Method and means for interconnecting users of a telephone network using speech recognition

摘要

Method and means for interconnecting users (1) of a telephone network (2). A first user (1a) enters a second user's name to a name server (3), which searches for the second user's telephone number (1b) and initiates via the PABX (6) a connection between both users. The first user may enter the second user's name to the name server via a public telephone network (4) or via a public data network (5) after conversion of the entered user name into a proper data format. The name server (3) transmits the retrieved second user's telephone number to the PABX (6) via a public data network (5). <IMAGE>