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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2004
Kuansan Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Neal A. Bernstein, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Xuedong David Huang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kuansan Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Neal A. Bernstein, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Xuedong David Huang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for recognizing a spoken alias are disclosed. The present invention includes generating a plurality of alias variations based on a discoverable name and creating a phonetic representation for each of the alias variations. The present invention also includes capturing a phonetic pronunciation of the spoken alias. At least one of the created alias variations that has a phonetic representation that corresponds to the captured phonetic pronunciation is selected.