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US5912949A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Voice-dialing system using both spoken names and initials in recognition

Assignee: Nortel Networks Ltd
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Filing: 1996-11-05
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Granted: 1999-06-15
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Expires: 2016-11-05
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Abstract

Abstract A system for dialing a telephone by voice receives from a user a spoken name corresponding to a telephone number that the user desires to call and at least one initial. The systems uses both forms of speech information to retrieve a stored telephone number that corresponds to a stored name that best matches the spoken name.

Inventors

  • 👤 Conway Chan
  • 👤 Craig A. Will

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 14:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/271; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/42204; H04M3/487; H04M3/493; H04M3/4931; H04Q; H04Q3/00; H04Q3/58; H04Q3/62; H04Q3/625; H04M2201/00; H04M2201/40; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/1307; H04Q2213/13093; H04Q2213/13096; H04Q2213/13103; H04Q2213/13106; H04Q2213/1322; H04Q2213/13377; H04Q2213/13378

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim 97 words
A method for dialing a telephone by voice, comprising the steps of: receiving from a user a speech pattern corresponding to a name in a directory the user intends to call and at least one spoken letter associated with the name, wherein the names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; retrieving a telephone number corresponding to a name associated with the speech pattern; converting the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; and comparing the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 97 words
A method for dialing a telephone by voice, comprising the steps of: receiving from a user a speech pattern corresponding to a name in a directory the user intends to call and at least one spoken letter associated with the name, wherein the names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; retrieving a telephone number corresponding to a name associated with the speech pattern; converting the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; and comparing the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 70 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the names in the directory are represented by a sequence of orthographic letters, and wherein the retrieving step includes the substeps of: converting sequences of orthographic letters corresponding to the names in the directory into sequences phonemes; and comparing the sequences phonemes to the speech pattern to identify a sequence of phonemes for a name in the directory that best matches the speech pattern.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 48 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the names in the directory are represented by a sequence of orthographic letters, and wherein the retrieving step includes the substep of: comparing the names in the directory with the speech pattern using a phoneme-level representation for the names as an intermediary.
Claim 5
Independent Claim 150 words
A method for providing voice-dialing to users, comprising the steps of: receiving from a user a speech pattern, the speech pattern indicating a name corresponding to a telephone number that the user intends to call, said speech pattern including a spoken name and at least one letter corresponding to the spoken name; utilizing the speech pattern to identify a portion of a directory containing different names and corresponding telephone numbers, wherein the names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; converting the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; comparing the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; providing to the user a selection of names from the directory determined to best match the speech pattern; and initiating a telephone call to one of the telephone numbers in accordance with the user's selection of a name.
Claim 6
Independent Claim 150 words
A method for providing voice-dialing to users, comprising the steps of: receiving from a user a speech pattern, the speech pattern indicating a name corresponding to a telephone number that the user intends to call, said speech pattern including a spoken name and at least one letter corresponding to the spoken name; utilizing the speech pattern to identify a portion of a directory containing different names and corresponding telephone numbers, wherein the names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; converting the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; comparing the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; providing to the user a selection of names from the directory determined to best match the speech pattern; and initiating a telephone call to one of the telephone numbers in accordance with the user's selection of a name.
Claim 7
Independent Claim 119 words
A method comprising the steps of: receiving from a user a speech pattern corresponding to a name in a directory the user intends to call, wherein the names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; converting the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; comparing the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; presenting the user with a name determined to correspond to the speech pattern; and receiving from the user an indication as to whether the presented name correctly matches the name the user intends to call, said indication including at least one spoken letter associated with the name the user intends to call.
Claim 8
Independent Claim 119 words
A method comprising the steps of: receiving from a user a speech pattern corresponding to a name in a directory the user intends to call, wherein the names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; converting the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; comparing the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; presenting the user with a name determined to correspond to the speech pattern; and receiving from the user an indication as to whether the presented name correctly matches the name the user intends to call, said indication including at least one spoken letter associated with the name the user intends to call.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 26 words
The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of: retrieving a telephone number corresponding to a name associated with the speech pattern and spoken letter.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 109 words
