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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
May. 06, 1998
Matthew T. Marx, Everett, MA (US);
Jerry K. Carter, Somerville, MA (US);
Michael S. Phillips, Belmont, MA (US);
Mark A. Holthouse, Newton, MA (US);
Stephen D. Seabury, Boston, MA (US);
Jose L. Elizondo-Cecenas, Boston, MA (US);
Brett D. Phaneuf, Marshfield, MA (US);
SpeechWorks International, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Dialogue modules are provided, with each dialogue module includes computer readable instructions for accomplishing a predefined interactive dialogue task in an interactive speech application. In response to user input, a subset of the plurality of dialogue modules are selected to accomplish their respective interactive dialogue tasks in the interactive speech application and are interconnected in an order defining the call flow of the application, and the application is generated. A graphical user interface represents the stored plurality of dialogue modules as icons in a graphical display in which icons for the subset of dialogue modules are selected in the graphical display in response to user input, the icons for the subset of dialogue modules are graphically interconnected into a graphical representation of the call flow of the interactive speech application, and the interactive speech application is generated based upon the graphical representation. Using the graphical display, the method further includes associating configuration parameters with specific dialogue modules. Each configuration parameter causes a change in operation of the dialogue module when the interactive speech program executes. A window is displayed for setting the value of the configuration parameter in response to user input, when an icon for a dialogue module having an associated configuration parameter is selected.