Patent ID: 7327723
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: G06F,G10L,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A voice-enabled system for managing communications transmitted through a network, said system capable of receiving natural voice commands from a user, said system comprising: a computer; at least one set of stored commands operatively associated with said computer, each said set including a plurality of stored commands each of said commands in said set corresponding to a single voice-enabled function for managing communications, each said command in said set being an alternative intuitive description of said single voice-enabled function; a voice server operatively connected to said computer and to said network, said voice server configured to compare said natural voice commands to said plurality of stored commands; a speaker-independent speech recognition device operatively connected to said voice server, said device configured to receive at least one natural voice command, said voice server being configured to compare said natural voice command to said plurality of stored commands to select said single voice-enabled function, and said computer being configured to execute said selected voice-enabled function corresponding to said natural voice command.