Mobile speech attendant access
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1. A method for connecting to a telephone extension listed in a remote telephone directory, comprising:
- recording an audio token on a mobile communication device, wherein the audio token is associated with a telephone number included in the remote telephone directory;
transmitting the audio token from the mobile communication device to a server over a digital channel;
matching the audio token received at the server over the digital channel with a telephone number in the remote telephone directory that is associated with the audio token using a speech recognition program; and
connecting the mobile communication device with a telephone line associated with the telephone number.
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Abstract
A system and method for connecting to a telephone extension listed in a telephone number database is disclosed. The method comprises recording an audio token on a mobile communication device. The audio token is associated with a telephone number included in the database. The audio token is transmitted from the mobile communication device to a server over a digital channel. The telephone number in the database that is associated with the audio token is selected using speech recognition. The mobile communication device is then connected with the telephone number.
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1. A method for connecting to a telephone extension listed in a remote telephone directory, comprising:
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recording an audio token on a mobile communication device, wherein the audio token is associated with a telephone number included in the remote telephone directory; transmitting the audio token from the mobile communication device to a server over a digital channel; matching the audio token received at the server over the digital channel with a telephone number in the remote telephone directory that is associated with the audio token using a speech recognition program; and connecting the mobile communication device with a telephone line associated with the telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile speech attendant system, comprising:
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a directory identification module operable on a mobile communication device that is configured to digitally record an audio token that is associated with a telephone number in a remote telephone directory and communicate the audio token to a server over a digital channel; a speech attendant module operable on the server that is configured to receive the audio token from the mobile communication device and determine the telephone number associated with the audio token; and a connection module operable to communicate with a telephony server that is in communication with the speech attendant module and is configured to connect the mobile communication device to a telephone line associated with the telephone number that is associated with the audio token. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for connecting to a telephone extension listed in a remote telephone database operating on a server, comprising:
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recording an audio token with a mobile communication device, wherein the audio token is associated with a telephone number included in the remote telephone database; transmitting a representation of the audio token from the mobile communication device to the server over a digital channel; matching the audio token received at the server over the digital channel with the telephone number in the remote telephone directory that is associated with the audio token using a speech recognition program; and connecting the mobile communication device with the telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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