Patent US 5,454,063

A computer input system employing an automatic speech recognizer. The system is used for finding names in a data-base. The system reduces the number of letters a speaker needs to enter in order to find a name uniquely in the data-base. The system enables the speaker to enter inputs that identify which words in the name the speaker's letter inputs correspond to. The system builds a set of search parameters incorporating both the user's word identifier inputs and letter inputs. This set can be called an abbreviation because it usually represents a small fraction of the total number of letters in the name the user seeks to find.