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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Charles W. Cross, Jr., Wellington, FL (US);
Michael C. Hollinger, Memphis, TN (US);
Igor R. Jablokov, Matthews, NC (US);
Benjamin D. Lewis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hilary A. Pike, College Station, TX (US);
Daniel M. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
David W. Wintermute, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Michael A. Zaitzeff, Carson City, NV (US);
Charles W. Cross, Jr., Wellington, FL (US);
Michael C. Hollinger, Memphis, TN (US);
Igor R. Jablokov, Matthews, NC (US);
Benjamin D. Lewis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hilary A. Pike, College Station, TX (US);
Daniel M. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
David W. Wintermute, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Michael A. Zaitzeff, Carson City, NV (US);
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary methods, systems, and products are disclosed for synchronizing visual and speech events in a multimodal application, including receiving from a user speech; determining a semantic interpretation of the speech; calling a global application update handler; identifying, by the global application update handler, an additional processing function in dependence upon the semantic interpretation; and executing the additional function. Typical embodiments may include updating a visual element after executing the additional function. Typical embodiments may include updating a voice form after executing the additional function. Typical embodiments also may include updating a state table after updating the voice form. Typical embodiments also may include restarting the voice form after executing the additional function.