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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Wesley Allen Chu, San Carlos, CA (US);
Susan Yeh Yung, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ryan J. Bush, San Francisco, CA (US);
BeVocal, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for determining an area code during voice activated dialing. Initially, utterances are received from the user during a session via a speech recognition portal. Such utterances are indicative of a third party. A speech recognition process is then performed on the utterances to interpret the utterances. A phone number is then identified based on the utterances. It is then determined whether the phone number includes an area code. If it is determined that the phone number does not include an area code, the area code is inferred. The inferred area code may then be outputted to the user. The user is then prompted to confirm the inferred area code. The phone number is then dialed with the inferred area code upon the receipt of confirmation from the user.