Remote server object architecture for speech recognition

A method of processing speech comprising:

• (A) receiving, at a first server object, a voice data message from a telephone network;
• (B) transmitting said voice data message over a first computer network to a second server object;
• (C) converting said voice data message to phonetic data message in said second server object;
• (D) transmitting said phonetic data message from said second server object to a third server object over said first computer network;
• (E) converting said phonetic data message to a syntactic data message in said third server object;
• (F) transmitting said syntactic data message from said third server object to a fourth server object over said first computer network;
• and
• (G) converting, in said fourth server object, said syntactic data message to a semantic data message that includes a plurality of possible valid interpretations of said voice data message.

A speech recognition system comprising:

• a line of service including:
• a voice server object coupled to a telephone network for receiving a voice data message from said telephone network;
• a speech recognition server having a connection to said voice server object for receiving said voice data message from said voice server object and converting said voice data message to a phonetic data message and converting said phonetic data message to a syntactic data message;
• a task server object having a connection to said speech recognition server 6 receiving said syntactic data message from said speech recognition server object and convering said syntactic data message to a semantic data message that includes a plurality of possible valid interpretations of said voice data message;
• and
• a control monitor for controlling the configuration of said voice server object,
• said speech recognition server and said task server object in said line of service;
• wherein said connections between said voice server object, said speech recognition server, said task server object and said control monitor are formed over a first computer network.