Patent Document ID: 8504372
Application ID: 13563998

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: (A) at a speech recognition server: (A) (1) receiving a speech stream and a control stream from a client; (A) (2) using an automatic speech recognition engine in a first configuration state to recognize a first portion of the speech stream and thereby to produce a first speech recognition result; (B) at the speech recognition server, (B) (1) analyzing a first control message in the control stream to determine whether the first speech recognition result satisfies a first predetermined criterion specified by the control stream; (B) (2) waiting until the automation speech recognition engine has been reconfigured before continuing to (C); and (C) at the speech recognition server, responsive to receiving a second control message, using the automatic speech recognition engine in a second configuration state to recognize a second portion of the speech stream and thereby to produce a second speech recognition result.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein (A)(1) further comprises receiving an encrypted speech stream and an encrypted control stream from the client.