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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J. Kredo, rochester, NY (US);
Stephen Knight, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks, Ltd, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 1/500 ; H04M 1/56 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 ; H04M 1/500 ; H04M 1/56 ;
Abstract
A personal directory system has a translation server for verifying the identity of a subscriber and recognizing the name of one or more subscribers that are stored on a personal directory of another subscriber. A caller is connected by a public telephone switch to the server that accesses a personal directory computer located on the World Wide Web . The requested number and/or speed dial number are converted from text to speech and the public telephone switch automatically dials the requested number.