Patent ID: 9270811
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: calling, by a mobile telephone, an interactive voice response (IVR) system having a telephone number; communicating the telephone number to a remote server; receiving, from the remote server during the call to the IVR system, information used to display a digital menu of options for interaction with the IVR system, wherein each of the options is associated with one or more tones corresponding to a numeric code comprising one or more numerals from 0 to 9; receiving, from the IVR system prior to displaying the digital menu, an audio input signal representative of a portion of an automated audio menu for interaction with the IVR system; causing a speaker of the mobile telephone to generate audio corresponding to a first portion of the audio input signal; determining that the digital menu is a valid representation of the automated audio menu by comparing at least a portion of the audio input signal to a reference audio signal; displaying the digital menu at a display device of the mobile telephone, wherein the displayed digital menu comprises selectable display options, each of the selectable display options corresponding to an audible option in the automated audio menu, and wherein each of the selectable display options comprises a textual representation of the audible option; receiving a selection from the selectable display options via a touch screen of the mobile telephone prior to a speaker of the mobile telephone generating audio corresponding to a second portion of the audio input signal; generating numeric code information according to the received selection; and communicating the numeric code information to the IVR system.