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|Christopher Hercules Claudatos, William Dale Andruss
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|Emc Corporation
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This application claims priority to co-pending U.S. Patent Application No. 60/500,453 entitled VOICE MESSAGE PROCESSING, filed Sep. 5, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes; and to co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/884,453 for METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AUDITORY COMMUNICATIONS, filed Jul. 1, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. This application is related to co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/884,477 for MESSAGE INDEXING AND ARCHIVING filed Jul. 1, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes; co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/884,345 for METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT, filed Jul. 1, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes; and co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/884,473 for AUTOMATED CALL MANAGEMENT, filed Jul. 1, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
This invention relates generally to auditory communications. More particularly, an interface for processing, archival, and management of auditory communications is disclosed.
Companies, particularly in the finance, insurance, and healthcare fields, record some or all of the telephone conversations between their employees and their clients for evidence in case of a dispute. For example, a stock brokerage company may record thousands of conversations a year, mainly the details of customer transactions conducted over the telephone, to ensure that the execution of the customers' orders are consistent with the customers' spoken orders. It has become increasingly important for corporations to keep track of communications between employees and between employees and the corporation's customers and/or the public. The requirements of the SEC, NASD, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and various anti-harassment and anti-discrimination laws put further pressure on corporations to have the ability to monitor, record, archive, index, retrieve, and control employee communications.
Traditionally, such conversations are recorded as voice/sound recordings on various recording media. Such conversations can also then be associated with individual customer records and retrieved if necessary. Recently, compression techniques have been put to use in order to decrease the amount of recording media required to capture and archive such recordings.
Voice data presents many challenges and problems to companies who plan to use it for reasons of compliance and content control. In order to locate recordings of telephone conversations with potentially non-compliant language, it would require near real-time playback while someone listens for the non-compliant language. It also makes it very difficult to monitor or identify compliance violations prior to a complaint. In the case of a complaint, the complainant would provide the approximate time and date which would narrow the scope of the search. Monitoring conversations for non-compliant language requires near real-time monitoring of all conversations. This takes considerable time, effort and cost.
It is very difficult for companies to keep track of employee telephone conversations because telephone conversations have substantial storage requirements and are difficult and time consuming to analyze for non-compliant communication and language, or a particular communication.
Many companies now use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks to place and receive telephonic communications rather than solely using the traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN.) In VoIP networks, telephone voice conversations are converted to data that is compatible with IP networks. Once converted, the data can be switched and routed as any network data. When conversations are recorded, they are stored as voice messages that must be processed manually to determine whether they contain non-compliant communication and language, or a particular communication. Such processing is expensive and time-consuming, requiring considerable human intervention.
There is a need, therefore, for an improved method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for monitoring, recording, archiving, indexing, retrieving, processing, and managing communications in the form of voice messages.
The present invention will be readily understood by the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate like structural elements, and in which:
A detailed description of one or more embodiments of the invention is provided below along with accompanying figures that illustrate the principles of the invention. While the invention is described in conjunction with such embodiment(s), it should be understood that the invention is not limited to any one embodiment. On the contrary, the scope of the invention is limited only by the claims and the invention encompasses numerous alternatives, modifications, and equivalents. For the purpose of example, numerous specific details are set forth in the following description in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. These details are provided for the purpose of example, and the present invention may be practiced according to the claims without some or all of these specific details. For the purpose of clarity, technical material that is known in the technical fields related to the invention has not been described in detail so that the present invention is not unnecessarily obscured.
It should be appreciated that the present invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a process, an apparatus, a system, a device, a method, or a computer readable medium such as a computer readable storage medium or a computer network wherein program instructions are sent over optical or electronic communication links. A general purpose computer system such as an Intel-based processor running Microsoft Windows or Linux may be used, or a specialized appliance could be used. In this specification, these implementations, or any other form that the invention may take, may be referred to as techniques. In general, the order of the steps of disclosed processes may be altered within the scope of the invention.
An embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to a voice message processing system, but it should be understood that the principles of the invention are not limited to voice messages. Rather, they are applicable to any auditory communication capable of conveying meaning. Further, they are not limited to communications consisting solely of auditory communications, but can be used with any communication comprising an auditory component, including but not limited to videoconferences, video broadcasts, radio broadcasts, cell phone communications, wired communications, VoIP-based communications, digital communications, analog communications, and video-phone communications. Although the concepts herein are described with respect to a VoIP network, it should be understood that they are not limited to a VoIP network. Rather, they are applicable to any network or transmission means capable of conveying auditory communication, such as PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Networks) and POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) services, and such communication may be conveyed in analog or digital form.
Disclosed herein are a method and system to comprehensively monitor, record, archive, index, retrieve, perform auditory data-to-text processing, control data representing auditory communications made over a communication connection and their control data, consolidation and control of these data with other communications made to and from the same entity, and to manage the ultimate disposition of the archived and live communications. In particular, the foregoing will be described with respect to a VoIP network conveying auditory communications in the form of telephone conversations (calls). The method comprises receiving VoIP data from the network representing the telephone conversation and the control elements of the connection and performing a series of optional processes on the data in order to monitor its content (its linguistic meaning), record the data, archive the recorded data, index the content of the conversation, retrieve the recorded data from the archive, and control the progress of the data traffic that supports the telephone conversation (e.g., terminate a call if a non-compliant conversation is taking place or if communication with an unauthorized person or entity is attempted). Such a solution makes use of network-data-to-text processing for identification of keywords or phrases and/or for conversion of the entire data set/traffic representing telephone conversations into text.
The system may scan the network data representing the voice portion of the network traffic for the presence or absence of keywords and/or phrases through a network-data-to-text processing system, step 110, or convert the entire data set/traffic representing telephone conversations into text, optionally index the recorded data and the associated text ("Conversation Text") from the network-data-to-text process, store the text from the network-data-to-text process, and compare the Conversation Text to a predefined lexicon of words and/or phrases. Based on positive matches and/or negative matches (lack of match), the system may take specific action as determined by the appropriate policy, step 112. This may also be determined by reference to control data. For example, such actions include but are not limited to termination of the call, notification of specific third parties, dynamic connection with and intervention of third parties and so on. Some or all of the foregoing elements may be utilized in accordance with the principles of the invention. The system may compare the data to a lexicon containing auditory representations of words directly, without first converting the entire data set/traffic into text.
This approach provides complete control, recording, archiving, retrieval, and analysis of VoIP network traffic. It also provides a means of associating VoIP network traffic with communications made using other media such as email, instant messenger, etc. by the same parties.
In an embodiment, a voice message processing system is used to process auditory communications in the form of telephone calls. The voice message processing system may comprise a processor in the form of a computer system, configured to receive voice messages from a source of voice messages, such as telephone system, a voice mail system, or a line monitor. Multiple network interface cards may be used to connect the voice message processing system to the VoIP network. The voice message processing system may be integrated with the function of the VoIP system/gateway, or be a standalone system to which the VoIP system passes data. The voice message processing system may be attached to the VoIP network and its functionality invoked when explicitly instructed by a user/administrator or system-based policy. This may be added externally to VoIP systems or made an integral element of a VoIP system.
A variety of methods for intercepting and/or monitoring calls may be used, to give the voice message processing system access to the call content. The voice message processing system may be configured to operate and perform its functions at the point in the network where all VoIP traffic is processed such as the VoIP gateway, gatekeeper, server, and/or switch. This central point provides access to all VoIP traffic regardless of their source or destination (i.e. internal and external calls can be processed).
