Patent ID: 7716051
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A voice recognition system, comprising: an input device configured to receive voice information and produce a first result by comparing the voice information to first predetermined data; a remote computer configured to process the voice information to produce a second result by comparing the voice information to second predetermined data, wherein the second result comprises a plurality of possible matches; and a contention resolver configured to receive the first result and the second result and to select one of the plurality of possible matches of the second result as an output result, wherein the output result is selected based, at least in part, on the first result; wherein the input device is configured to compare the voice information to the first predetermined data so as to produce the first result as at least one sound combination corresponding to less than the entirety of a given word for which the remote computer produces the plurality of possible matches of the second result.