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US 5,461,666 AGranted
System and method for configuring a telephone
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsMichael L. McMahan, Michele B. Gammel
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for configuring a telephone (10). A connection (20) is formed between the telephone (10) and a telephone environment (60). A list of services offerable through at least one type of telephone environment is generated (100). A list of candidate procedures for establishing each listed service through the telephone environment is generated (102). Ones of the listed procedures are executed (104) to determine whether each listed service is supported by the connection (20).
Claims7
A method of configuring a programmable telephone, comprising the steps of:
- providing said programmable telephone with a speech recognition unit;
- forming a connection between said programmable telephone and a telephone environment;
- generating a list of a plurality of services offerable through said telephone environment;
- generating a list of a plurality of candidate procedures for establishing each of said plurality of services through said telephone environment;
- executing at least one of said plurality of candidate procedures for establishing each of said plurality of services to determine whether said each of said plurality of services is supported by said connection to generate a supported service;
- displaying a representation of said supported service on a screen of said programmable telephone;
- recording a phrase stated by said user into a handset of said programmable telephone using said speech recognition unit;
- associating said recorded phrase with said supported service;
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- performing said supported service associated with said recorded phrase in response to a user orally restating said phrase into said handset of said programmable telephone.
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