SEQUENTIAL PRESENTATION OF LONG INSTRUCTIONS IN AN INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM

Patent №

US 7,305,070

Granted

2007-12-04

Filed 2002

Owner

SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC.

+2 more

Lab

AI components

2

nlp · speech

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10058785

An interactive voice response system that allows a caller to perform a series of sequential tasks based on an instruction set. The caller is queried after each instruction to ensure that the caller has successfully completed all of the steps. Additionally, provisions are provided to automatically pause the instruction set and present reminders to the caller. Further the caller may elect to repeat instructions, back up the instruction set, receive additional details, transfer to a service representative, or receive summary information.

AI classification

Speech1.00
Natural language1.00
Planning0.19
Machine learning0.02
AI hardware0.01
Knowledge representation0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC.

assignment · 127760926

SBC LABORATORIES, INC.

namechg · 197850160

AT&T LABS, INC.

namechg · 197850365

Assignors

KORTUM, PHILIP TED, BUSHEY, ROBERT R.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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