Systems and Methods for Designing Voice Applications

A method comprising:

• parsing, at a computing device, a verbal input, wherein the computing device is in communication with a server, the computing device includes a constrained speech recognition search space, and the verbal input includes a plurality of words;
• identifying at least one keyword at the computing device using the constrained speech recognition search space;
• communicating with the server to identify at least one keyword at the server;
• determining, by the computing device, a plurality of applications based on the at least one keyword identified at the computing device and the at least one keyword identified at the server;
• assigning, by the computing device, respective priorities to respective applications of the plurality of applications based at least on:
• (i) whether a respective application is installed on the computing device or is yet to be installed, (ii) a payment made to associate the identified keywords with the respective application, and (iii) a relevance of the respective application to the identified keywords;
• and
• providing a ranked list of the plurality of applications based on the respective priorities;
• receiving feedback information indicative of a selection of an application of the plurality of applications;
• modifying the respective priorities assigned to the plurality of applications based on the feedback information;
• and
• associating, by the computing device, the modified respective priorities with the identified keywords.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:

• parsing a verbal input, wherein the computing device is in communication with a server, the computing device includes a constrained speech recognition search space, and the verbal input includes a plurality of words;
• identifying at least one keyword at the computing device using the constrained speech recognition search space;
• communicating with the server to identify at least one keyword at the server;
• determining a plurality of applications based on the at least one keyword identified at the computing device and the at least one keyword identified at the server;
• assigning respective priorities to respective applications of the plurality of applications based at least on:
• (i) whether a respective application is installed on the computing device or is yet to be installed, (ii) a payment made to associate the identified keywords with the respective application, and (iii) a relevance of the respective application to the identified keywords;
• and
• providing a ranked list of the plurality of applications based on the respective priorities;
• receiving feedback information indicative of a selection of an application of the plurality of applications;
• modifying the respective priorities assigned to the plurality of applications based on the feedback information;
• and
• associating the modified respective priorities with the identified keywords.

A system comprising:

• a computing device;
• and
• a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the computing device, causes the system to perform functions comprising:
• parsing a verbal input, wherein the computing device is in communication with a server, the computing device includes a constrained speech recognition search space, and the verbal input includes a plurality of words;
• identifying at least one keyword at the computing device using the constrained speech recognition search space;
• communicating with the server to identify at least one keyword at the server;
• determining a plurality of applications based on the at least one keyword identified at the computing device and the at least one keyword identified at the server;
• assigning respective priorities to respective applications of the plurality of applications based at least on:
• (i) whether a respective application is installed on the computing device or is yet to be installed, (ii) a payment made to associate the identified keywords with the respective application, and (iii) a relevance of the respective application to the identified keywords;
• and
• providing a ranked list of the plurality of applications based on the respective priorities;
• receiving feedback information indicative of a selection of an application of the plurality of applications;
• modifying the respective priorities assigned to the plurality of applications based on the feedback information;
• and
• associating the modified respective priorities with the identified keywords.