Automatic vocabulary generation for telecommunications network-based voice-dialing
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsDaniel Selig Furman, Daniel Jitzchak Mayer, Dennis James Morgan, Glen Alan Taylor
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Abstract
A technique for creating, training, and using a telecommunication network-based automatic voice-dialing system is provided through the automatic determination, by a network element, of likely called parties for a given customer. This determination is made based on records of network usage by the customer. Names of the likely called parties are determined through the use of, e.g., a conventional reverse telephone directory database.
Claims41
A method of training a speech recognition system for use in voice control of a telecommunication network by a network user for the purpose of providing a directory corresponding to the network user, the method comprising the steps of:
- automatically analyzing network usage records representing the user's individual communication sessions to determine a network address to which the network user has frequently attempted to establish a communication path through the network;
- determining a speakable label corresponding to the determined network address;
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- storing a representation of said label and corresponding address in a storage medium.
A system for training a speech recognition system for use in voice control of a telecommunication network by a network user for the purpose of providing a directory corresponding to the network user, the system comprising:
- means, in said network, for automatically analyzing network usage records of the network user representing the user's individual communication sessions;
- to determine a network address to which the user has frequently attempted to establish a communication path through the network;
- means for determining a speakable label corresponding to the determined network address;
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- means for storing a representation of said label and corresponding address.
A system for use in a telecommunications network, the system facilitating a network user's establishing a communication path through the network by voice control for the purpose of providing a directory corresponding to the network user, the system comprising:
- a network user repertory database comprising stored representations of speakable labels and corresponding network addresses to which, as determined by automatic analysis of network usage records representing the user's individual communication sessions, the user has frequently attempted to establish communication;
- a speech recognition processor, responsive to an utterance by said user, for recognizing said utterance as one of said representations of said speakable labels in said database;
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- means for generating control signals to establish a communication path through the network based on a network address corresponding to the recognized utterance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.