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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Yun-cheng Ju, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stefanie Tomko, Bellevue, WA (US);
Frank Liu, Redmond, WA (US);
Ivan Tashev, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Yun-Cheng Ju, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stefanie Tomko, Bellevue, WA (US);
Frank Liu, Redmond, WA (US);
Ivan Tashev, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/00 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 1/50 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72519 (2013.01); H04M 1/505 (2013.01); H04M 3/493 (2013.01); H04M 2201/40 (2013.01); H04M 2250/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing an interaction of a calling party to a communication partner is provided. The method includes automatically determining if the communication partner expects DTMF input. The method also includes translating speech input to one or more DTMF tones and communicating the one or more DTMF tones to the communication partner, if the communication partner expects DTMF input.