Indefinite speech inputs
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsChristian Klein, Gregg Wygonik
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed that relate to the use of speech inputs including indefinite quantitative terms as computing device inputs. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of operating a computing device, the method including receiving a speech input comprising an indefinite quantitative term, determining a definite quantity corresponding to the indefinite quantitative term, and applying the definite quantity to an action performed via the computing device in response to the speech input.
Claims20
A method of operating a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a speech input comprising an indefinite quantitative term;
- determining a definite quantity corresponding to the indefinite quantitative term;
- and
- applying the definite quantity to an action performed via the computing device in response to the speech input.
A computing device, comprising:
- a logic subsystem configured to execute instructions;
- and
- a data storage subsystem comprising instructions stored thereon that are executable by the logic subsystem to
- receive a speech input comprising an indefinite quantitative term,
- determine a mapping of the indefinite quantitative term to a definite quantity;
- and
- apply the definite quantity to an action performed via the computing device in response to the speech input.
A method of operating a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a composite user input comprising a speech input and a non-speech input, one of the speech input and the non-speech input requesting an action and another of the speech input and the non-speech input providing an indefinite quantitative term related to the action requested;
- determining a definite quantity corresponding to the indefinite quantitative term;
- and
- applying the definite quantity to an action performed in response to the speech input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.