System and method for an N-best list interface

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a search query, wherein the search query is:
• formatted according to a standard language for containing and annotating interpretations of user input, the standard language being different than a language the search query was recorded in;
• and
• based on a natural language spoken query from a user;
• retrieving an N-best list of recognition results based on the search query;
• transmitting the N-best list of recognition results to a plurality of user devices comprising a first user device and a second user device;
• after presenting the N-best list on the plurality of user devices, receiving disambiguation input from the first user device, the disambiguation input comprising a vocal disambiguation input and a gesture disambiguation input, the disambiguation input indicating an entry in the N-best list;
• and
• transmitting to the second user device additional information associated with the entry based on the disambiguation input;
• wherein the additional information is a map indicating an address for the entry.

A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a search query, wherein the search query is:
• formatted according to a standard language for containing and annotating interpretations of user input, the standard language being different than a language the search query was recorded in;
• and
• based on a natural language spoken query from a user;
• retrieving an N-best list of recognition results based on the search query;
• transmitting the N-best list of recognition results to a plurality of user devices comprising a first user device and a second user device;
• after presenting the N-best list on the plurality of user devices, receiving disambiguation input from the first user device, the disambiguation input comprising a vocal disambiguation input and a gesture disambiguation input, the disambiguation input indicating an entry in the N-best list;
• and
• transmitting to the second user device additional information associated with the entry based on the disambiguation input;
• wherein the additional information is a map indicating an address for the entry.