Patent ID: 6898567
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method for multi-level distributed speech recognition between a terminal device and a network device comprising: providing an audio command to a first speech recognition engine in the terminal device wirelessly providing the audio command to at least one second speech recognition engine in the network device; recognizing the audio command within the first speech recognition engine to generate at least one first recognized audio command, wherein the at least one first recognized audio command has a corresponding first confidence value; recognizing the audio command within the at least one second speech recognition engine, independent of recognizing the audio command by the first speech recognition engine, to generate at least one second recognized audio command, wherein the at least one second recognized audio command has a corresponding second confidence value; wirelessly transmitting the at least one first recognized audio command to a comparator; transmitting the at least one second recognized audio command to the comparator; and selecting at least one recognized audio command having a recognized audio command confidence value from the at least one first recognized audio command and the at least one second recognized audio command based on the at least one first confidence value and the at least one second confidence value.