Patent ID: 9721564
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G10L

Claim:
1. A method for performing automatic speech recognition (ASR) when a heterographic word is present, the method comprising: receiving verbal input from a user that comprises a plurality of utterances; matching a first of the plurality of utterances to a first word; determining a word that describes the context for the first word; determining that a second utterance in the plurality of utterances matches a plurality of words that are in a same heterograph set; combining a second word chosen from the plurality of words with the word that describes the context for the first word to generate a first combined set of words; storing a first value representing a distance between words in the first combined set of words; combining a third word chosen from the plurality of words with the word that describes the context for the first word to generate a second combined set of words; storing a second value representing a distance between words in the second combined set of words; in response to determining that the second value is smaller than the first value, performing a media guidance application function on an available media asset based on the second combined set of words.