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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J. Kredo, Rochester, NY (US);
Stephen Knight, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Corporation, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/500 ;
Abstract
A network includes an administrative update station and an audio update station that are connected to a computer network, in particular, the World Wide Web. One or more IVR systems and one or more audio servers are likewise connected to the World Wide Web. The audio server holds the master address URL for the audio files. The IVRs access the Web in order to download updates of audio files. The audio files are administered through the Web by the administrative site and are updated through the Web by the audio update site.