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Speech processing for telephony API

  • US 7,251,315 B1
  • Filed: 04/24/2000
  • Issued: 07/31/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An enhanced interactive voice response system, comprising:

  • a call router to route an internet protocol telephony call;

    an interactive voice response application to receive the Internet protocol telephony call from the call router; and

    a telephony API provided by a TAPI application component and used by the application to form a connection with a caller and control a media stream transmitted over the connection, the TAPI application component for registering pluggable terminal objects with a terminal manager by providing a terminal class name, a media type, and a method of signaling events and for providing a list of registered terminal objects including the registered media type,wherein the application selects a terminal object from the list of registered terminal objects, wherein each terminal object adheres to a uniform interface, provides specific functionality to process the media stream, is of a type created under the direction of the application, and is associated with a virtual or non-virtual device, and wherein various programmers can provide registerable telephony services using terminal objects that rely on the telephony API.

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