Voice application finding and user invoking applications related to a single entity

US8706505B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Google LLC · US

Inventors

• Bjorn Erik Bringert · Bath, GB
• Pawel Pietryka · London, GB
• Peter John Hodgson · London, GB
• Simon Tickner · Canterbury, GB
• Henrique Penha · San Francisco, US
• Richard Zarek Cohen · London, GB
• Luca Zanolin · London, GB
• Marcus Alexander Foster · West Malling, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G10L2015/228
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computing device is configured to initiate actions in response to speech input that includes a name or other indication of an entity, in a first spoken utterance, followed by an action, in a second spoken utterance. The computing device receives the first spoken utterance, identifies an entity based on the first spoke utterance, and indicates a plurality of available actions based on the identified entity. The computing device then receives the second spoken utterance and identifies a selection of at least one of the available actions based on the second spoken utterance. The computing device then initiates the at least one selected action.