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Method and apparatus for providing an integrated speech recognition and natural language understanding for a dialog system

US7249019B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2002
Grant dateJul 24, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L15/18
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and a concomitant method for natural language understanding. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a new architecture that employs a sophisticated natural language understanding parser in conjunction with a speech recognition component and a VoiceXML application.

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