Abstract: A communication system includes a front-end audio gateway or bridge and a hands-free device. An automatic speech recognition platform accessible to the hands-free device provides or makes available one or more preprocessing schemes and/or acoustic models to the front-end audio gateway or bridge. The preprocessing schemes or acoustic models can be identified by or provided before a connection is established between the front-end audio gateway and the automatic speech recognition platform, when a connection occurs between the front-end audio gateway and the automatic speech recognition platform, and/or during a speech recognition session.

Abstract: A communication system includes a front-end audio gateway or bridge and a hands-free device. An automatic speech recognition platform accessible to the hands-free device provides or makes available one or more preprocessing schemes and/or acoustic models to the front-end audio gateway or bridge. The preprocessing schemes or acoustic models can be identified by or provided before a connection is established between the front-end audio gateway and the automatic speech recognition platform, when a connection occurs between the front-end audio gateway and the automatic speech recognition platform, and/or during a speech recognition session.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for presenting structured data on the electronic device in different operating environments. The method includes selecting, from a plurality of presentation semantics associated with the structured data, a first set of presentation semantics in accordance with an operating environment of the electronic device; processing the structured data in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics; and presenting the structured data processed in accordance with the first set of presentation semantics using the electronic device.

Abstract: A remote entry navigation system streamlines a navigation process by generating routing directions to a destination transmitted by a mobile position identification unit. A remote entry navigation system includes a receiver that receives location data representing a desired location from a remote mobile position identification unit. An in-vehicle memory retains the location data. A vehicle processor generates routing directions to the desired location based on at least two elements included within the location data.

Abstract: A multimedia system is set forth that comprises a multimedia engine, a database, and a human machine interface. The multimedia engine may be adapted to access multimedia files from a plurality of multimedia data sources for playback on one or more of a plurality of multimedia output devices. The database may be adapted to store information relating to multimedia files stored on the plurality of multimedia data sources. The multimedia file information from the plurality of multimedia data sources may be consolidated in a commonly accessible format in the database. The human machine interface may be adapted to provide a graphical interface to information stored on the database for playback of corresponding multimedia files from the plurality of multimedia data sources.