Patent ID: 7047200

Claim:
A method of displaying the status of a voice recognition process, comprising: receiving a volume event determination notification from a voice recognition application, the volume event determination notification corresponding to a volume event; in response to receiving the volume event determination notification, displaying a volume event occurrence indicator; receiving a volume event recognition notification from the voice recognition application, the volume event recognition notification notifying that the volume event has been recognized, in response to receiving the volume event recognition notification, displaying a volume event recognition indicator so as to associate the volume event recognition indicator with the volume event occurrence indicator; receiving a second volume event determination notification from a voice recognition application, the second volume event determination notification corresponding to a second volume event; in response to receiving the second volume event determination notification, displaying a second volume event occurrence indicator; receiving a second volume event recognition notification from the voice recognition application, the second volume event recognition notification notifying that the second volume event has been recognized, and in response to receiving the second volume event recognition notification, displaying a second volume event recognition indicator so as to associate the second volume event recognition indicator with the second volume event occurrence indicator.