System, server, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016188706-A1
Application number	US-201514858870-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Priority date	Dec 25, 2014
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a system includes a first server, a second server, and an electronic device, all being communicably connected to one another.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system comprising a first server, a second server, and an electronic device communicably connected to one another,
the first server comprising:
a first storage storing a database containing at least a plurality of names, and
a second storage storing a first list comprising a plurality of notations of words, each of which is associated with at least one additional notation;
the second server comprising:
a third storage storing a second list generated based on the database and the first list, the second list associating the plurality of notations of words of the first list with a corresponding pronunciation; and
the electronic device comprising:
one or more processor configured to:
receive voice data,
identify a notation in the second list associated with a pronunciation obtained as a result of recognition processing applied to the received voice data,
present a user with the identified notation as a search word,
search the database for a first name including the presented search word, and
present the user with the search result.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to search the database for a second name along with the first name with reference to the first list, the second name including any one of the at least one additional notation related to the notation presented as the search word.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first list indicates an association of each word between the notation of the word and at least one additional notation, the at least one additional notation being equivalent in meaning and in pronunciation to the notation or equivalent in meaning and similar to a threshold degree in pronunciation to the notation.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first list is generated by: using a first word to search the database for a name containing the first word, and identifying the notation and at least one additional notation associated with the notation based on a result of the search.

5 . A server communicable with an electronic device capable of searching a database including a plurality of names for a first name containing a first word, the server comprising:
a storage storing a first list comprising a plurality of notations of words, each of which is associated with a corresponding pronunciation; a transmitter configured to transmit the first list to the electronic device to prevent the electronic device from presenting to a user one or more additional notations as search words in addition to the notation, the additional notations being equivalent in meaning and in pronunciation to the notation or equivalent in meaning and similar to a threshold degree in pronunciation to the notation.

6 . The server of claim 5 , further comprising a generator configured to use the first word as the search word to search the database for the first name comprising the first word and to generate using a result of the search of s second list indicative of an association between the notation of the first word and at least one additional notation of the first word different from the notation.

7 . An electronic device communicable with a first server and a second server, wherein
the first server comprises:
a first storage storing a database containing at least a plurality of names; and
a second storage storing a first list comprising a plurality of notations of words, each of which is associated with at least one additional notation, and
the second server comprises:
a third storage storing a second list generated based on the database and the first list, the second list associating with the plurality of notations of words of the first list with a corresponding pronunciation,
the electronic device comprising:
one or more processor configured to:
receive voice data;
identify a notation in the second list associated with a pronunciation obtained as a result of recognition processing applied to the received voice data;
present the identified notation to a user as a search word;
search the database for a first name containing the presented search word; and
present the search result to the user.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to search the database for the second name along with the first name based on the first list, the second name including an additional notation related to the notation presented as the search word.

9 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the first list indicates an association of each word between the notation of the word and at least one additional notation, the at least one additional notation being equivalent in meaning and in pronunciation to the notation or equivalent in meaning and similar to a threshold degree in pronunciation to the typical notation.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Momosaki Kohei
• Hatakeyama Tetsuo
• Matsuno Atsushi

Classifications

• G06F16/951 Primary

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• G06F16/3323 Primary

  using document space presentation or visualization, e.g. category, hierarchy or range presentation and selection · CPC title

• G06F17/30684 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title