Method of initiating a call feature request
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorKenneth C. Glossbrenner
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Abstract
A method of allowing a telephone network user to initiate a call feature request during an in-progress call using a conventional touch tone telephone with a telephone handset and conventional touch tone telephone keys. The method includes receiving and recognizing a touch tone signal resulting from the user pressing one or more of the telephone keys, recognizing a user spoken predetermined voice command, then interpreting the touch tone signal and voice command as a request for a call feature. The call feature is then provided in accordance with the request.
Claims12
A method performed during an in-progress telephone call established over a telephone network, the method comprising
- modifying at least one characteristic of said in-progress call in response to receipt of at least one DTMF digit and at least one spoken command within a predetermined time of one another at apparatus within the network, the modifying being carried out in a way that is determined by which of a plurality of different combinations of DTMF digits and spoken commands was received at said apparatus,
- both said a) at least one DTMF digit and b) at least one spoken command being received independent of any prompting signals having been supplied from said apparatus.
A method performed by a telephone network during an in-progress telephone call established over a telephone network, the method comprising
- the telephone network modifying at least one aspect of said in-progress call in response to receipt of at least one DTMF digit and at least one spoken command within a predetermined time of one another at apparatus within the network, the modifying being carried out in a way that is determined by which of a plurality of different combinations of DTMF digits and spoken commands was received at said apparatus, said at least one aspect of said in-progress call being other than information content being communicated during said call,
- both said a) at least one DTMF digit and b) at least one spoken command having been received independent of any prompting signals being supplied from said apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.