Patent ID: 6314402
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of creating a device for defining a dialog interaction between a speaker and a speech recognition mechanism, the method comprising:providing a set of properties associated with the dialog interaction and logic for using the set of properties to control the dialog interaction when executed in a processing system; anddefining a class to include the set of properties and the logic, such that the class can be instantiated in the processing system as an object configured to control the dialog interaction, such that one or more sub-classes are definable based on the class, each subclass including properties inherited from the class, and such that the object can control the dialog interaction without the need for a dialog manager external to said object, wherein the object implements a predefined interface, such that the object and a plurality of other similarly constructed objects for controlling dialog interaction can be invoked using the predefined interface.