In this configuration, the voice message processing system is inline with the flow of VoIP traffic to the central VoIP handling system (such as the VoIP gateway/server/switch). This configuration may be added to VoIP systems through external means without change to the VoIP system, other than the addition of the voice messaging system inline with the flow of VoIP data. VoIP data may be identified by scanning the headers of IP packets on the network, or by knowing the IP address, MAC address, or port of the various VoIP devices on the network and scanning packets going to and from those devices. A VoIP network switch may be configured to send a duplicate copy of a communication stream to the voice message processing system, while permitting the original communication stream to continue to its destination, thus cloning or "tapping" the data stream. The duplication of IP packets can be done either in hardware or software. The switch may also be configured to redirect the original communication stream to the voice message processing system, which may pass the original communication stream to its destination after analyzing and processing it.
Call setup metadata may be passed to the voice message processing system, and this metadata may vary depending on the call transport method. The call transport information may include information such as Automatic Number Identification (ANI) of the calling party, Station ID, time of day, call time (elapsed time), User ID, transport protocol, trunk ID, line ID, Class of Service, Quality of Service, Source Address (SA), Destination Address (DA), etc.
The voice message processing system identifies keywords within a call, in order to generate additional metadata that provides additional information and characterization of the content of the call. A keyword is an auditory element or representation of an audio element, text element, or both, and may be a spoken word or utterance but is not limited to speech. The keyword may be found in a lexicon kept by the system, and more than one lexicon may be used by the system. Although several lexicons may be used, it should be understood that they may be referred to collectively as constituting a single lexicon. The keyword identification can be done by the system itself or an ancillary system in communication with the voice message processing system. Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems attempt to provide a complete transcription of a call through the use of Speech-to-Text (STT) technology which renders the entire call content (when it comprises speech) into text. The keyword may be directly derived from the call data or extracted from the rendered text.
The performance of keyword/phrase scanning and/or speech-to-text processing can be optionally performed in real-time or deferred for later processing. This would be determined by policy or administrator settings/preferences. For purposes of review for accuracy, the conversation text and telephone recording can be indexed to each other. In this way, a comparison can be made between the recording and the conversation text. A signature (hash or hash digest) of the text, recording, and metadata may also be added to the metadata for purposes of non-repudiation.
Referring now to
In an embodiment, shown in
The system can search for keywords in the auditory communication that positively match keywords in the lexicon. The search for keywords within a call may further specify:
Keywords (including the tests described herein) may be used to determine whether the call should be archived, to determine whether the call is violating a compliance policy such as Sarbanes-Oxley and if a prescribed action should be taken, and to affect changes to the progress and/or control of the call and/or the call's characteristics. Metadata such as the call setup metadata may be used in conjunction with the keywords to determine what actions to take. This may be defined through the use of triggering policies, which identify the criteria upon which a set of actions or policies should be executed or invoked. The voice message processing system can be configured to chain policies together. Policies may be dynamic; i.e, a policy may be invoked by another policy.
For example, metadata might indicate that a call is a customer service call. This would trigger a policy for handling customer calls. The company might have a requirement that all customer service representatives say "Thank you for calling XYZ. We appreciate your business." A negative match may be used to determine when a representative is not in compliance with this requirement (i.e. neglects to thank the customer for calling and express appreciation). If a negative match is found, another policy may be invoked to archive the call and flag it for review by a supervisor. This system could be used to alleviate the need for constant monitoring of phone calls by supervisors.
In an embodiment, if the voice message processing system determines that a call contains certain keywords, it may activate a policy that requires archiving of the call, and also activate a policy that requires archiving all subsequent calls between that caller and called party for the next 30 days. The system may also track information from one call to another, such as determining that a caller frequently uses certain keywords in every call. Thus, if a caller frequently said "buy stock" or "dump stock" in several consecutive phone calls, this pattern could be flagged for review by the voice message processing system.
