AUTOMATIC VOICE ADDRESSING AND MESSAGING METHODS AND APPARATUS

摘要

A method of operating a device that includes speech recognition capabilities includes implementing on a device a plurality of user interfaces, wherein at least one said user interfaces is a voice interface. The method also includes launching a first application, and as part of launching the first application, launching a second application, the second application optionally presenting to a user at least one query using the voice interface and populating an address field in the first application in response to the query using the speech recognition capabilities. The second application is launched either simultaneously or subsequent to the launching of the first application. Populating the address field comprises accessing address information from a plurality of databases resident in the device.