IP Library Granted Patent US 8,296,138
Granted Patent B2
US 8,296,138 · App. 13/302,352 · Granted Oct 23, 2012

System and method for mobile automatic speech recognition

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Patent No.
US 8,296,138
App. No.
13/302,352
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method of updating automatic speech recognition parameters on a mobile device are disclosed. The method comprises storing user account-specific adaptation data associated with ASR on a computing device associated with a wireless network, generating new ASR adaptation parameters based on transmitted information from the mobile device when a communication channel between the computing device and the mobile device becomes available and transmitting the new ASR adaptation data to the mobile device when a communication channel between the computing device and the mobile device becomes available. The new ASR adaptation data on the mobile device more accurately recognizes user utterances.

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first device, automatic speech recognition data from a second device used for speech recognition, wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises information associated with at least one of a speaker, an environment, an utterance, and a transducer;

analyzing the automatic speech recognition data to yield automatic speech recognition adaptation parameters; and

transmitting the automatic speech recognition adaptation parameters to the second device for use in recognizing speech on the second device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second device is a mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises at least one of:

a representation of an environment of the second device and multi-modal data associated with a multi-modal input from a user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises an automatic speech recognition output from the second device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device is remote from the second device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatic speech recognition adaptation parameters are based on the automatic speech recognition data and stored user specific adaptation data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises audio data gathered by the second device during automatic speech recognition with a user.

8. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions for controlling the processor to perform steps comprising:

receiving, at a first device, automatic speech recognition data from a second device used for speech recognition, wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises information associated with at least one of a speaker, an environment, an utterance, and a transducer;

analyzing the automatic speech recognition data to yield automatic speech recognition adaptation parameters; and

transmitting the automatic speech recognition adaptation parameters to the second device for use in recognizing speech on the second device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises at least one of:

a representation of an environment of the second device and multi-modal data associated with a multi-modal input from a user.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first device is remote from the second device.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second device is a mobile device.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises an automatic speech recognition output from the second device.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the automatic speech recognition adaptation parameters are based on the automatic speech recognition data and stored user specific adaptation data.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises audio data gathered by the second device during automatic speech recognition with a user.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform steps comprising:

receiving, at a first device, automatic speech recognition data from a second device used for speech recognition, wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises a representation of at least one of a speaker, an environment, an utterance, and a transducer;

analyzing the automatic speech recognition data to yield automatic speech recognition adaptation parameters; and

transmitting the automatic speech recognition adaptation parameters to the second device for use in recognizing speech on the second device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises at least one of:

a representation of an environment of the second device and multi-modal data associated with a multi-modal input from a user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the first device is remote from the second device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the second device is a mobile device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the automatic speech recognition data comprises an automatic speech recognition output from the second device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the automatic speech recognition adaptation parameters are based on the automatic speech recognition data and stored user specific adaptation data.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2017
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2015
From: AT&T CORP.
To: AT&T PROPERTIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 036737/0479 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2015
From: AT&T PROPERTIES, LLC
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
Reel/Frame 036737/0686 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2011
From: PARTHASARATHY, SARANGARAJAN; ROSE, RICHARD CAMERON
To: AT&T CORP.
Reel/Frame 027278/0518 →