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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Beatrice Coulomb, Cagnes sur mer, FR;
Dimitris Gibault, Cagnes sur mer, FR;
Audrey Occello, Colomars, FR;
Christophe Palaysi, Villeneuve Loubet, FR;
Beatrice Coulomb, Cagnes sur mer, FR;
Dimitris Gibault, Cagnes sur mer, FR;
Audrey Occello, Colomars, FR;
Christophe Palaysi, Villeneuve Loubet, FR;
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for voice ordering utilizing catalog taxonomies and hierarchical categorization relationships in product information management (PIM) systems includes: prompting a user with a query to input speech into a speech recognition engine; translating the inputted speech into a series of words; querying a product information management component (PIM) based on the series of words; wherein the querying is performed as a matching algorithm against PIM category and attribute keywords; returning coded results to a voice synthesizer to produce at least one of: a voice response, and a text response to the user; and wherein in the coded results indicate one or more of: a not found message for zero matches, a confirmation of a suitable single match, a request for additional information in the event one or more of the following occurs: more than one matching item, category, and item attribute was found in the PIM.