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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999

Filed:

Aug. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Petri Haavisto, Tampere, FI;

Kari Laurila, Tampere, FI;

Markku Majaniemi, Tampere, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704275 ; 704270 ;
Abstract

A method for selecting a telephone number by means of voice control, the telephone numbers which can be selected are stored, and for each telephone number which can be selected at least one identifier, such as a name is stored. In the storing phase, the identifier is pronounced and divided into one or several sub-identifiers, which are stored, and to which information on the telephone number is linked, wherein the telephone number mentioned in the selecting phase can be dialed either by pronouncing said sub-identifiers in any order according to a combination or partial combination of the sub-identifiers.


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