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Voice menu optimization method and system

CA 2210834 C · Owner: Keshav, Srinivasan · Inventors: Keshav, Srinivasan

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A method and system adaptively substitutes a single dialing button sequence for a selected action in a voice menu of a telephone system. A shortcut message in the voice menu prompts a caller to select a shortcut button to acheive a shortcut action. The system then accumulates counts related to frequencies of occurrence of a plurality of actions prompted by the voice menu. The system then ranks the plurality of actions by their respective accumulated counts and determines if any one of the plurality of actions has an accumulated count greater than an accumulated count of the shortcut action. If it does then the system, causes the substitution the one of the plurality of actions and a …

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  • Filed July 17, 1997 and granted April 18, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 17, 2017.
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FiledJuly 17, 1997
GrantedApril 18, 2000
Term endedJuly 17, 2017
Patent numberCA 2210834 C
Classification (IPC)H04M3/42 +1 more

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