Patent ID: 9031839
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, with a collaboration server device hosting a current conference for a plurality of conference participants, conference data from at least one of the plurality of conference participants, the conference data comprising a shared material that is shared among the plurality of conference participants during the current conference and that includes data indicative of words or phrases discussed among the plurality of conference participants during the current conference when referencing the shared material, the shared material being other than data identifying the conference participants and other than audio generated during the current conference; after receiving the shared material, sending, with the collaboration server device, the words or phrases of the shared material to a speech recognition engine to update a language model of the speech recognition engine with the words or phrases in order to improve an accuracy of a transcription of an output media stream of the current conference generated by the speech recognition engine upon receiving the output media stream; receiving, with the collaboration server device, a plurality of input media streams from the plurality of conference participants generated during the current conference; generating, with the collaboration server device, the output media stream from the plurality of input media streams; sending, with the collaboration server device, the output media stream to the speech recognition engine for generation of the transcription of the output media stream using the updated language model; receiving, with the collaboration server device, from one of the plurality of conference participants, mode data indicating whether the updated language model is to be used for only the current conference or also for a future conference; and when the mode data indicates that the updated language model is to be used also for the future conference, sending, with the collaboration server device, a command to the speech recognition engine, the command indicating to the speech recognition engine to store the updated language model for the future conference.