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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:

Quentin Miller, Sammamish, WA (US);

John J. Ostlund, Redmond, WA (US);

Anand Ramakrishna, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Quentin Miller, Sammamish, WA (US);

John J. Ostlund, Redmond, WA (US);

Anand Ramakrishna, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of voice initiated network operations are presented herein. Voice initiation of operations is described which may be utilized to assist a user in performing operations, such as when other input mechanisms are undesirable, inconvenient, or impossible. A user provides speech to a client device. The speech is converted to text. The text is used to perform operations and obtain results.

Published as:
US2007150286A1; WO2007075238A1; EP1963991A1; KR20080086465A; CN101341482A; JP2009521745A; EP1963991A4; US7996228B2;

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