Patent ID: 8312042
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F,G10L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, operate to cause a computer to perform operations comprising: receiving, by a mobile device, a voice input; encoding, by the mobile device, the voice input in an audio signal; identifying, by the mobile device, information either identifying a current location of the mobile device or usable to determine a current location of the mobile device; submitting, by the mobile device, the audio signal and the information to a search engine, as part of a voice query; receiving, by the mobile device and from the search engine, a search engine results page that identifies multiple search results in response to the voice query; identifying, by the mobile device, a telephone number associated with a particular one of the search results identified on the search engine results page; and automatically placing, by the mobile device in response to a determination that the mobile device is to automatically place a telephone call, said telephone call using the telephone number, without requiring a user of the mobile device to select the particular search result from among the multiple search results identified on the search engine results page.