Patent ID: 7003463
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: G10L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing automatic and coordinated sharing of conversational resources between network devices, comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a conversational service by a first network device; determining by the first network device whether to process the requested conversational service one of locally using conversational resources of the first network device, remotely using conversational resources of at least a second network device, or locally and remotely using both the local and remote conversational resources; and automatically communicating with the at least second network device, if it is determined that the conversational service will be processed, at least in part, remotely using the conversational resources of the at least second network device, wherein the step of determining comprises the steps of determining whether local conversational resources are available for processing the requested conversational service; and wherein the method further comprises the steps of: executing the requested conversational service using the local conversational resources, if it is determined that local conversational resources are available for processing the requested conversational service; determining if results of the local processing is acceptable; and automatically accessing the at least second network device to remotely process the requested conversational service, if it is determined that the results of the local processing are not acceptable.