Patent ID: 6018568
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A voice dialing system usable with a text-based telephone directory and a voice-trained telephone directory, comprising:a voice dialing device; anda terminal coupled to the voice dialing device through a network, the terminal inputting information from the text-based telephone directory to the voice dialing device through the network, the voice dialing device generating a subscriber-specific telephone directory based on one of a voice entry from a telephone station and the information from the text-based telephone directory input to the voice dialing device, wherein generating the subscriber-specific telephone directory generates a label for each voice entry and each of the information from the text-based telephone directory so that all entries of the subscriber-specific telephone directory have a label based on a common representation, wherein, at a later time, the voice dialing device dials a telephone number of the subscriber-specific telephone directory in response to a name input from the telephone station or another telephone station, and wherein the terminal is a computer and the network is a communication network.