| US 7,519,536 B2 | ||
| System and method for providing network coordinated conversational services | ||
| Stephane H. Maes, Danbury, Conn. (US); and Ponani Gopalakrishnan, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlinton, Mass. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/303,768. | ||
| Application 11/303768 is a continuation of application No. 09/806425, granted, now 7,003,463, previously published as PCT/US99/22925, filed on Oct. 01, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/117595, filed on Jan. 27, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/102957, filed on Oct. 02, 1998. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0111909 A1, May 25, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G10L 21/00 (2006.01); G10L 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 704—270.1 [704/275; 704/231; 709/201; 709/203] | 17 Claims |
| 12. A method for providing automatic and coordinated sharing of conversational resources between network devices, comprising
the steps of:
receiving a request for a conversational service by a first network device;
determining by the first network device whether to process the requested conversational service one of locally using conversational
resources of the first network device, remotely using conversational resources of at least a second network device or locally
and remotely using both the local and remote conversational resources, wherein the determination is made by determining an
amount of resources available locally; and
automatically communicating with the at least second network device, if it is determined that the conversational service will
be processed, at least in part, remotely using the conversational resources of the at least second network device.
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