Implicit Association and Polymorphism Driven Human Machine Interaction
A voice based user-system interaction may take advantage of implicit association and/or polymorphism to achieve smooth and effective discoursing between the user and the voice enabled system. This user-system interaction may occur at a local control unit, at a remote server, or both.
1 . A method for operating a computer based upon human input including the steps of:
a) receiving an input from a human;
b) recognizing the input as an object; and
c) associating at least one attribute with the object based upon said step b).
2 . The method of claim 1 further including the step of associating a plurality of methods with the object based upon said step b).
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein said step a) includes the step of receiving and parsing an audible speech input from the human.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein said step a) includes the step of receiving and parsing an email.
5 . The method of claim 1 further including the step of receiving a command and performing the command on the object based upon the attribute.
6 . The method of claim 1 further including the steps of:
d) recognizing the object's status as active;
e) receiving a command; and
f) performing the command on the object based upon the object's status as active.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the object is a first object, the method further including the steps of recognizing a second input from the human as a second object and storing the first object and the second object in a stack.
8 . The method of claim 7 further including the steps of
d) receiving a command; and
e) performing the command on one of the first object and the second object based upon the first or second object being stored in the stack.
9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the object is a person.
10 . The method of claim 9 further including the steps of receiving a command and performing the command on the object based upon the attribute.
11 . The method of claim 9 further including the steps of receiving a command to call the object and placing a phone call in response to the command based upon the attribute and based upon the object being a person.
12 . The method of claim 9 further including the steps of receiving a command to navigate to the object and determining a route in response to the command based upon the attribute.
13 . The method of claim 1 wherein the object is a place.
14 . The method of claim 13 further including the steps of receiving a command to navigate to the object and determining a route to the object in response to the command based upon the attribute.
15 . The method of claim 1 wherein said step a) is performed in a vehicle.
16 . The method of claim 1 further including the steps of:
d) receiving an underspecified command from the user;
e) resolving the underspecified command from the user based upon the object; and
f) performing the command from the user on the object.
17 . The method of claim 16 wherein the object has a type, and wherein said step e) further includes resolving the underspecified command based upon the object type.