Patent ID: 7292878

Claim:
A terminal communication system comprising a terminal having a speech communication function and a packet communication function, and a center linking said terminal, said center comprising: a speech recognition section which recognizes a speech signal indicating a search word from said terminal, an information search section which searches for information corresponding to the search word, a speech dialog control section which controls said speech recognition section and said information search section to perform a speech dialog when speech communication is made upon dialing from said terminal, a document file input section which inputs a service document file used for a service provided for said terminal, said service document file created by making a description about a window display, which is used in a packet communication, in a general-purpose terminal window description language; a description about operation of said speech dialog control section, which is used in the speech communication, in a general-purpose speech-dialog-related description language; and a description about an exchange between the packet communication and the speech communication in a dedicated language; an information management section which manages information such that the information can be shared between the packet communication and the speech communication; a document file conversion section which performs conversion processing with respect to the service document file to create a window-related document file for said terminal in which a description is made about a window display used in the packet communication, a speech-dialog-related document file in which a description is made about operation of said speech dialog control section which is used in the speech communication, and an information sharing document file in which a description is made about an exchange of information between the packet communication and the speech communication; a document file output section which outputs the window-related document file to a place where the file can be referred to by said terminal through packet communication, outputs the speech-dialog-related document file to a place where the file can be referred to by said speech dialog control section, and outputs the information sharing document file to said information management section; and a packet control section which transmits and receives information of said information management section to and from said terminal through packet communication.