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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul C. Lustgarten, Westfield, NJ (US);
Thomas Clavin Cannon, Jr., Bedminster, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/522 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 1/522 ;
Abstract
An IVR system for an information network and method for storing and executing user queries stored on the network so that such queries do not have to be re-entered each time a user wants to access information from or execute a transaction on the network. The system can also be programmed to automatically execute the query at a predetermined time or times, and deliver information retrieved from the network and/or confirmation of the execution of a transaction on the network to the user in a format specified by the user.