Patent ID: 7840405
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: G06F,G10L

Abstract:
1. A method of generating speech recognition grammars for conducting voice-based database searches, the method comprising: maintaining a query log that stores search queries submitted to a query server by users; selecting a plurality of search queries from the query log for incorporation into a speech recognition grammar, wherein selecting the plurality of search queries from the query log comprises taking into consideration frequencies with which specific search queries were submitted to the query server by users via a web browser without the use of voice; incorporating the plurality of search queries into at least one speech recognition grammar that specifies valid utterances for conducting searches; and using the at least one speech recognition grammar to interpret utterances of search queries by users; whereby information about search queries submitted by users without the use of voice is used to select, for inclusion in the speech recognition grammar, search queries likely to be used for searching by voice.