Method of identifying contacts for initiating a communication using speech recognition
US9723118B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/2747
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of initiating a communication using speech recognition on a mobile wireless communication device. Voice input is parsed using speech recognition to identify and extract a name and a communication type to be initiated from a plurality of potential communication types. A local address book is searched to identify all contact records having both a contact name including the name extracted from the voice input and a populated address field associated with the communication type extracted from the voice input. When only one contact record matches the extracted information, a communication is automatically initiated to the contact address from the populated address field of the contact record using an application associated with the communication type. When more than one contact record in the local address book matches the extracted information, a list of all of the matching contacts is output from which a communication can be initiated.
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