System and method for making calls to vanity numbers using voice dialing
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1. A system for calling a vanity number using speech recognition, comprising:
- at least one telephone;
a speech recognition system; and
a switched telephone network;
wherein said speech recognition system receives a spoken or spelled vanity number and produces a corresponding decimal number by converting letters in said vanity number into corresponding key pad/decimal equivalents.
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Abstract
A system and method for calling a toll-free or vanity number using speech recognition is provided. The system and method of the present invention allow a user to speak or spell the contents of a toll-free vanity number or personal vanity number. An automatic speech recognition system interprets the users speech to make an appropriate connection to the toll-free vanity number or personal vanity number.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for calling a vanity number using speech recognition, comprising:
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at least one telephone;
a speech recognition system; and
a switched telephone network;
wherein said speech recognition system receives a spoken or spelled vanity number and produces a corresponding decimal number by converting letters in said vanity number into corresponding key pad/decimal equivalents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for calling a vanity number using speech recognition, comprising:
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at least one telephone;
a speech recognition system; and
a switched telephone network;
said speech recognition system receives a spoken or spelled vanity number and produces a corresponding decimal number by converting letters in said vanity number into corresponding key pad/decimal equivalents, and said speech recognition system determines said decimal telephone number to be the first digits derived from a spoken vanity number, and disregards extra digits, beyond said first digits derived from said spoken vanity number, when said spoken vanity number produces more decimal digits than required for a decimal telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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13. A method for calling a vanity number using speech recognition, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a vocalization of a vanity number;
determining a decimal telephone number from said vocalization; and
placing a telephone call to said decimal telephone number.
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