Patent ID: 8301454

Claim:
A system for providing cues from a device to a user while capturing an utterance, the system comprising: a backend server; and a hand-held mobile communication device in communication with the backend server over a network, the hand-held communication device configured to: capture a first portion of a user utterance; and communicate to the backend server, data representative of the first portion of the user utterance; the backend server being configured to: receive the data representative of the first portion of the user utterance; process the data representative of the first portion of the user utterance, said processing including determining a metric associated with the first portion of the user utterance; and communicate to the hand-held mobile communication device, data representative of the metric associated with the first portion of the user utterance; the hand-held mobile communication device being further configured to: receive from the backend server, the data representative of the metric associated with the first portion of the user utterance; provide to the user, a cue based at least in part on the received data representative of a metric associated with the first portion of the user utterance; capture a second portion of the user utterance; and communicate to the backend server, data representative of the second portion of the user utterance; the backend server being further configured to: receive the data representative of the second portion of the user utterance; process the data representative of the second portion of the user utterance, said processing including determining a metric associated with the second portion of the user utterance; and communicate to the hand-held mobile communication device, data representative of the metric associated with the second portion of the user utterance; the hand-held mobile communication device being further configured to: receive from the backend server, the data representative of the metric associated with the second portion of the user utterance; and provide to the user, a cue based on the received data representative of the metric associated with the second portion of the user utterance; wherein said providing to the user, a cue based at least in part on the received data representative of a metric associated with the first portion of the user utterance, occurs prior to said capturing, by the hand-held mobile communication device, a second portion of the user utterance.