Patent ID: 6574599
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
A method for creating an end-to-end connection between a first telephone and a communication device through a unified messaging system, said creating said end-to-end connection between said first telephone and said communication device being performed responsive to verbal input from a user of said first telephone, comprising:receiving at said unified messaging system said verbal input from said user through said first telephone; recognizing an action word from said verbal input, said action word being indicative of a communication service desired by said user in creating said end-to-end connection; recognizing at least one of a called party identity and contacting data from said verbal input after said detecting said action word; entering said one of said called party identity and said contacting data in a record of a call table; and finalizing said call table after said user finishes with said verbal input, said finalizing said call table ensuring that said record of said call table includes service-appropriate contact information to permit said unified messaging system to create an outbound communication path of said end-to-end connection using said service-appropriate contact information, said finalizing including accessing a calendar database for said one of said called party identity and said contacting data, said calendar database being external to said unified messaging system and being accessed via a network, and ascertaining whether a calendar entry in said calendar database temporally overlaps a time of said creating said end-to-end connection.