Sharing voice application processing via markup

A computer-implemented method of processing voice applications in a client-server computing system comprising a server device and a client device, said method comprising performing on said client device:

• communicating, to said server device, data, from said client device, said data being indicative of a computing capability of said client device, said data comprising:
• a measure of memory available on said client device,
• a battery power of said client device,
• a processing capability of said client device, and
• information identifying one or more resources available on said client device;
• receiving a script from said server device, said script being selected dependent on said data indicative of said computing capability of said client device;
• parsing said script and determining a set of instructions allocating a division of voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks to be performed between said client device and said server device;
• determining, based on said script, voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks to be performed by said client device according to said set of instructions and an order to perform said voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks;
• executing said set of instructions of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks on said client device based on said division of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks;
• and
• synchronizing execution of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks between said client device and said server device.

A server processing voice applications in a client-server computing system, said server:

• receiving, at said server comprising a processor, data from a client device indicative of a computing capability of said client device, said data comprising:
• a measure of memory available on said client device,
• a battery power of said client device,
• a processing capability of said client device, and
• information identifying one or more resources available on said client device;
• determining, at said server, a profile of said client device based on said data received from said client device indicating said computing capability of said client device;
• selecting, based on said profile of said client device, a set of instructions allocating a division of voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks to be performed between said server and said client device;
• providing said set of instructions to said client device for execution of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks based on said division of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks;
• and
• synchronizing execution of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks between said client device and said server.

A client device processing voice applications in a client-server computing system, said client device:

• communicating to a server device, data from said client device indicative of a computing capability of said client device, said data comprising:
• a measure of memory available on said client device,
• a battery power of said client device,
• a processing capability of said client device, and
• information identifying one or more resources available on said client device;
• receiving a script from said server device, said script being selected dependent on said data indicative of said computing capability of said client device, said script allocating a division of voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks to be performed between said client device and said server device;
• parsing said script to determine a set of instructions to execute said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks based on said division of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks;
• determining, based on said script, voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks to be performed by said client device according to said set of instructions and an order to perform said voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks;
• synchronizing said set of instructions to execute said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks between said client device and said server device;
• and
• executing at least a portion of said set of instructions on said client device.

A computer program product comprising machine-readable program code recorded on a non-transitory machine-readable recording medium, for controlling operation of a server on which said program code executes to perform a method of processing voice applications in a client-server computing system, said method comprising:

• receiving data indicative of a computing capability of a client device, said data comprising:
• a measure of memory available on said client device,
• a battery power of said client device,
• a processing capability of said client device, and
• information identifying one or more resources available on said client device;
• determining a profile of said client device based on said data received indicating said computing capability of said client device;
• selecting, based on said profile of said client device, a set of instructions allocating a division of voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks to be performed between said server and said client device;
• providing said set of instructions to said client device for execution of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks based on said division of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks;
• and
• synchronizing said execution of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks between said client device and said server.

A computer program product comprising machine-readable program code recorded on a non-transitory machine-readable recording medium, for controlling operation of a client device on which said program code executes to perform a method of processing voice applications in a client-server computing system, said method comprising:

• receiving a script from a server device, said script being selected dependent on data indicative of a computing capability of said client device, said data comprising:
• a measure of memory available on said client device,
• a battery power of said client device,
• a processing capability of said client device, and
• information identifying one or more resources available on said client device;
• parsing said script to determine a set of instructions allocating a division of one of voice-based dialog processing and speech processing tasks to be performed between said client device and said server device;
• determining, based on said script, voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks to be performed by said client device according to said set of instructions and an order to perform said voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks;
• executing at least a portion of said set of instructions of said one of said voice-based dialog processing and said speech processing tasks on said client device based on said division of said one of said voice-based dialog processing and said speech processing tasks;
• and
• synchronizing said execution of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks between said client device and said server device based on said division of voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks.

A system that processes voice applications comprising:

• a client device having associated data indicative of a computing capability of said client device, said data comprising:
• a measure of memory available on said client device,
• a battery power of said client device,
• a processing capability of said client device, and
• information identifying one or more resources available on said client device;
• data storage storing a plurality of scripts allocating a division of one of voice-based dialog processing and speech processing tasks to be performed between a server and said client device;
• a server device determining a profile of said client device based on said associated data and said server device selecting an appropriate script for said client device based on said profile of said client device, said script allocating a division of voice-based dialog processing or speech processing tasks to be performed between said client device and said server device;
• an interpreter layer processing said script to determine a first set of instructions to be performed on said client device and a second set of instructions to be performed on said server device, said interpreter layer providing said first set of instructions to said client device for execution of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks based on said division of said voice-based dialog processing or said speech processing tasks;
• and
• a synchronization layer synchronizing execution of said first set of instructions and said second sets of instructions between said client device and said server device.