capability on the mobile communications facility, wherein each formatting rule is associated with a category of content to be searched.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the categories include at least one of web information, music, videos, audio, and social network related information.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide the text results, a plurality of base URLs, and the plurality of formatting rules to a web-based search utilizing a first of multiple web-based search facilities, where results of the search are returned to and cached in the mobile communications facility as a first search result.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select a plurality of the multiple web-based search facilities.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide the text results, a plurality of base URLs, and the plurality of formatting rules to a web-based search utilizing the plurality of the multiple web-based search facilities, where results of the search are returned to and cached in the mobile communications facility as a plurality of search results.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to select one of the cached plurality of search results.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of formatting rules specifies combining search text with one or more base URLs.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the category of content to be searched comprises web information and the plurality of formatting rules specify how search text is used to form a query for web information.