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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas J. Kredo, Rochester, NY (US);
Stephen Knight, Rochester, NY (US);
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 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A personal directory systemhas a translation serverfor 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 serverthat accesses a personal directory computerlocated 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.