The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Soonthorn Ativanichayaphong, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Charles W. Cross, Jr., Wellington, FL (US);
Gerald M. Mccobb, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Soonthorn Ativanichayaphong, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Charles W. Cross, Jr., Wellington, FL (US);
Gerald M. McCobb, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are described for invoking tapered prompts in a multimodal application implemented with a multimodal browser and a multimodal application operating on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of user interaction with the multimodal application, the modes of user interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes. Embodiments include identifying, by a multimodal browser, a prompt element in a multimodal application; identifying, by the multimodal browser, one or more attributes associated with the prompt element; and playing a speech prompt according to the one or more attributes associated with the prompt element.