Method and apparatus for context based voice dialing
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1. A dialer system, comprising:
- an address book including a plurality of entries, each entry including a name associated with a corresponding telephone number and one or more fields defining user contexts;
a voice detector configured to detect audio user input;
a search engine configured to receive the audio input from the voice detector and search the address book for entries associated with the audio user input, the audio user input including one or more user contexts, and configured to output one or more numbers corresponding to the audio input; and
a dialer configured to dial a selected one of the one or more output numbers.
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Abstract
A telecommunications device including an address book including a plurality of entries of party names and addresses, the entries including user-defined party contexts; a voice recognition unit configured to receive user input, the user input including names, numbers, and contexts of address book entries; a user context control agent configured to receive context inputs from the voice recognition unit and identify corresponding names and numbers therefrom; and an autodialer configured to dial a number identified by the user context control agent.
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1. A dialer system, comprising:
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an address book including a plurality of entries, each entry including a name associated with a corresponding telephone number and one or more fields defining user contexts; a voice detector configured to detect audio user input; a search engine configured to receive the audio input from the voice detector and search the address book for entries associated with the audio user input, the audio user input including one or more user contexts, and configured to output one or more numbers corresponding to the audio input; and a dialer configured to dial a selected one of the one or more output numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a network; a plurality of network clients; an address server including; a plurality of user address books having a plurality of entries each entry including a name associated with a corresponding telephone number and one or more fields defining user contexts; a voice detector configured to detect audio user input; a search engine configured to receive the audio input from the voice detector and search the address book for entries associated with the audio user input, the audio user input including one or more user contexts, and configured to output one or more numbers corresponding to the audio input; and a dialer configured to dial a selected one of the one or more output numbers such that a client endpoint can call the number. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A telecommunications device, comprising:
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an address book including a plurality of entries of party names and addresses, the entries including user-defined party contexts; a voice recognition unit configured to receive user input, the user input including names, numbers, and contexts of address book entries; a user context control agent configured to receive context inputs from the voice recognition unit and identify corresponding names and numbers therefrom; and an autodialer configured to dial a number identified by the user context control agent. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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storing a plurality of party names and numbers in association with one or more user-defined party contexts; receiving a voice input corresponding to a party context; identifying one or more telephone numbers corresponding to the party context; and automatically dialing a number corresponding to the party context. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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