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Financial quotation system using synthesized speech

  • US 4,598,367 A
  • Filed: 11/09/1983
  • Issued: 07/01/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A financial quotation system for audibly eliciting input information and for generating and transmitting a plurality of financial disclosure statement terms in accordance with identification information, control information, and financial input information sent by a user from a remote terminal which includes audio means for announcing speech and keying means for generating and sending said identification, control and financial input information, said identification information including a transaction I.D. signal identifying at least one financial transaction which along with said financial input information is the basis for producing said plurality of financial disclosure statement terms, said financial input information including at least one input variable representative of a financial value, and said control information including a control signal, said system comprising:

  • a call monitor coupled to said remote terminal for responding thereto and for producing a connect signal;

    receiving means for receiving said identification information and said financial input information from said user located at said remote terminal;

    synthesized speech means responsive to phoneme command signals for generating synthesized speech signals;

    transmitting control means for generating a transmit control signal;

    speech transmitting means coupled to said synthesized speech means, coupled to said transmitting control means and being responsive to said transmit control signal for sending said synthesized speech signals generated by said synthesized speech means to said remote terminal;

    requesting means coupled to said call monitor and responsive to said connect signal for generating phoneme command signals and for supplying said phoneme command signals to said synthesized speech means for audibly eliciting said identification information and said financial input information from said user at said remote terminal;

    verifying means for confirming said at least one input variable representative of said financial value by generating further phoneme command signals and supplying said further phoneme command signals to said synthesized speech means thereby to effect audible announcement of said at least one input variable received by the system so that the user may confirm the correctness of entry of said at least one input variable;

    processing means coupled to said receiving means for processing said financial input information and said at least one input variable thereby to generate processed information and said plurality of financial disclosure statement terms representative of said financial disclosure statement based upon said transaction I.D. and said at least one input variable;

    quoting means coupled to said processing means for generating additional phoneme command signals to said synthesized speech means thereby to effect audible announcement of a significant financial disclosure statement term which is one of said plurality of financial disclosure statement terms to said user located at said remote terminal; and

    ,a further quoting means coupled to said processing means for generating other phoneme command signals to said synthesized speech means upon receipt of said control signal thereby to effect audible announcement of said plurality of financial disclosure statement terms to said user.

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