Apparatus for dialing a telephone by voice, comprising: a receiver configured to receive from a user a speech pattern corresponding to a name in a directory the user intends to call and at least one spoken letter associated with the name, wherein the names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; a converter configured to convert the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; a comparator configured to compare the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; and retrieving mechanism configured to retrieve a telephone number corresponding to a name associated with the speech pattern.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 109 words
Apparatus for dialing a telephone by voice, comprising: a receiver configured to receive from a user a speech pattern corresponding to a name in a directory the user intends to call and at least one spoken letter associated with the name, wherein the names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; a converter configured to convert the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; a comparator configured to compare the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; and retrieving mechanism configured to retrieve a telephone number corresponding to a name associated with the speech pattern.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 75 words
The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the names in the directory are represented by a sequence of orthographic letters, and wherein the retrieving mechanism includes: a converter configured to convert sequences of orthographic letters corresponding to the names in the directory into sequences phonemes; and a comparator configured to compare the sequences phonemes to the speech pattern to identify a sequence of phonemes for a name in the directory that best matches the speech pattern.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 49 words
The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the names in the directory are represented by a sequence of orthographic letters, and wherein the retrieving mechanism includes: a comparator configured to compare the names in the directory with the speech pattern using a phoneme-level representation for the names as an intermediary.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 170 words
Apparatus for providing voice-dialing to users, comprising: a receiver configured to receive from a user a speech pattern, the speech pattern indicating a name corresponding to a telephone number that the user intends to call, said speech pattern including a spoken name and at least one letter corresponding to the spoken name; identifying mechanism configured to utilize the speech pattern to identify a portion of a directory containing different names and corresponding telephone numbers name, said names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; a converter configured to convert the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; a comparator configured to compare the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; selection mechanism configured to provide to the user a selection of names from the directory determined to best match the speech pattern; and an initiator configured to initiate a telephone call to one of the telephone numbers in accordance with the user's selection of a name.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 170 words
Apparatus for providing voice-dialing to users, comprising: a receiver configured to receive from a user a speech pattern, the speech pattern indicating a name corresponding to a telephone number that the user intends to call, said speech pattern including a spoken name and at least one letter corresponding to the spoken name; identifying mechanism configured to utilize the speech pattern to identify a portion of a directory containing different names and corresponding telephone numbers name, said names in the directory are represented by sound patterns; a converter configured to convert the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; a comparator configured to compare the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; selection mechanism configured to provide to the user a selection of names from the directory determined to best match the speech pattern; and an initiator configured to initiate a telephone call to one of the telephone numbers in accordance with the user's selection of a name.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 153 words
Apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive from a user a speech pattern corresponding to a name in a directory the user intends to call, said names in the directory is represented by sound patterns; a converter configured to convert the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; a comparator configured to compare the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; presenting mechanism configured to present the user with a name determined to correspond to the speech pattern; said receiver configured to receive from the user an indication as to whether the presented name correctly matches the name the user intends to call, said indication including at least one spoken letter associated with the name the user intends to call; and retrieving mechanism to retrieve a telephone number corresponding to a name associated with the speech pattern and spoken letter.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 153 words
Apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive from a user a speech pattern corresponding to a name in a directory the user intends to call, said names in the directory is represented by sound patterns; a converter configured to convert the sound patterns for the names in the directory to orthographic letters; a comparator configured to compare the orthographic letters for the names in the directory with an orthographic representation of the spoken letter; presenting mechanism configured to present the user with a name determined to correspond to the speech pattern; said receiver configured to receive from the user an indication as to whether the presented name correctly matches the name the user intends to call, said indication including at least one spoken letter associated with the name the user intends to call; and retrieving mechanism to retrieve a telephone number corresponding to a name associated with the speech pattern and spoken letter.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 27 words
The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising: retrieving mechanism configured to retrieve a telephone number corresponding to a name associated with the speech pattern and spoken letter.

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