Patent ID: 11967319
Assignee: DIRECT CURSUS TECHNOLOGY L.L.C
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method of processing a spoken utterance associated with a user, the method executable by an electronic device, the electronic device executing a Machine Learned Algorithm (MLA) for performing automatic speech recognition of the spoken utterance, the electronic device having access to a plurality of grammars, a given one of the plurality of grammars being representative of a respective user intent and associated with an action, the method comprising:
acquiring, by the electronic device, an indication of the spoken utterance;
generating, by the electronic device using the MLA, a textual representation of the spoken utterance having words;
identifying, by the electronic device, a nonce word and a non-normalized word amongst the words,
generating, by the electronic device, a plurality of candidate textual representations based on the textual representation, the generating including generating:
at least one candidate textual representation missing the nonce word from the words thereof,
at least one candidate textual representations having the non-normalized word from the words thereof replaced by a normalized version thereof;

comparing, by the electronic device, the plurality of candidate textual representations against one of the plurality of grammars; and
in response to a given candidate textual representation matching the one of the plurality of grammars, triggering, by the electronic device, an action associated with the one of the plurality of grammars.