US 2003/0169857 A1 · Subscriber activated calling party voice-print identification system for voice message screening

Abstract

The voice-print based voice message screening system enables a calling party to leave a voice message for the identified subscriber without the need to input any additional information. When the subscriber receives a voice message from a calling party, the subscriber can elect to add the calling party to the subscriber's calling party screening list by activating the voice-print based voice message screening system to register the calling party. The voice-print based voice message screening system stores data indicative of the subscriber's listed directory number, the calling party's number, the identity of the calling party as characterized by the subscriber, and also stores a small set of determined speech characteristics to identify the calling party. On a subsequently received call for the subscriber, the voice-print based voice message screening system analyzes the calling party's voice based on one or more parameters that can be managed by the subscriber to identify the calling party.

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Dependent claims

A voice-print based voice message screening system for providing subscribers with the identity of calling parties who leave voice messages on a voice message system, comprising:

speech analysis means, responsive to receipt of a voice message from a calling party and directed to a subscriber served by said voice message system, for determining speech characteristics of said calling party;
speech characteristic matching means for comparing said determined speech characteristics of said voice message with speech characteristics previously stored in a memory by said subscriber for a plurality of calling parties;
and
calling party identification means, responsive to a match of said determined speech characteristics of said voice message with a one of said speech characteristics previously stored in said memory by said subscriber for a plurality of calling parties, for identifying said calling party to said subscriber when said subscriber retrieves said voice message.

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A method of voice-print based voice message screening for providing subscribers with the identity of calling parties who leave voice messages on a voice message system, comprising the steps of:

determining, in response to receipt of a voice message from a calling party and directed to a subscriber served by said voice message system, speech characteristics of said calling party;
comparing said determined speech characteristics of said voice message with speech characteristics previously stored in a memory by said subscriber for a plurality of calling parties;
and
identifying, in response to a match of said determined speech characteristics of said voice message with a one of said speech characteristics previously stored in said memory by said subscriber for a plurality of calling parties, said calling party to said subscriber when said subscriber retrieves said voice message.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Subscriber activated calling party voice-print identification system for voice message screening

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Subscriber activated calling party voice-print identification system for voice message screening

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