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Method and apparatus for controlling a telephone with voice commands

  • US 5,864,603 A
  • Filed: 05/21/1996
  • Issued: 01/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for controlling a telephone apparatus which includes:

  • a control unit controlling its operation,storage means for storing telephone numbers as stored character sequences, andmeans for delivering commands given by the user to said control unit, in which the user provides a calling character sequence to said telephone apparatus to identify an intended called party, the method comprising steps of;

    storing a predetermined number of character sequences in said storage means;

    entering a calling character sequence upon an entry command of the user;

    initiating a recognition procedure wherein, in said recognition procedure, said control unit compares said character sequence to corresponding character sequences stored in said storage means, and selects for telephone connection establishment that character sequence among the compared character sequences stored in said storage means which best matches said character sequence delivered from the user to the telephone apparatus; and

    upon the presence of an error and in response to a user check command, comparing a recognized incorrect number to all numbers in said storage means, and selecting a number in said storage means that best matches the recognized incorrect number.

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