An interaction system for enabling a user of information systems to
interact with the information systems and a method of transmitting user
queries from a speech, image or handwriting recognition system to the
information systems. The interaction system is connectable to at least
one recognition system and at least one information system and comprises
at least one domain module for containing phrase setups constructed based
on object classes, attribute classes and action classes that are common
to all information systems of a given application domain and are provided
to be tailored to a specific information system of the application domain
by applying object, action and attribute types proper to the information
system and specific object, action and attribute instantiations, obtained
from the specific information system, in order to define a grammar
essentially consisting in a set of term elements comprising specific
object, attribute and action instantiations of those object, action and
attribute types and a set of rules governing the use of these term
elements in a set of valid user query phrases for interaction between the
user and the specific information system through the recognition and
interaction systems. The interaction system can also comprise at least
one generic module, connectable to a recognition system, and/or at least
one adapter module, connectable to an information system. The
transmission method comprises the steps of defining the grammar and
converting user queries into valid user query phrases according to the
grammar and/or sets of term elements and rules of the grammar.