SpeechSwitch receives patent for Name Dialer."Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care." --William Safire (1929 - ), American journalist, speechwriter, historian, novelist, lexicographer A person who writes dictionaries. See computer lexicographer. SpeechSwitch, Inc., a provider of speech recognition technology, recently announced that United States Patent 6,940,951 was issued on September 6, 2005, for a patent for a Speech-Enabled Automatic Telephone Dialer Name Dialer utilizing a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI (Telephony API) A programming interface from Microsoft and Intel that is part of Microsoft's WOSA architecture. It allows Windows client applications to access voice services on a server. ). SpeechSwitch previously was a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of iVoice, Inc. prior to the spinoff from iVoice. The spinoff was completed in August 2005 as a special stock dividend distribution to iVoice shareholders. This patent seeks to protect the use of the Name Dialer utilizing a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI). The use of TAPI allows SpeechSwitch to integrate into different telephone PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). systems, eliminating the need for additional external hardware. Each phone system hardware provider provides a specific software driver that interfaces directly with the SpeechSwitch Name Dialer. SpeechSwitch CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Bruce Knef said, "This will be our third speech recognition patent award. These patents are centrally important to SpeechSwitch, not only to preserve our technology, but also to influence knowledge in the marketplace. This patent approval marks a substantial achievement in product development for our technical staff." The Name Dialer is an automatic phone dialing system that imports the necessary contact information for dialing (names and phone numbers) from almost any PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated or contact manager, including Microsoft Outlook, ACT! and Goldmine. The user simply speaks the name of the person listed in their contact list and through a TAPI, the Name Dialer sends a signal to the PBX to initiate dialing automatically. www.ivoice.com |
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