Patent Document ID: 8321277
Application ID: 12164633

Base Claim:
1. A method for improved voice ordering from a product catalog using a product information management (PIM) component, the method comprising: receiving, from a speech recognition component, one or more words corresponding to a voice input; searching, by at least one processor, the PIM component to identify at least one matching item and/or category in the product catalog based, at least in part, on the one or more received words and at least one item attribute associated with at least one item and/or at least one category attribute associated with at least one category in the PIM component; and outputting coded results to a voice synthesis component in response to the search, wherein the coded results indicate whether the search resulted in the identification of at least one matching item and/or category in the PIM component.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the coded results indicate that no matching items and no matching categories were identified and wherein the method further comprises instructing the voice synthesis component to generate an error message including a request for additional voice input from the user.