METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL USING AUDIO INTERFACE

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EP 0 834 229 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	08.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/15

(21)	Application number: 97915886.0

(22)	Date of filing: 18.03.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 3/ 16^{( . )}
G10K 15/ 02^{( . )}
H04L 29/ 06^{( . )}
H04M 3/ 493^{( . )}
H04M 7/ 00^{( . )}

G06F 13/ 00^{( . )}
G10L 13/ 02^{( . )}
H04M 3/ 42^{( . )}
H04M 11/ 08^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/003690

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/040611 (30.10.1997 Gazette 1997/46)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

22.04.1996 US 19960635801

(71)	Applicant: AT&T Corp.
	New York, NY 10013-2412 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BENEDIKT, Michael, Abraham Chicago, IL 60657 (US) LADD, David, Alan Downers Grove, IL 60515 (US) RAMMING, James, Christopher Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US) REHOR, Kenneth, G. Berwyn, IL 60402 (US) TUCKEY, Curtis, Duane Chicago, IL 60657 (US)

(74)	Representative: Harding, Richard Patrick, et al
	Marks & Clerk, Nash Court, Oxford Business Park South Oxford OX4 2RU Oxford OX4 2RU (GB)

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