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Patent No.:

US 9369566 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Susan M. Cox, Rochester, MN (US);

Janani Janakiraman, Austin, TX (US);

Fang Lu, Billerica, MA (US);

Karthik Ramamoorthy, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 1/7258 (2013.01); H04M 3/4936 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Visual cues are provided for a user who is using a telephone for interacting with an automated telephone system. A number stream is created from the digits entered by the user with the phone keypad in response to audible prompts from the automated system. The visual cues comprise graphical representations (such as icons) that are inserted into the number stream to provide a quick visual indication not only of where the entered digits are delimited, but also what they represent. Thus, the user can quickly review the visual cues—for example, while making subsequent decisions for the interaction. The visual cues are selected by locating keywords in the audible prompts and consulting a mapping data structure that identifies the visual cues to be used with particular keywords. Optionally, a textual summary of the interaction is created as well (e.g., when the interaction concludes).


Find Patent Forward Citations

Cox, Susan. (2016). Providing visual cues for a user interacting with an automated telephone system (U.S. Patent No. 9369566). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9369566

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