Method of providing dynamic speech processing services during variable network connectivity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10199052-B2
Application number	US-201715620480-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2017
Priority date	Dec 8, 2008
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

Systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media are presented to provide dynamic speech processing services during variable network connectivity. The method includes monitoring, via a processor, a level of network connectivity between a device and a network server. When the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is below a threshold, the method includes performing speech processing using a speech processor of the device. When the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is at or above the threshold, the method includes performing speech processing using a speech processor at the network server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
monitoring, via a processor, a level of network connectivity between a device and a network server;
performing speech processing using a speech processor of the device when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is below a threshold; and
performing speech processing using a speech processor at the network server when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is at or above the threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold relates to whether the level of network connectivity is impaired.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring of the level of network connectivity quantifies the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based upon a quantified level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based on a computing power level of each of the plurality of speech processing engines.

6. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
monitoring a level of network connectivity between a device and a network server;
performing speech processing using a speech processor of the device when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is below a threshold; and
performing speech processing using a speech processor at the network server when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is at or above the threshold.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the threshold relates to whether the level of network connectivity is impaired.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the monitoring of the level of network connectivity quantifies the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based upon a quantified level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based on a computing power level of each of the plurality of speech processing engines.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
monitoring a level of network connectivity between a device and a network server;
performing speech processing using a speech processor of the device when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is below a threshold; and
performing speech processing using a speech processor at the network server when the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server is at or above the threshold.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the threshold relates to whether the level of network connectivity is impaired.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein the monitoring of the level of network connectivity quantifies the level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11 , wherein one of a plurality of speech processing engines is selected based upon a quantified level of network connectivity between the device and the network server.

Assignees

• Nuance Communications Inc

Inventors

• Schroeter Horst

Classifications

• H04M1/72522

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M2201/40

  using speech recognition · CPC title

• G10L25/00 Primary

  Speech or voice analysis techniques not restricted to a single one of groups G10L15/00 - G10L21/00 (muting semiconductor-based amplifiers when some special characteristics of a signal are sensed by a speech detector, e.g. sensing when no signal is present, H03G3/34) · CPC title

• H04M2250/74

  with voice recognition means · CPC title

• H04L43/0811

  by checking connectivity · CPC title