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Method of identifying contacts for initiating a communication using speech recognition

  • US 10,367,928 B2
  • Filed: 07/28/2017
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of initiating a communication using speech recognition on a mobile wireless communication device, comprising:

  • receiving through a microphone a voice input for initiating a communication;

    extracting from the voice input using speech recognition a name and a communication type to be initiated from a plurality of potential communication types;

    searching a local address book stored in a memory of the mobile wireless communication device to determine whether any contact records in the local address book match the extracted information, wherein the local address book is searched to identify all records having both a contact name that matches the name extracted from the voice input and a type of communication that matches the communication type extracted from the voice input, the type of communication having a populated address field; and

    automatically initiating a communication to a contact address from the populated address field of the contact record using an application associated with the communication type in response to a determination that only one contact record in the local address book matches the extracted information.

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