Employing speech recognition and capturing customer speech to improve customer service
First Claim
1. A method for handling information communicated by voice, said method comprising:
- receiving speech input from a plurality of speakers, including a first speaker;
blocking a portion of said speech input that originates from said first speaker; and
processing the remaining portion of said speech input with a computer, wherein said blocking and said processing are completed during a conversation involving said plurality of speakers.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises receiving speech input from two or more speakers, including a first speaker (such as a customer service representative for example); blocking a portion of the speech input that originates from the first speaker; and processing the remaining portion of the speech input with a computer. The blocking and processing are real-time processes, completed during a conversation. One example is a method for de-cluttering speech input for better automatic processing, by removing all but the pertinent words spoken by a customer. Another example is a system for executing methods of the present invention. A third example is a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing methods of the present invention.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for handling information communicated by voice, said method comprising:
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receiving speech input from a plurality of speakers, including a first speaker;
blocking a portion of said speech input that originates from said first speaker; and
processing the remaining portion of said speech input with a computer, wherein said blocking and said processing are completed during a conversation involving said plurality of speakers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for handling information communicated by voice, said method comprising:
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receiving speech input from a plurality of parties to a telephone conversation, including a first speaker;
blocking a portion of said speech input that originates from said first speaker; and
performing speech recognition on the remaining portion of said speech input, wherein said blocking, and said performing speech recognition, are completed during said telephone conversation. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for handling information communicated by voice, said system comprising:
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means for receiving speech input from a plurality of parties to a telephone conversation, including a first speaker;
means for blocking a portion of said speech input that originates from said first speaker; and
means for performing speech recognition on the remaining portion of said speech input, wherein said means for blocking, and said means for performing speech recognition, complete their operations during said telephone conversation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-usable medium having computer-executable instructions for handling information communicated by voice, said computer-executable instructions comprising:
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means for receiving speech input from a plurality of parties to a telephone conversation, including a first speaker;
means for blocking a portion of said speech input that originates from said first speaker; and
means for performing speech recognition on the remaining portion of said speech input, wherein said means for blocking, and said means for performing speech recognition, complete their operations during said telephone conversation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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