公开(公告)号：DE602005013938D1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-28

申请号：DE602005013938

申请日：2005-03-21

Applicant: PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Inventor： PORTELE THOMAS ,  STREEFKERK BARBERTJE ,  TE VRUGT JUERGEN

IPC: G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26

Abstract: The invention describes a method for driving multiple applications (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , . . . , A n ) by a common dialog management system ( 1 ). Therein, a unique set of auditory icons (S 1 , S 2 , S 3 , . . . , S n ) is assigned to each application (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , . . . , A n ). The common dialog management system ( 1 ) informs a user of the status of an application (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , . . . , A n ) by playback, at a specific point in a dialog flow, of a relevant auditory icon (I 1 , I 2 , I 3 , . . . , I n ) selected from the unique set of auditory icons (S 1 , S 2 , S 3 , . . . , S n ) of the respective application (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , . . . , A n ) Moreover the invention describes a dialog management system comprising an input detection arrangement ( 4 ) for detecting user input ( 5 ) to the system, a sound output arrangement ( 6 ) for outputting audible sound ( 7 ), a core dialog engine ( 8 ) for coordinating a dialog flow by interpreting user input ( 5 ) and synthesizing audible sound output ( 7 ), an application interface ( 10 ) for communication between the dialog management system ( 1 ) and the applications (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , . . . , A n ), a source of unique sets of auditory icons (S 1 , S 2 , S 3 , . . . , S n ) assigned to the applications (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , . . . , A n ), and an auditory icon management unit ( 11 ) for selecting relevant auditory icons (I 1 ,I 2 ,I 3 , . . . , I n ) corresponding to the applications (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , . . . , A n ) for playback at specific points in the dialog flow.