Patent ID: 7949526
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A voice interaction system, comprising: a voice recognition component configured to perform a voice recognition process to identify content information associated with an utterance spoken by a user; a demographic characteristic recognition component configured to identify a demographic characteristic of the user based on analysis of a representation of the utterance spoken by the user; a response data component having a plurality of potential responses stored as part of a collection of response data; a supplementary data component having data that is configured to be cross-referenced; a response selection component configured to supply a response, the response selection component receiving an indication of the identified content information from the voice recognition component, an indication of the demographic characteristic from the demographic characteristic recognition component, an indication of the plurality of potential responses from the response data component, and an indication of the data that is configured to be cross-referenced from the supplementary data component, the response selection component supplying the response based at least in part upon the indication of the identified content information, the indication of the demographic characteristic, the indication of the plurality of potential responses, and the indication of the data that is configured to be cross-referenced.