SpeechSwitch Receives Patent For Speech Enabled Dialer By Names

U.S. Patent 6,940,951 will issue on September 6 for SpeechSwitch's Speech-Enabled Automatic Telephone Dialer Name Dialer using a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI).

This patent seeks to protect the use of the Name Dialer using a Telephone Application Programming Interface (TAPI). The use of TAPI allows SpeechSwitch to integrate into different telephone PBX systems, eliminating the need for additional external hardware.  Each phone system hardware provider provides a specific software driver that interfaces with the SpeechSwitch Name Dialer.

The Name Dialer is a phone dialing system that imports contact information for dialing (names and phone numbers) from almost any PIM or contact manager, including, Microsoft Outlook, ACT and Goldmine.  The user speaks the name of the person listed in their contact list and through a TAPI, the Name Dialer sends a signal to the Private Branch Exchange (PBX) to initiate dialing.