Patent ID: 7606713

Claim:
An intelligent peripheral for speech recognition comprising a processor and a memory connected to the processor and storing a list of Virtual Private Network (VPN) addresses of at least one of a set of persons, personal functions, specific terminals and services as well as instructions to control the processor, wherein the VPN addresses include at least one of the following sets: fixed telephone addresses, mobile telephone addresses, e-mail addresses, facsimile addresses, the processor being arranged to: communicate with a network apparatus arranged to control a switch in a telecommunication network; communicate with the switch; and perform the following operations controlled by the instructions: receive a call from the switch, to establish a communication channel with the switch and to receive a demand to be able to receive a speech instruction; receive from a first telecommunication apparatus the speech instruction associated with a VPN number that is associated with either a person, personal function, second telecommunication apparatus or service desired to be called or noticed by the first telecommunication apparatus; recognize an additional spoken instruction indicating in which set of the at least one of a set of persons, personal functions, specific terminals and services that the VPN-address is stored; translate the speech instruction into a VPN address associated with either the person, personal function, second telecommunication apparatus or service and send the VPN address to the network apparatus, the VPN address having a predetermined format in accordance with a protocol used in the telecommunication network in which the intelligent peripheral is to be operated; transfer at least the VPN address, as well as the identity and current location of the first telecommunication apparatus to the switch for transfer to the switch to the network apparatus as a standard Intelligent Network (IN) request; and release the communication channel with the switch.