Patent ID: 7412386

Claim:
A method in a directory dialer, said directory dialer having a directory of names, each name specifying a first name and a second name, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first name grammar representing phonetic baseforms of at least all first names specified in the directory of names and a second name grammar representing phonetic baseforms of at least all second names specified in the directory of names; receiving voice data for a spoken name after requesting a user to speak the required name; extracting a set of phonetic baseforms from the voice data; and finding a best match between the extracted set of phonetic baseforms and any combination of the phonetic baseforms from the first name grammar and the second name grammar; and checking the best match against the directory of names to determine whether or not the best match exists in the directory of names; forwarding the call if the best match is determined to exist in the directory of names.