Computer, Internet and Telecommunications Based Network
First Claim
1. A method for unified messaging, comprising:
- receiving, via one or more networks, data at one or more clusters of servers, at least one server of one of the one or more clusters of servers configured with speaker-independent speech recognition functionality;
storing at least a portion of the data received at one or more databases associated with the one or more clusters of servers, wherein the data is associated with one or more users;
receiving a speech command, via the one or more networks, at the at least one server configured with the speaker-independent speech recognition functionality; and
recognizing and interpreting the speech command using the speaker-independent speech recognition functionality and executing at least one operation relating to the data, wherein the at least one operation initiates unified messaging to a plurality of electronic communication devices based at least in part on the speech command.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber'"'"'s configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice servers which allow for telephony, speech recognition, text-to-speech and conferencing functions, and is accessible by the subscriber through standard telephone connections or through internet connections. The network also utilizes a database and file server allowing the subscriber to maintain and manage certain contact lists and administrative information. A web server is also connected to the cluster thereby allowing access to all functions through internet connections.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for unified messaging, comprising:
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receiving, via one or more networks, data at one or more clusters of servers, at least one server of one of the one or more clusters of servers configured with speaker-independent speech recognition functionality; storing at least a portion of the data received at one or more databases associated with the one or more clusters of servers, wherein the data is associated with one or more users; receiving a speech command, via the one or more networks, at the at least one server configured with the speaker-independent speech recognition functionality; and recognizing and interpreting the speech command using the speaker-independent speech recognition functionality and executing at least one operation relating to the data, wherein the at least one operation initiates unified messaging to a plurality of electronic communication devices based at least in part on the speech command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A network system, comprising:
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one or more servers grouped in clusters and configured to receive and transmit, via one or more networks, data including voice from a plurality of electronic communication devices using a plurality of network protocols associated with the one or more networks, wherein the one or more servers grouped in clusters further comprise; a first server in a first cluster of servers configured to store at least a portion of the data; and a second server in a second cluster of servers, further comprising; a speaker-independent speech recognition unit configured to process speech input received from the one or more electronic communication devices and execute at least one operation relating to the data based at least in part on the speech input wherein the at least one operation initiates unified messaging to a plurality of electronic communication devices based at least in part on the speech command. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-implemented method for transmitting unified communications relating to users of one or more networks, comprising:
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receiving data at a plurality of clusters of servers from electronic communication devices used by the users, the plurality of clusters of servers configured to receive the data over the one or more networks and transmit related unified communications using network protocols relating to the one or more networks, at least one of the plurality of clusters of servers comprising a voice server configured with speaker-independent speech recognition functionality; storing at least a portion of the data received in the plurality of clusters of servers; receiving speech input from the users via the electronic communication devices at the voice server; processing the speech input at the voice server using the speaker-independent speech recognition functionality and executing at least certain operations relating to the data wherein the at least certain operations initiate transmission of a plurality of unified communications relating to the data to the electronic communication devices associated with each of the users wherein the plurality of unified communications are transmitted according to network protocols that support the electronic communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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