Web service support for a multimodal client processing a multimodal application

摘要

Web service support for a multimodal client processing a multimodal application, the multimodal client providing an execution environment for the application and operating on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of user interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes, the application stored on an application server, includes: receiving, by the server, an application request from the client that specifies the application and device characteristics; determining, by a multimodal adapter of the server, modality requirements for the application; selecting, by the adapter, a modality web service in dependence upon the modality requirements and the characteristics for the device; determining, by the adapter, whether the device supports VoIP in dependence upon the characteristics; providing, by the server, the application to the client; and providing, by the adapter to the client in dependence upon whether the device supports VoIP, access to the modality web service for processing the application.

主权项

1. A method of processing a voice command spoken into a communication device, the method comprising:
establishing a connection via a communication network between an application server and the communication device; receiving, by the application server, the voice command spoken into the communication device and communicated to the application server via said connection; accessing a web service stored on the application server; processing the voice command with the web service on the application server; determining, by a multimodal adapter of the application server, modality requirements for a multimodal application operating on the communication device, the modality requirements specifying characteristics of a modality web service capable of processing the voice command; selecting, by the multimodal adapter of the application server, the modality web service in dependence upon the modality requirements; and returning, from the application server to the communication device, a multimodal signal configured to render a user interface on the communication device.