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US 2010/0161333 A1Published application
Adaptive personal name grammars
AssigneeCiscotechnology, Inc.
InventorsMICHAEL T. MAAS, KEVIN L. CHESTNUT
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an adaptive personal name grammar improves speech recognition by limiting or weighting the scope of potential addressable names based upon meta-information relative to the communications patterns, environmental considerations, or sociological/professional hierarchy of a user to increase the likelihood of a positive match.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- creating a user-specific personal name grammar having entries for a group of members with each entry including identification information that identifies an associated member of the group and with each entry including a weight value indicating the likelihood of the name of the associated member being spoken;
- analyzing environmental information to determine group members likely to be contacted by the user;
- and
- altering the weight value in an entry associated with a group member to indicate the likelihood that the group member will be contacted by the user.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory holding program code, personal name grammar entries, and environmental information;
- a processor, coupled to said memory and configured execute program code to create a user-specific personal name grammar having entries for a group of members with each entry including identification information that identifies an associated member of the group and with each entry including a weight value indicating the likelihood of the name of the associated member being spoken;
- to analyze environmental information to determine group members likely to be contacted by the user;
- and to alter the weight value in an entry associated with a group member to indicate the likelihood that the group member will be contacted by the user.
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One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and with the software operable to:
- create a user-specific personal name grammar having entries for a group of members with each entry including identification information that identifies an associated member of the group and with each entry including a weight value indicating the likelihood of the name of the associated member being spoken;
- analyze environmental information to determine group members likely to be contacted by the user;
- and
- alter the weight value in an entry associated with a group member to indicate the likelihood that the group member will be contacted by the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.