Archiving the call is shown in
In an embodiment, the call may be archived with metadata indicating which policies were triggered, step 136, such as by including the policy ID, the policy signature (hash), message signature (hash), index, or pointers to specific elements within the policy that are applicable to the triggering message. A policy may be invoked more than once, and its frequency of invocation could be recorded in the metadata. Other metadata may also be included, such as the caller ID, the called party ID, the time and date the message was received, inspected, or forwarded, and message length. Also included may be a hyperlink, shortcut, pointer, or index of the keywords ("hyperlink" hereafter) into corresponding parts of the recorded call to the keywords and relevant portions of the call, step 138.
The recording media for archival may be selected by the user/administrator or policy. For example, VoIP network data (including the call), metadata, and call text (if any) may be recorded to "write once read many" (WORM) media, re-recordable media, erasable media, solid state recording media, etc. EMC Centera, available from EMC Corporation, is a magnetic disk-based WORM device that is well-suited for storing such data. Selection of media and location of the media are determined by the requirements of the user/administrator and the purpose of the recording. In cases of compliance issues where the recordings are used for legal purposes such as evidence in a court of law, the media chosen would be specified by law. In these cases, nonvolatile, write once media that reside at an off-site location (possibly stored with a third party acting as an escrow agent) may be used. The user/administrator or policy can specify multiple and varied forms of media. The various types of call metadata may be stored on separate storage devices from the call content itself, step 140.
The voice message processing system is not limited to the specific examples of architecture of the network-data-to-text processing system or the storage system used for the voice and text data. It is applicable to tape storage and all other data storage devices.
All calls may be archived automatically, and the voice message processing system could store any identified keywords with each call to indicate that those keywords were found in that call.
Other call processing may be performed together with or separately from archival. For example, a call may be quarantined when keywords are identified that are predefined as requiring additional analysis. The call may be archived with metadata indicating the presence of the keywords and that the recorded call is classified as a quarantine call. This decision may be based solely on the presence of the keywords, or it may take into account call setup metadata such as the identity of the calling party or identity of the called party.
An embodiment is illustrated in
Upon a call's classification as a quarantine call, a human operator or machine system may be notified, and the call may be made available for further analysis and processing. For example, a call containing keywords that trigger quarantine could be routed to a human operator for listening in real time, while the call is still taking place. This would require the voice message processing system to be processing live calls. Additional metadata regarding the notification is created and added to the quarantined call's metadata, such as the date of notification, required response time/date, triggering policy and keywords, message ID, identity of the notified parties, etc. As the quarantined call is processed through a work flow (for review, approval, etc.), the associated metadata is appended to the quarantined call's metadata and retained until a defined expiration date, if any.
The voice message processing system can be configured to retain archived and quarantined calls until a specified disposition date, which may be determined by keywords identified in the call or policies invoked by the call. An embodiment is illustrated in
The quarantine function may be used to pro-actively monitor calls for violations of Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, SEC, NASD, corporate, and other laws, regulations, and policies. For example, if a call contained the words "buy" and "stock" within one word of each other, the call would be quarantined with metadata indicating that the words "buy" and "stock" were found in the call within one word of each other.
Call control is based on identifying, in real-time (during the call), the presence or absence of keywords triggering specific policies that result in actions that control the call's characteristics and handling. As the call is in progress, the voice message processing system may remain active and listen for specific keywords that are associated with actions other than archive and quarantine. Such actions may control the progress, quality, and characteristics of the call. For example, if any of the call parties say the keywords "I can't hear you," a policy could activate an action which would signal the calling system equipment to increase the volume of the auditory portion of the call, change communications channels, increase bandwidth allocated to the call, alter the transport (intermediate routing) of the call, or take other measures to improve the auditory quality of the call.
Specific keywords can be known by the callers and deliberately spoken in order to invoke a desired policy. For example, the caller could say, "Operator, call Bob Smith," and the policy that is triggered by the keywords initiates actions that cause the calling equipment to add the requested party to the call. Other examples of call control are termination of the call, conferencing other parties to the call, encryption of the call, dropping specific parties from the call, accessing the public announcement system, adding a human or machine monitor to the call, etc. Call control can also be used to intentionally invoke a recording of the call (example: the caller says, "Operator, record this call," which the voice message processing system identifies as a request to archive the call.
