System and method for selecting and presenting advertisements based on natural language processing of voice-based input

A method for selecting and presenting advertisements in response to processing natural language utterances, comprising:

• receiving a natural language utterance containing at least one request at an input device;
• recognizing one or more words or phrases in the natural language utterance at a speech recognition engine coupled to the input device;
• interpreting the recognized words or phrases at a conversational language processor coupled to the speech recognition engine, wherein interpreting the recognized words or phrases includes establishing a context for the natural language utterance;
• selecting an advertisement in the context established for the natural language utterance;
• presenting the selected advertisement via an output device coupled to the conversational language processor;
• and
• determining that the conversational language processor incorrectly interpreted the words or phrases in response to an adaptive misrecognition engine detecting a predetermined event, wherein the conversational language processor reinterprets the words or phrases in response to the predetermined event.

A system for selecting and presenting advertisements in response to processing natural language utterances, comprising:

• an input device that receives a natural language utterance containing at least one request at an input device;
• a speech recognition engine coupled to the input device, wherein the speech recognition engine recognizes one or more words or phrases in the natural language utterance, wherein to recognize the words or phrases in the natural language utterance, the speech recognition engine is configured to:
• map a stream of phonemes contained in the natural language utterance to one or more syllables that are phonemically represented in an acoustic grammar;
• and
• generate a preliminary interpretation for the natural language utterance from the one or more syllables, wherein the preliminary interpretation generated from the one or more syllables includes the recognized words or phrases;
• a conversational language processor coupled to the speech recognition engine, wherein the conversational language processor is configured to:
• interpret the recognized words or phrases, wherein interpreting the recognized words or phrases includes establishing a context for the natural language utterance;
• select an advertisement in the context established for the natural language utterance;
• and
• present the selected advertisement via an output device.

A system for selecting and presenting advertisements in response to processing natural language utterances, comprising:

• an input device that receives a natural language utterance containing at least one request at an input device;
• a speech recognition engine coupled to the input device, wherein the speech recognition engine recognizes one or more words or phrases in the natural language utterance;
• a conversational language processor coupled to the speech recognition engine, wherein the conversational language processor is configured to:
• interpret the recognized words or phrases, wherein interpreting the recognized words or phrases includes establishing a context for the natural language utterance;
• select an advertisement in the context established for the natural language utterance;
• and
• present the selected advertisement via an output device;
• and
• an adaptive misrecognition engine configured to determine that the conversational language incorrectly interpreted the words or phrases in response to detecting a predetermined event, wherein the conversational language processor reinterprets the words or phrases in response to the predetermined event.