Sharon A Kish

US Patent:

53254210, Jun 28, 1994

Filed:

Aug 24, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/935081

Inventors:

Michael M. Hou - Aberdeen NJ
Sharon Kish - Somerset NJ
Sally B. Muir - Bridgewater NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342

US Classification:

379 67

Abstract:

A facility is provided for allowing a caller to place a telephone call by merely uttering a label identifying a desired called destination and to charge the telephone call to a particular billing account by merely uttering a label identifying that account. Alternatively, the caller may place the call by dialing or uttering the telephone number of the called destination or by entering a speed dial code associated with that telephone number.