Patent Document ID: 20040243562
Application ID: 10482517
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for searching data in at least two databases (D n ), in particular for searching telephone directory, address book or organizer entries or the like in at least two telephone directory, address book or organizer databases or the like, comprising the steps of: inputting a search term by speech, processing a sound sequence of the search term to obtain a comparable speech pattern (X) thereof, comparing the comparable speech pattern (X) of the search term with corresponding speech patterns (A n,i ) of database entries (E n,i ) to determine for each entry (E n,i ) of the at least two databases (D n ) a measure m(X,A n,i ) for the matching distance between the compared speech patterns to determine at least that database entry (E n,j ) of each database (D n ) the speech pattern (A n,j ) of which matches the comparable speech pattern (X) of the search term best, selecting that database entry (E p,j ) the speech pattern (A p,j ) of which matches the comparable speech pattern (X) of the search term best from the entries (E n,j ) determined in the previous step by searching that measure m n (X,A n,j ) that indicates the best matching speech pattern of the database entries, and outputting an identifier of that database entry (E p,j ) that has been selected in the previous step.