(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2001/0056350 Al
Calderone et al. (43) Pub. Date: Dec. 27,2001
(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VOICE
RECOGNITION NEAR A WIRELINE NODE
OF A NETWORK SUPPORTING CABLE
TELEVISION AND/OR VIDEO DELIVERY
(76) Inventors: Theodore Calderone, San Carlos, CA
(US); Paul M. Cook, Woodside, CA
(US); Mark J. Foster, Palo Alto, CA
(US)
Correspondence Address:
GLENN PATENT GROUP
3475 EDISON WAY
SUITE L
MENLO PARK, CA 94025 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 09/785,375
(22) Filed: Feb. 16, 2001
Related U.S. Application Data
(63) Non-provisional of provisional application No. 60/210,440, filed on Jun. 8, 2000. Continuation-in
part of application No. 09/679,115, filed on Oct. 4, 2000. Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/664, 874, filed on Sep. 19, 2000. Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/661,486, filed on Sep. 14, 2000. Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/708,315, filed on Nov. 7, 2000.
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G10L 21/00
(52) U.S. CI 704 270
(57) ABSTRACT
A method and system of speech recognition presented by a back channel from multiple user sites within a network supporting cable television and/or video delivery is disclosed.
