Patent ID: 7099825

Claim:
A method of operating a voice recognition system, the method comprising: receiving a first signal indicating a first user ID for a first user into a first device; transferring a second signal indicating a first device ID for the first device and indicating the first user ID to a processing system; in the processing system, obtaining a first device voice recognition profile based on the first device ID and obtaining a first user voice recognition profile based on the first user ID; in the processing system, generating a first set of voice recognition data customized for the first device and the first user based on the first device voice recognition profile and the first user voice recognition profile; transferring a third signal indicating the first set of the voice recognition data from the processing system to the first device; in the first device, indicating voice command readiness in response to the first set of the voice recognition data; receiving a first voice command from the first user into the first device; and in the first device, translating the first voice command based on the first set of the voice recognition data.