Method and apparatus for automation of directory assistance using speech recognition

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5479488
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08193522

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In a telecommunications system, automatic directory assistance uses a voice processing unit comprising a lexicon of lexemes and data representing a predetermined relationship between each lexeme and calling numbers in a locality served by the automated directory assistance apparatus. The voice processing unit issues messages to a caller making a directory assistance call to prompt the caller to utter a required one of said lexemes. The unit detects the calling number originating a directory assistance call and, responsive to the calling number and the relationship data computes a probability index representing the likelihood of a lexeme being the subject of the directory assistance call. The unit employs a speech recognizer to recognize, on the basis of the acoustics of the caller's utterance and the probability index, a lexeme corresponding to that uttered by the caller.

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BELL CANADAQUEBEC CANADA QUEBEC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bielby, Gregory J Pointe-Claire, CA 6 751
Lennig, Matthew Westmount, CA 11 1504
Sharp, Robert D Westmount, CA 1 363

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