Patent ID: 6757655
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A method in which an information unit is stored on a server and can be retrieved by a client through an input of speech and in which the client can be coupled to at least one speech recognizer having a specialized recognition capability associated with the speech input out of a plurality of speech recognizers having predetermined recognition specialties that have been previously assigned by a provider of the information unit and issued by a server on a communications network with an additional identifying information associated with the speech input, said additional identifying information being used for determining a combination of a client with said at least one speech recognizer for recognizing a signal that has been entered, wherein the at least one speech recognizer having an expected recognizable speech vocabulary associated with said information unit, wherein the additional identifying information includes one of a predetermined theme area, an indicator for specifying a speech recognizer, or parameters for allowing a speech recognizer to adapt to the speech input, so that the speech input by the client is recognized by the communication network and the at least one speech recognizer having a specialized recognition capability associated with the speech input are coupled to maximize speed and quality while downloading the information unit associated with the speech input; andcombining the additional information and the information unit as a combined information unit and co-transferring combined information unit during downloading so that the information unit is assigned a speech recognizer specially attuned to the downloaded combined information unit; wherein the client is able to input speech before the contents of the information unit is coupled to the contents of the speech input, and wherein if more than one client invokes a same speech recognizer, at least one of the clients is assigned another speech recognizer according to alternative addresses of recognizers stored in a tag in the information unit.