US 12,711,188 B2Granted

Automatic routing using search results

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsMichael J. Lebeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, William J. Byrne

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Abstract

In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for providing search results automatically to a user of a computing device. A spoken input provided by a user to a computing device is received. The spoken input is transmitted to a computer server system that is remote from the computing device. Search result information that is responsive to the spoken input is receiving by the computing device and in response to the transmitted spoken input. An alert is provided to the user that the device will connect the user to a target of the search result information if the user does not intervene to stop the connecting of the user. The user is connected to the target of the search result information based on a determination that the user has not intervened to stop the connecting of the user.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method executing on data processing hardware that causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:

receiving audio data recorded by a first computing device, the recorded audio corresponding to a query spoken by a user of the first computing device;
processing the recorded audio to produce a textual representation of the query;
determining, based on the textual representation of the query, that the query includes:
a name of a corresponding contact of the user, the name of the corresponding contact identifying an individual that is different than the user of the first computing device;
and
a carrier phrase that identifies that the query is for causing the first computing device to initiate a call with the individual identified by the name of the corresponding contact automatically;
and
based on determining the query includes the carrier phrase, invoking a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) application installed on the first computing device to initiate the call with the individual identified by the name of the corresponding contact by connecting the first computing device to a second computing device over a VoIP network automatically, the second computing device:
different than the first computing device;
and
associated with the individual identified by the name of the corresponding contact.

8 more elements

A system comprising:

data processing hardware;
and
memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware and storing instructions when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
receiving audio data recorded by a first computing device, the recorded audio corresponding to a query spoken by a user of the first computing device;
processing the recorded audio to produce a textual representation of the query;
determining, based on the textual representation of the query, that the query includes:
a name of a corresponding contact of the user, the name of the corresponding contact identifying an individual that is different than the user of the first computing device;
and
a carrier phrase that identifies that the query is for causing the first computing device to initiate a call with the individual identified by the name of the corresponding contact automatically;
and
based on determining the query includes the carrier phrase, invoking a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) application installed on the first computing device to initiate the call with the individual identified by the name of the corresponding contact by connecting the first computing device to a second computing device over a VoIP network automatically, the second computing device;
different than the first computing device;
and
associated with the individual identified by the name of the corresponding contact.

11 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/908,713Filed 7 Oct 2024 · continuation
Priority: 20 May 2010
Published: US 2025/0028771 A123 Jan 2025
Granted: 18 Aug 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06F 16/9537
Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines: spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
G06F 16/24578
With adaptation to user needs: using ranking
G06F 16/951
Retrieval from the web: indexing; Web crawling techniques
G06F 16/953
Retrieval from the web: querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines

Family

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