Data processing: speech signal processing – linguistics – language – Speech signal processing – Application
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-16
2009-02-24
Hudspeth, David R (Department: 2626)
Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language
Speech signal processing
Application
C704S009000, C704S257000, C706S046000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07496514
ABSTRACT:
A dialog management system functions to manage the dialog between a user of a computer system and one or more speech enabled software applications. The user provides spoken input to a microphone connected to the computer system, and hears responses from one or more applications through a speaker connected to the computer system. The dialog management system includes a dialog manager, a turn manager, a speak queue, dialog contexts, and dialog state. The dialog manager provides top-level control of the dialog and stores responses based on the user's spoken input in a speak queue for later output to the user. The turn manager controls delivery of the responses to the user based on the dialog context and the dialog state, to provide a polite asynchronous dialog with the user that enables the user to be in control of the dialog. The dialog context provides information about each dialog. The dialog state provides information about whose turn it is (computer or user) to speak.
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Howard Kathleen A.
Hyland Christopher A.
MacAllister Jeffrey G.
Ross Steven I.
Zeller Marijane M.
Albertalli Brian L
Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds P.C.
Hudspeth David R
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