Appeal No. 2005-2505 Application 09/740,277 Invention Appellants’ invention relates to a method and system for activating speech recognition in a user terminal. Appellants’ specification at page 2, lines 3-4. Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is reproduced as follows: 1. A method for activating speech recognition in a terminal, comprising the steps of: (a) detecting an event at the terminal; (b) performing a first command in response to the event of step (a); (c) automatically activating speech recognition at the terminal in response to said step (a); (d) determining whether a second command is received by one of the speech recognition and a primary input of the terminal during a speech recognition time period commenced upon a completion of said step (b); (e) deactivating the speech recognition at the terminal if it is determined that the second command is not received by the one of the speech recognition and a primary input of the terminal in said step (d) during the speech recognition time period; (f) determining whether the second command is received by the primary input after step (e); and (g) performing the second command received in one of said steps (d) and (f).Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007