Dynamic embedded recognizer and preloading on client devices grammars for recognizing user inquiries and responses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9639855-B2
Application number	US-201414450146-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2014
Priority date	Jun 26, 2014
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A system and with an associated method for preloading advertisements from a server to a user's device is disclosed. In response to inquiries made by members of a user group, user devices of the members present advertisements to the members and the server keeps a record of these presentations. Next, the server identifies those advertisements which have been frequently presented to the members, and preloads the identified advertisements to the device of a user who belongs to the user group. Subsequently, upon receiving a specific inquiry by the user's device, the server determines a response to the specific inquiry. When the determined response contains one of the preloaded advertisements, the server sends an instruction to the user's device to present the preloaded advertisement to the user.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of preloading advertisements or content by a server to a user's mobile device over a network, the method comprising:
saving or accessing advertisements or content to be presented to members of a user group,
wherein the user belongs to the user group, and
wherein the advertisements or content are based on audible inquiries made by the members of the user group and environment data, media content, or a combination thereof characterizing surroundings of the members contemporaneous with the audible inquiries;

determining a presentation trigger based on the audible inquiries and the environment data, the media content, or a combination thereof,
wherein the presentation trigger is for initiating presentation of the advertisements or content;

identifying advertisements or content frequently presented to the members of the user group based on the saved or accessed advertisements or content;
sending the identified advertisements or content and the associated presentation trigger to the user's device for caching and preloading,
wherein the identified advertisements or content include audible advertisements or content to be presented to the user;

receiving a specific inquiry along with current environment data, current media content, or a combination thereof from the user's device,
wherein the current environment data, current media content, or a combination thereof characterizes surroundings of the user's device at a time of the specific inquiring;

determining a response to the specific inquiry and the current environment data, the current media content, or a combination thereof based on the presentation trigger; and
when the determined response contains one of the preloaded advertisements or content, instructing the user's device to present one of the preloaded advertisements or content to the user to be listened to by the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the determined response does not contain any of the preloaded advertisements or content, transmitting one or more advertisements or content contained in the response to the user's device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending is performed periodically, based on an instruction from the user, or whenever additional advertisements or content are identified.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user group corresponds to an age range, a profession, or a geographical region.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inquiries made by the members of the user group and the specific inquiry are each a spoken request or instruction.

6. A computer readable medium, excluding transitory propagating signals, storing instructions that, when executed by at least one mobile computing device, cause the computing device to preload advertisements from a server, comprising:
preloading, on the mobile computing device and from the server, advertisements frequently presented to members of a user group to which the user belongs;
preloading, on the mobile computing device and from the server, presentation triggers for initiating presentation of the advertisements,
wherein each of the presentation triggers characterize audible inquiries made by the members of the user group and environment data, media content, or a combination thereof characterizing surroundings of the members contemporaneous with the audible inquiries;

receiving, at the mobile computing device, a specific spoken inquiry from the user;
determining current environment data, current media content, or a combination thereof characterizing surroundings of the mobile computing device at a time of the specific spoken inquiry; and
when the response to the specific spoken inquiry and the current environment data, the current media content, or a combination thereof matches one of the presentations triggers for one of the preloaded advertisements, presenting, on the mobile computing device, the one of the preloaded advertisements to the user,
wherein the preloaded advertisements are audible advertisements to be heard by the user.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the preloading includes storing the advertisements from the server in a cache on the mobile computing device.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 6 , wherein when the response does not contain or reference any of the preloaded advertisements, receiving one or more advertisements contained or referenced in the response from the server.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the preloading is performed periodically, based on an instruction from the user, or when additional advertisements which are frequently presented to the members of the user group are identified by the server.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the user group corresponds to an age range, a profession, or a geographical region.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the specific inquiry is a spoken request or instruction.

12. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, carrying instruction, which when executed by a user's mobile device, performs a method of preloading advertisements or content from a server, the method comprising:
saving or accessing advertisements or content to be presented to members of a user group,
wherein the user belongs to the user group, and
wherein the advertisements or content are based on audible inquiries made by the members of the user group and environment data, media content, or a combination thereof characterizing surroundings of the members contemporaneous with the audible inquiries;

determining a presentation trigger based on the audible inquiries and the environment data, the media content, or a combination thereof,
wherein the presentation trigger is for initiating presentation of the advertisements or content;

identifying advertisements or content frequently presented to the members of the user group based on the saved or accessed advertisements or content;
sending the identified advertisements or content and the associated presentation trigger to the user's device for caching and preloading,
wherein the identified advertisements or content include audible advertisements or content to be presented to the user;

receiving a specific inquiry along with current environment data, current media content, or a combination thereof from the user's device,
wherein the current environment data, current media content, or a combination thereof characterizes surroundings of the user's device at a time of the specific inquiry;

determining a response to the specific inquiry and the current environment data, the current media content, or a combination thereof based on the presentation trigger; and
when the determined response contains one of the preloaded advertisements or content, instructing the user's device to present one of the preloaded advertisements or content to the user to be listened to by the user.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein when the determined response does not contain any of the preloaded advertisements or content, transmitting one or more advertisements or content contained in the response to the user's device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the sending is performed periodically, based on an instruction from the user, or when additional advertisements or content are identified.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the user group corresponds to an age range, a profession, or a geographical region and wherein the inquiries made by the members of the user group and the specific inquiry are each

Assignees

• Nuance Communications Inc

Inventors

• Balasubramanian Sundar
• Mcsherry Michael
• Fu Eric Jun
• Hendrick Daniel
• Katyal Deepankar
• Kay David J

Classifications

• G10L13/033

  Voice editing, e.g. manipulating the voice of the synthesiser · CPC title

• G06Q30/0255 Primary

  based on user history · CPC title

• G10L15/20

  Speech recognition techniques specially adapted for robustness in adverse environments, e.g. in noise, of stress induced speech (G10L21/02 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0267

  Wireless devices · CPC title

• G06Q30/0257

  User requested · CPC title