Patent ID: 6732072
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of processing received data in a distributed speech recognition process, the distributed speech recognition process being one in which data is arranged in a frame structure comprising a plurality of data frames each preceded by a respective header frame comprising header information including common header information, said data is received at a second location having been transmitted from a first location, and said data is processed using respective header frame information; the method comprising the steps of:comparing a received form of said common header information from each of a plurality of header frames; classifying, when a predetermined number of said header frames are found to have the same received form of said common header information, the same received form as a reference; and processing one or more received data frames corresponding to respective header frames whose received form of the common header information is different to said reference by using the reference form instead of the received different form.