Patent ID: 7386455
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: G06F,G10L,H04L,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling at least one remote system by uttering speech commands into a voice enabled device, said method comprising the steps of: providing a computer operatively connected to the internet, said computer further being operatively connected to at least one speaker-independent speech recognition engine and to at least one speech synthesis engine; providing a voice enabled device operatively connected to said computer, said voice enabled device configured to receive speech commands from users; providing at least one instruction set stored in a database operatively connected to said computer, said instruction set comprising: providing a speech command to said speaker-independent speech recognition engine, said speech command corresponding to said instruction set; said speaker-independent speech recognition engine assigning said speech command to a recognition grammar, said speech command and said recognition grammar corresponding to said instruction set; transmitting said speech command to said speaker-independent speech recognition engine; said speaker-independent speech recognition engine receiving said speech command and selecting the corresponding recognition grammar upon receiving said speech command; said computer retrieving said instruction set corresponding to said recognition grammar selected by said speaker-independent speech recognition engine; said computer accessing said at least one remote system identified by said instruction set to prompt said at least one remote system to execute said at least one pre-selected function; and said at least one remote system executing said at least one pre-selected function.