Method and apparatus for providing voice recognition service to a wireless communication device

A method for a wireless communication device to enable a wireless system infrastructure to provide voice recognition service to the wireless communication device, the wireless system infrastructure forming part of a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

• storing voice recognition information specific to a user of the wireless communication device in a memory of the wireless communication device, the voice recognition information being usable by a voice recognition processor of the wireless system infrastructure to provide voice recognition service to the wireless communication device;
• transmitting a request to operate in the wireless communication system to the wireless system infrastructure, the request to operate including a first identifier associated with the wireless communication device and a second identifier associated with the voice recognition information;
• receiving a request for voice recognition information from the wireless system infrastructure responsive to the request to operate;
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• transmitting the voice recognition information to the wireless system infrastructure responsive to the request for voice recognition information to facilitate use of the voice recognition information by the voice recognition processor during operation of the wireless communication device.

A method for providing voice recognition functionality to a wireless communication device, the method comprising the steps of:

• storing a first portion of a voice recognition processing engine in the wireless communication device;
• implementing a second portion of the voice recognition processing engine in a wireless system infrastructure accessible by the wireless communication device, wherein the first portion is substantially smaller than the second portion;
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• using both the first portion and the second portion of the voice recognition processing engine to provide voice recognition functionality to the wireless communication device.

A method for a wireless system infrastructure to provide voice recognition service to a wireless communication device, the wireless system infrastructure forming part of a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a request to operate in the wireless communication system from the wireless communication device, the request to operate including a first identifier associated with the wireless communication device and a second identifier associated with voice recognition information stored in a memory of the wireless communication device;
• determining whether voice recognition information associated with the wireless communication device is presently stored in the wireless system infrastructure based on the first identifier;
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• in the event that voice recognition information associated with the wireless communication device is not presently stored in the wireless system infrastructure, requesting transmission of the voice recognition information stored in the memory of the wireless communication device.

A wireless system infrastructure that provides voice recognition service, the wireless system infrastructure comprising:

• a base transceiver site that receives, during a first time period, voice recognition information from a wireless communication device to produce received voice recognition information, wherein the received voice recognition information includes a context model, and that receives, during a second, later time period, a first data message from the wireless communication device containing an instruction forming part of the context model;
• a memory device, operably coupled to the base transceiver site, that stores the received voice recognition information to produce stored voice recognition information;
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• a voice recognition processor, operably coupled to the memory device and the base transceiver site, that generates a second data message representative of the instruction contained in the first data message based on the stored voice recognition information, the second data message being used to execute the instruction.