Patent Document ID: 9606767
Application ID: 13495406

Base Claim:
1. A method performed on at least one processor for managing speech resources for a plurality of applications, the method comprising the steps of: providing data from a client workstation regarding a first speech application and a first set of speech resources being used by the first speech application, the first speech application being a natural language speech recognition application, wherein the first set of speech resources comprises at least a first language model and a first user profile used by the first speech application to convert audio to text, and wherein providing the data regarding the first speech application and the first set of speech resources comprises: initiating the first speech application at the client workstation, transmitting identification of a client initiating the first speech application at the client workstation, and delivering the first set of speech resources based on at least one of the first speech applications or the identification of the client; receiving data from the client workstation indicative of a switch from the first speech application to a second application; on receiving the data indicative of the switch from the first speech application to the second application, saving a transcription generated by the first speech application using the first set of speech resources; determining whether the second application being used at the client workstation requires a second set of speech resources, wherein the second set of speech resources comprises at least a second language model and a second user profile used by the second application to convert audio to text, wherein the first language model and the first user profile are different than the second language model and the second user profile; and loading the second set of speech resources that comprise at least the second language model to facilitate operation of the second application, wherein the client does not log out of the first speech application prior to initiating the second application.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the second application is a natural language speech recognition application.