Method and apparatus for performing a name acquisition based on speech recognition

An apparatus for recognizing an input identifier, comprising:

• a) first means for performing a first prompting operation to prompt a user at a first time in a recognition operation to provide the input identifier according to a first form;
• b) first means for providing a first recognized identifier on the basis of the input identifier;
• the input identifier being provided by a user,
• c) first means for generating a plurality of comparison identifiers having a content derived from the first recognized identifier;
• d) second means for performing a second prompting operation to prompt the user at a second time in the recognition operation subsequent to the first time to provide the input identifier according to a second form, wherein the second form is different than the first form;
• e) second means for providing a second recognized identifier on the basis of the input identifier provided by the second means for prompting;
• f) first means for determining which, if any, of the plurality of comparison identifiers matches the second recognized identifier;
• and
• g) means for selecting the comparison identifier determined by the means for determining as corresponding to the input identifier.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processing device;
• a recognizing device coupled to the processing device, the recognizing device including an input for receiving an input identifier;
• the input identifier being provided by a user;
• a database coupled to the processing device;
• a grammar generation module coupled to the processing device;
• and
• a confusion matrix memory coupled to the processing device.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processing device;
• a recognizing device coupled to the processing device, the recognizing device including an input for receiving an input identifier;
• a database coupled to the processing device;
• a grammar generation module coupled to the processing device;
• the input identifier being provided by a user;
• a confusion matrix memory coupled to the processing device;
• a confusion set generation module coupled to the processing device;
• and
• a confusion set memory coupled to the processing device.