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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Philipp Heinz Schmid, Seattle, WA (US);
Ralph Lipe, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Robert Chambers, Issaquah, WA (US);
Edward Connell, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Philipp Heinz Schmid, Seattle, WA (US);
Ralph Lipe, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Robert Chambers, Issaquah, WA (US);
Edward Connell, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an application-independent and engine-independent middleware layer () between applications () and engines (). The middleware provides speech-related services to both applications () and engines (), thereby making it far easier for application vendors and engine vendors to bring their technology to consumers.
Published as:
EP1175060A2; US2002069065A1; EP1175060A3; US2005096911A1; US7139709B2; US7177813B2; US7177807B1; US2007078657A1; US7379874B2; EP1175060B1; ATE511287T1;