Patent Document ID: 8670987
Application ID: 11688334

Base Claim:
1. A method for use in connection with automatic speech recognition, the method implemented at least in part by using an automatic speech recognition engine, the method comprising: matching, by using at least one processor, at least one static rule of a speech recognition grammar with at least one word of a voice utterance yielding at least one matched value, the at least one static rule referenced in a parameter list of a dynamic rule of the speech recognition grammar, the parameter list occurring after the dynamic rule in the speech recognition grammar; and in response to the matching, obtaining a new static rule by processing the dynamic rule at least in part by using the at least one matched value, wherein the dynamic rule is not processed by the automatic speech recognition engine until after the at least one static rule has been matched.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the speech recognition grammar comprises a plurality of dynamic rule references to the dynamic rule, each of the plurality of dynamic rule references including a static rule parameter list comprising one or more static rule references specifying one or more static rules required to be matched before processing the dynamic rule.