Patent ID: 6539078
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
An automated system for recognizing an input from a user in response to an interrogatory provided by the automated system, the automated system comprising:a. a template library for storing a plurality of speech templates, each corresponding to one of a plurality of commands available for the user; and b. a first controller coupled to the template library and configured to match the input with one or more of the plurality of speech templates, thereby forming a set of candidate results, wherein each candidate result indicates existence of a potential match between one of the plurality of commands and the input, wherein the input is one selected from a group consisting of a voice input corresponding to a speech command structure and a dual tone multi-frequency signal input corresponding to a dual tone multi-frequency command structure, wherein the speech command structure is different than the dual tone multi-frequency command structure, further wherein if the input is the voice input, then the first controller invokes one of the plurality of commands that corresponds to the voice input, and if the input is the dual tone multi-frequency signal input, then the first controller invokes one of the plurality of commands that corresponds to the dual tone multi-frequency input.