Speech control for complex commands

A system, comprising:

• a communication interface configured to receive a user utterance;
• a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to recognize and determine an operational meaning of the received user utterance comprising a compound input, at least in part by:
• determining that a first subset of the received user utterance is associated with a first recognized input, comprising at least in part:
• placing a breakpoint between every word of the received user utterance at least in part to separate sentences between breakpoints;
• and
• removing a given breakpoint when it is at least in part determined that a candidate sentence associated with the given breakpoint is of low score quantified by a quality metric that is decreased for sentences that make less sense;
• determining whether a meaning of a remaining portion of the received user utterance other than the first subset is recognized as being associated with a second recognized input;
• and
• based at least in part on a determination that the meaning of the remaining portion of the received user utterance is recognized as being associated with said second recognized input, concluding that the received user utterance comprises a compound input comprising the first and second recognized inputs.

A method, comprising:

• receiving audio content associated with a user utterance;
• recognizing and determining an operational meaning of a received user utterance comprising a compound input, at least in part by:
• determining that a first subset of the received user utterance is associated with a first recognized input, comprising at least in part:
• placing a breakpoint between every word of the received user utterance at least in part to separate sentences between breakpoints;
• and
• removing a given breakpoint when it is at least in part determined that a candidate sentence associated with the given breakpoint is of low score quantified by a quality metric that is decreased for sentences that make less sense;
• determining whether a meaning of a remaining portion of the received user utterance other than the first subset is recognized as being associated with a second recognized input;
• and
• based at least in part on a determination that the meaning of the remaining portion of the received user utterance is recognized as being associated with said second recognized input, concluding that the user utterance comprises a compound input comprising the first and second recognized inputs.

A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• determining that a first subset of the received user utterance is associated with a first recognized input, comprising at least in part:
• placing a breakpoint between every word of the received user utterance at least in part to separate sentences between breakpoints;
• and
• removing a given breakpoint when it is at least in part determined that a candidate sentence associated with the given breakpoint is of low score quantified by a quality metric that is decreased for sentences that make less sense;
• determining whether a meaning of a remaining portion of the received user utterance other than the first subset is recognized as being associated with a second recognized input;
• and
• based at least in part on a determination that the meaning of the remaining portion of the received user utterance is recognized as being associated with said second recognized input, concluding that the user utterance comprises a compound input comprising the first and second recognized inputs.