Patent ID: 6778640
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A network for providing a telecommunications service with automatic speech recognition to a telecommunications user, comprising:a switch in communication with a telecommunications device associated with the telecommunications user for detecting a trigger specific to the telecommunications service in response to a communication from the telecommunications device and for sending a query message in response to detecting the trigger; a service control point in communication with the switch for receiving the query message therefrom, for determining whether the telecommunications user is a subscriber of a simultaneous ring service based on the query message, and for returning a message to the switch, the message providing instructions to the switch for routing the communication based on the determination of whether the telecommunications user is a subscriber of the simultaneous ring service; and an intelligent resource server in communication with the switch for receiving the communication from the telecommunications device via the switch when the signal control point determines that the telecommunications user is a subscriber of the simultaneous ring service, for playing an audible message for the telecommunications user in response to receiving the communication, the audible message prompting the telecommunications user to speak a predetermined keyword to modify a status of the simultaneous ring service associated with the telecommunications user, and for automatically recognizing the predetermined keyword spoken by the telecommunications user in response to the audible message.