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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:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2000
Applicants:
Steven Jeromy Carriere, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kelly James Slough, San Mateo, CA (US);
Steven Gregory Woods, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Jeromy Carriere, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kelly James Slough, San Mateo, CA (US);
Steven Gregory Woods, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2006.01); G10L 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of funneling user responses in a voice portal system to determine a desired item or service includes (a) establishing an attribute value associated with a particular attribute of a desired item or service and (b) determining if the attribute value satisfies an end state. If the end state is not satisfied, steps (a) and (b) are performed with a new particular attribute.