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Microsoft's Acoustic Caller ID Patent

Posted by samzenpus on from the who-do-you-sound-like-today dept.

theodp writes "A new patent granted to Microsoft Tuesday for automatic identification of telephone callers based on voice characteristics covers constructing acoustic models for telephone callers by identifying words or subject matter commonly used by callers and capturing the acoustic properties of any utterance. Not only that, it's done 'without alerting the caller during the call that the caller is being identified,' boasts Microsoft in the patent claims."

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  1. NOW I get it... by Penguinisto · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...they're looking to patent-troll the CIA!

    Brilliant!

    /P

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  2. Thus proving the rule by killmenow · · Score: 4, Funny

    To patent anything, follow these steps:

    1. Choose something already being done in the real world, anything really
    2. describe it with maximum verbosity
    3. add "on the Internet" at the end

    Tada! PATENT!

  3. Sneakers by Loconut1389 · · Score: 3, Funny

    My name is Werner Brandes, my voice is my passport. Verify me.

  4. Re:Only Innovation: Real Time versus Offline? by omeomi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Isn't that why they ask for my account number?

    Good Lord, no. They ask for your account number just to irritate you because both you and the person you're talking to know damn well you had to key in your account number just 2 minutes ago.

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