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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
David a Howell, Seattle, WA (US);
David T Fong, Kirkland, WA (US);
David A Howell, Seattle, WA (US);
David T Fong, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system that concurrently provides multiple user interface (UI) mechanisms that facilitate control of an application state machine (e.g., unified message system). More particularly, the invention can create two relatively distinct user experiences, one via dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) navigation and another through speech recognition navigation of a unified message system. In accordance therewith, one single underlying state machine can be used. Navigation and flow control (e.g., state transitions) in the state machine can be leveraged by multiple UI mechanisms that actively co-exist. The invention introduces speech recognition features together with other input mechanisms to drive the UI of an application state machine (e.g., unified messaging system). The speech recognition UI can be designed to provide a natural navigation through the application independent of a DTMF UI.