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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2009
Robert L. Chambers, Sammamish, WA (US);
Larry Coryell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Karen J. Kaushansky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Julian James Odell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jim C. Chou, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert L. Chambers, Sammamish, WA (US);
Larry Coryell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Karen J. Kaushansky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Julian James Odell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jim C. Chou, San Francisco, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Architecture that employs a combination of in-band signaling (e.g., DTMF) with speech recognition to deliver usability improvements. The in-band signaling allows the user to indicate to the system when a barge-in operation is occurring and/or when to start listening to subsequent speech input and optionally, when to stop listening for further speech input. The in-band signaling can be utilized during a telephone call and using wireline and wireless telephones. Moreover, the architecture can be incorporated at the platform level requiring little, if any, application changes to support the new mode of operation.