US 9,069,836 B2 · Reusable multimodal application

Abstract

A method and system are disclosed herein for accepting multimodal inputs and deriving synchronized and processed information. A reusable multimodal application is provided on the mobile device. A user transmits a multimodal command to the multimodal platform via the mobile network. The one or more modes of communication that are inputted are transmitted to the multimodal platform(s) via the mobile network(s) and thereafter synchronized and processed at the multimodal platform. The synchronized and processed information is transmitted to the multimodal application. If required, the user verifies and appropriately modifies the synchronized and processed information. The verified and modified information are transferred from the multimodal application to the visual application. The final result(s) are derived by inputting the verified and modified results into the visual application.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

processing, by a first computing device, input information for an application executing on the first computing device, the input information received via a first mode of communication;
transmitting, via a communications network, data indicative of the input information to a second computing device;
receiving, from the second computing device, synchronized information generated by synchronizing, by the second computing device, the input information with a second mode of communication,
wherein the first computing device is configured to:
switch between the first and second modes of communication based at least in part upon a selection of the first and second modes of communication;
and
continue execution of the application when switching between the first and second modes of communication;
and
rendering the synchronized information for verification and modification in the second mode of communication while continuing execution of the application on the first computing device.

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A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions that, in response to being executed by a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:

execute, in response to an indication that a voice input mode is to be used for receiving inputs to an application executing on the mobile device, a voice input function on the mobile device;
transmit data indicative of voice input information to a multimodal platform via a communications network, the multimodal platform executing on at least one computing device;
receive, via the communications network, processed information operable for inputting to the executing application, the processed information generated using the data indicative of the voice input information;
render the received processed information for verification and modification;
and
input the verified and modified processed information to the executing application, wherein the mobile device is configured to switch between the voice input mode and another mode of communication based at least in part upon a user selection of the voice input mode and the another mode of communication and to continue execution of the executing application when switching between the modes of communication.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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