System and method for improving name dialer performance

摘要

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for improving name dialer performance. The method includes receiving a speech query for a name in a directory of names, retrieving matches to the query, if the matches are uniquely spelled homophones or near-homophones, identifying information that is unique to all retrieved matches, and presenting a spoken disambiguation statement to a user that incorporates the identified unique information. Identifying information can include multiple pieces of unique information if necessary to completely disambiguate the matches. A hierarchy can establish priority of multiple pieces of unique information for use in the spoken disambiguation statement.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a speech query for a name in a directory of names; retrieving matches to the query, the matches comprising a first match and a second match that are one of homophonic and near-homophonic; identifying first meta-data that is unique to and associated with the first match and second meta-data that is unique to and associated with the second match; identifying, via an analysis of the first meta-data and the second meta-data, a first meta-data component of the first meta-data and a second meta-data component of the second meta-data, wherein the first meta-data component and the second meta-data component have a highest strength of difference between the first meta-data and the second meta-data; and presenting a spoken disambiguation statement to a user that incorporates the first meta-data component and the second meta-data component.