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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:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2012
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:
Mercury Kingdom Assets Limited, Road Town, Tortola, VG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04M 2201/40 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G10L 15/265 (2013.01); G06F 17/30873 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of funneling user responses in a voice portal system to determine a desired item or service includes (a) querying a user for an attribute value associated with a first particular attribute of the desired item or service; and (b) determining if the attribute value given by the user satisfies an end state. If the end state is not satisfied, steps (a) and (b) are performed with a new particular attribute.