Appeal No. 1998-2705
Application No. 08/867-773
telecommunication systems. In particular, Appellant discloses
on page 3 of the specification that the invention provides a
telecommunication network service for converting spoken words
to individual DTMF signals to be furnished to an automatic
system responsive to touch tone control thereof.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for providing a telecommunications network
service performed within a telecommunications network for use
with an automated system responsive to Dual-Tone Multi-
Frequency (DTMF) signals (touch-tones), the method comprising
the steps of:
prompting the caller to initiate a first call to the
automated system initiating a second call in the network to a
facility for performing speech recognition;
bridging the first and second calls;
receiving the spoken utterance comprising the spoken
word;
performing speech recognition on the spoken utterance,
thereby identifying the spoken word;
classifying the spoken utterance into one of a set of
categories based on said identification of the spoken word,
each of said categories having a DTMF signal associated
therewith;
generating, within the telecommunications network, the
DTMF signal associated with the category into which said
spoken utterance has been classified; and
transmitting the generated DTMF signal though the
telecommunications network to the automated system.
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