Patent Document ID: 7716057
Application ID: 11764082

Base Claim:
1. A hand held mobile system comprising: at least one processor; a plurality of components executable on the at least one processor, the plurality of components comprising: a dialog component to engage in dialog with a user, the dialog component determining whether an utterance of the user recognized with a confidence level greater than a threshold is associated with a pattern of dysfluency or reflection; and an application component that determines that a user desires to engage in a dialog, the application turning on the dialog component for a listening horizon, the length of the listening horizon is a function of the subject matter of the dialog, wherein the listening horizon is extended when the utterance is determined to be associated with a pattern of dysfluency or reflection.

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Claim 11:
11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising the application component turning off the dialog component, the dialog component detecting an utterance from the user during the listening horizon and determining a confidence level of the utterance prior to being turned off.