IP Library Granted Patent US 10,199,052
Granted Patent B2
US 10,199,052 · App. 15/620,480 · Granted Feb 5, 2019

Method of providing dynamic speech processing services during variable network connectivity

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Patent No.
US 10,199,052
App. No.
15/620,480
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media are presented to provide dynamic speech processing services during variable network connectivity. The method includes monitoring, via a processor, a level of network connectivity between a device and a network server. When the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is below a threshold, the method includes performing speech processing using a speech processor of the device. When the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is at or above the threshold, the method includes performing speech processing using a speech processor at the network server.

Claims (25)

1. A method comprising:

monitoring, via a processor, a level of network connectivity between a device and a network server;

performing speech processing using a speech processor of the device when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is below a threshold; and

performing speech processing using a speech processor at the network server when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is at or above the threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold relates to whether the level of network connectivity is impaired.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring of the level of network connectivity quantifies the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based upon a quantified level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based on a computing power level of each of the plurality of speech processing engines.

6. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

monitoring a level of network connectivity between a device and a network server;

performing speech processing using a speech processor of the device when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is below a threshold; and

performing speech processing using a speech processor at the network server when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is at or above the threshold.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the threshold relates to whether the level of network connectivity is impaired.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the monitoring of the level of network connectivity quantifies the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based upon a quantified level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based on a computing power level of each of the plurality of speech processing engines.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

monitoring a level of network connectivity between a device and a network server;

performing speech processing using a speech processor of the device when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is below a threshold; and

performing speech processing using a speech processor at the network server when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is at or above the threshold.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the threshold relates to whether the level of network connectivity is impaired.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the monitoring of the level of network connectivity quantifies the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based upon a quantified level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2023
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 065532/0152 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2020
From: SCHROETER, HORST
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 053540/0665 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2020
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 053547/0262 →