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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:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Applicant:
Douglas W. Swartz, Lakewood, CO (US);
Inventor:
Douglas W. Swartz, Lakewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a communication system is provided that includes: (a) an input operable to receive incoming instant messages; (b) a text-to-speech converteroperable to convert a text message in an incoming instant message into a voiced equivalent thereof; (c) a speech-to-text converteroperable to convert a voice signal into a text equivalent thereof; (d) a message completion agentoperable to convert the text equivalent into an outgoing instant message; and (e) an output operable to send the outgoing instant message to a selected recipient.