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US 2003/0147524 A1Published application
System and method for providing universal access to voice response systems
OwnerIosif Meynekhdruninventor
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Abstract
A present invention comprises a device and method for monitoring dial pulse (DP) signals on a line and recognizing a digit pattern comprising at least one digit on the line. In response to the recognized digit pattern, the invention determines when to initiate transmission of DTMF signals corresponding to dialed DP digits and initiates the transmission of DTMF signals at the determined point in time, which may be immediately or after a predetermined number of dialed digits or after a predetermined dialed number.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- monitoring dial pulse (DP) digits on a line;
- recognizing a first DP digit pattern comprising at least one digit;
- and
- initiating transmission of dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signals corresponding to DP digits on the line based upon recognition of said first digit pattern.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a control device having a memory with at least one digit pattern stored therein and wherein said control device is in communication with a line to monitor dialed DP digits and is programmed to recognize a match between a dialed DP digit pattern with said one digit pattern stored in said memory;
- a DTMF transmitter to transmit DTMF signals on the line, wherein said DTMF signals correspond to dialed DP digits and said DTMF transmitter is operatively controlled by said control device;
- and
- wherein said control device is programmed to determine a DTMF initiation point based upon recognizing a match between a dialed DP digit pattern and said digit pattern stored in memory.
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A method, comprising:
- monitoring DP digits on a line;
- recognizing a DP digit pattern on the line wherein said DP digit pattern comprises at least one DP digit;
- upon recognition of said DP digit pattern, determining a DTMF initiation point;
- and
- initiating transmission of DTMF signals at said DTMF initiation point.
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