IP Library Granted Patent US 8,594,282
Granted Patent B2
US 8,594,282 · App. 13/619,957 · Granted Nov 26, 2013

Method and apparatus for navigation of a dialogue system

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Patent No.
US 8,594,282
App. No.
13/619,957
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, the present disclosure is a method and apparatus for navigation of a dialogue system. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating navigation of a menu of a dialogue system includes encoding data including information for navigating the menu in a machine-readable data structure and outputting the machine-readable data structure.

Claims (26)

1. A method for facilitating navigation of a menu of a dialogue system, the method comprising:

encoding, by a processor, data comprising information for navigating the menu in a machine-readable data structure; and

outputting, by the processor, the machine-readable data structure, wherein the information enables a communication device to scan the machine-readable data structure to self-navigate through the menu, wherein the information is used for navigating a call to a specified destination in the menu having a plurality of destinations.

2. The method of claim 1 , where the data further comprises: information by which the dialogue system is accessed.

3. The method of claim 1 , where the data further comprises: information about a user communicating with the dialogue system.

4. The method of claim 1 , where the data further comprises: information about a product associated with the dialogue system.

5. The method of claim 1 , where the data further comprises: an instruction that causes the communication device to carry out an action.

6. The method of claim 1 , where the data further comprises: information about a service associated with the dialogue system.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing an executable program for facilitating navigation of a menu of a dialogue system which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

encoding data comprising information for navigating the menu in a machine-readable data structure; and

outputting the machine-readable data structure, wherein the information enables a communication device to scan the machine-readable data structure to self-navigate through the menu, wherein the information is used for navigating a call to a specified destination in the menu having a plurality of destinations.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , where the data further comprises: information by which the dialogue system is accessed.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , where the data further comprises: information about a user communicating with the dialogue system.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , where the data further comprises: information about a product associated with the dialogue system.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , where the data further comprises: an instruction that causes the communication device to carry out an action.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , where the data further comprises: information about a service associated with the dialogue system.

13. A system for facilitating navigation of a menu of a dialogue system, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable medium storing an executable program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

encoding data comprising information for navigating the menu in a machine-readable data structure; and

outputting the machine-readable data structure, wherein the information enables a communication device to scan the machine-readable data structure to self-navigate through the menu, wherein the information is used for navigating a call to a specified destination in the menu having a plurality of destinations.

14. The system of claim 13 , where the data further comprises: information by which the dialogue system is accessed.

15. The system of claim 13 , where the data further comprises: information about a user communicating with the dialogue system.

16. The system of claim 13 , where the data further comprises: information about a product associated with the dialogue system.

17. The system of claim 13 , where the data further comprises: an instruction that causes the communication device to carry out an action.

18. The system of claim 13 , where the data further comprises: information about a service associated with the dialogue system.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2017
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 041504/0952 →