Automatic voice addressing and messaging methods and apparatus

• US 20050137878A1
• Filed: 09/10/2004
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Voice Signal Technologies Incorporated (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Voice Signal Technologies Incorporated (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Cohen, Jordan, Roth, Daniel L., Barton, William, Gillick, Laurence S.
• Application Number:
  US10/938,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20050137878A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/228 of application context
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

A method of operating a device that includes speech recognition capabilities includes implementing on a device a plurality of user interfaces, wherein at least one said user interfaces is a voice interface. The method also includes launching a first application, and as part of launching the first application, launching a second application, the second application optionally presenting to a user at least one query using the voice interface and populating an address field in the first application in response to the query using the speech recognition capabilities. The second application is launched either simultaneously or subsequent to the launching of the first application. Populating the address field comprises accessing address information from a plurality of databases resident in the device.

Claims

1. A method of operating a device that includes speech recognition capabilities, said method comprising:

implementing on a device a plurality of user interfaces, wherein at least one of said user interfaces is a voice interface;

launching a first application;

in response to launching the first application, launching a second application, the second application receiving a speech input from a user using the voice interface; and

the second application populating an address field of the first application in response to said speech input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application is launched either simultaneously or subsequent to the launching of the first application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the second application presenting at least one query using the voice interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein populating the address field comprises accessing address information from at least one of a plurality of databases resident in the device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is selected from a group comprising of SMS (short messaging service), MMS (multimedia messaging service), name dial, name look-up, email (electronic mail), push-to-talk, instant messaging, and accessing a browser.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is launched using a voice interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is launched using a keypad interface.

8. A computer readable medium including stored instructions adapted for execution on a processor including:

instructions for launching a first application;

instructions for launching a second application in response to launching said first application;

instructions for receiving a spoken response to access at least one database entry; and

instructions for populating an address field in said first application using information in said at least one database entry.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the medium is disposed within a mobile telephone apparatus and operates in conjunction with a user interface and speech recognition capabilities.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second application is launched either simultaneously or subsequent to said launching of the first application.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said at least one database entry is resident in an apparatus in local communication with the processor.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the first application is selected from a group comprising of SMS (short messaging service), MMS (multimedia messaging service), name dial, name look-up, email (electronic mail), push-to-talk, instant messaging, and accessing a browser.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the first application is launched using a voice interface.

14. The computer readable instructions of claim 8, wherein the first application is launched using a keypad interface.