Patent Document ID: 9230540
Application ID: 14557263

Base Claim:
1. A method of processing results of a recognition by an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system on a speech input, the results comprising a first recognition result identified by the ASR system as most likely to be a correct recognition result for the speech input, the results further comprising at least one alternative recognition result identified by the ASR system, the method comprising: determining whether the first recognition result includes a member of a set of words or phrases, each member of the set comprising a word or phrase and being associated with at least one other member of the set, and whether the at least one alternative recognition result includes any of the at least one other member associated with the member in the set, wherein the first recognition result includes at least one first word or phrase other than the member of the set of words or phrases and each of the at least one alternative recognition result includes at least one second word or phrase other than the at least one other member, the at least one first word or phrase and the at least one second word or phrase being the same or different; and in response to determining that the first recognition result includes the member of the set of words or phrases and that the at least one alternative recognition result includes any of the at least one other member associated with the member in the set, triggering an alert.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein: at least one member of the set comprises a null word; and the determining whether the first recognition result includes a member of the set and whether the at least one alternative recognition result includes any of the at least one other member comprises determining whether either of the first recognition result or the at least one alternative recognition result comprises the null word.