Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for managing voice communications
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Application No.: US12897481Application Date: 2010-10-04
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Publication No.: US08935737B2Publication Date: 2015-01-13
- Inventor: Haifeng Bi , Xiaolian Bi
- Applicant: Haifeng Bi , Xiaolian Bi
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Jay H. Anderson
- Main IPC: H04N7/173
- IPC: H04N7/173 ; H04N7/10 ; H04N7/025 ; H04N21/478 ; G10L15/26

Abstract:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to receive a call request from a set top box that is remote from the server where the call request identifies a telephone number that is presented from video content presented by the set top box where the telephone number is detected based on a combination of image pattern recognition and speech recognition and where the telephone number is associated with a marketing entity, establish a voice communication with a first telephone device associated with the set top box, and establish the voice communication with a second telephone device associated with the telephone number and the marketing entity if the first telephone device accepts the voice communication. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110145874A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VOICE COMMUNICATIONS Public/Granted day:2011-06-16
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