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Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1995

Filed:

Feb. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Matthew Lennig, Westmount, CA;

Robert D Sharp, Westmount, CA;

Gregory J Bielby, Pointe-Claire, CA;

Assignee:

Bell Canada, Montreal, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ; G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 67 ; 379213 ; 395-261 ; 395-284 ;
Abstract

In a telecommunications system, automatic directory assistance uses a voice processing unit comprising a lexicon of lexemes and data representing a predetermined relationship between each lexeme and calling numbers in a locality served by the automated directory assistance apparatus. The voice processing unit issues messages to a caller making a directory assistance call to prompt the caller to utter a required one of said lexemes. The unit detects the calling number originating a directory assistance call and, responsive to the calling number and the relationship data computes a probability index representing the likelihood of a lexeme being the subject of the directory assistance call. The unit employs a speech recognizer to recognize, on the basis of the acoustics of the caller's utterance and the probability index, a lexeme corresponding to that uttered by the caller.

Published as:
CA2091658A1; US5479488A;

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lennig, Matthew. (1995). Method and apparatus for automation of directory assistance using speech (U.S. Patent No. 5479488). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5479488

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