HELP OPTION ENHANCEMENT FOR INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEMS

Patent №

US 7,490,286

Granted

2009-02-10

Filed 2003

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

4

nlp · speech · kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10670632

A method for providing help within an interactive voice response application can include the step of determining an interactive voice response event corresponding to a request for help. The event can be classified as a default help request, which can be a system initiated help request, or a user initiated help request. If the event is classified as a default help request, a time for receiving user input can be set to a default value. If, however, the event is classified as a user initiated help request, the time for receiving user input can be set to a value less than the default value. The interactive voice response application can take programmatic action upon expiration of the time for receiving user input.

AI classification

Speech1.00
Planning0.86
Knowledge representation0.58
Natural language0.51
Machine learning0.11
AI hardware0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 153640442

Assignors

COMMARFORD, PATRICK M., KOTAN, CHERYL A., LEWIS, JAMES R., SADOWSKI, WALLACE J.

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

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