In an embodiment, call management may entail using the call transport metadata to trigger a policy, as shown in step 170 in
An example of processing an inbound call is illustrated in
The caller or call recipient may optionally be required to enter his/her ID code (PIN) in order to identify himself/herself. Another trigger policy is invoked to determine which, if any, policies are applicable.
The call setup is performed, meaning that the caller secures a trunk (outside line) and dials a number or the caller begins dialing immediately (making an internal call). Based on the information from the call setup, a trigger policy is invoked, and it is determined which policies are applicable given all of the previous information and the new information (such as external trunk ID, internal line ID, caller ID).
The call commences, meaning that the caller's request to complete the connection to the called party is attempted. If the call setup is successful, the caller and the called party are connected and begin their communication. The policies affecting the communication session are enacted. If the call setup is not successful (such as a busy signal or no answer), the policies that would apply to a successful call setup are not enacted, but the attempt and associated metadata may optionally be archived.
When the call is disconnected, post-call actions are performed in accordance with the actions specified in the applicable policies. For example, if a call would not normally be archived or quarantined based on the station ID, caller ID, called party ID, etc., but during the call restricted speech is used and certain keywords are detected, then the cached call would be quarantined. If no restricted speech was used during the call then the call would not be quarantined or archived and the cache would be cleared (deleted).
The processing of an outbound call is illustrated in
The called party answers the telephone and the call setup is performed. Based on the information from the call setup, a trigger policy is invoked and it is determined which policies are applicable given all of the previous information and the new information (external trunk ID, trunk port, internal line ID, etc.).
The called party may be optionally required to enter his/her ID code (PIN) in order to identify himself/herself. Another trigger policy is invoked to determine which, if any, policies are applicable.
The call commences, meaning that the caller's request to complete the connection to the called party is completed. If the call setup is successful, the caller and the called party are connected and begin their communication. The policies affecting the communication session are enacted. If the call setup is not successful (such as a busy signal or no answer), the policies that apply to a successful call setup are not enacted.
The call is disconnected, and post-call actions are performed depending on the actions specified in the applicable policies. For example, if a call would not normally be archived or quarantined based on the Station ID, caller ID, called party ID, etc., but during the call restricted speech is used and certain keywords are detected, then the cached call would be quarantined. If no restricted speech was used during the call then the call would not be quarantined or archived and the cache would be cleared (deleted).
The voice message processing system may be used in real-time such as during a call, or applied to recordings of auditory communications. It is not limited to communication systems utilizing a centralized server, switch, exchange, etc., but may also be used with non-centralized and peer-to-peer networks and communications. Additionally, the voice message processing system can be used to control the flow, routing, bandwidth, CoS, QoS, security, encryption, and duration of calls made via VoIP systems based on matches to the Lexicon. For example, encryption of the call could be based on the identity of the call parties and matches to the lexicon.
Telephone conversations may be recorded, processed into text (speech-to-text), and then formatted for delivery to an email archive and management system, such as LEGATO EmailXtender, EmailArchive, or EmailXaminer, available from EMC Corporation, for later retrieval, analysis, and other disposition. The data objects that are held in the EmailXtender/EmailArchive/EmailXaminer system (Legato Information Lifecycle Management System or like system) are voice, the voice-to-text transcription of the conversation, and other metadata such as the source/destination information of the caller and called party, station ID, time of call, time of call termination, caller ID, keywords found, etc. The VoIP call data elements (and their derivative elements) may be packaged in such as way as to make them manageable by email systems and email management systems such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook, and LEGATO EmailXtender.
The presentation to the user of this information may be through an email client application, and have a front-end appearance to the user of an email message in the Inbox. The relevant call information (text, voice recording, metadata, etc.) may be contained within this pseudo-message, with hyperlinks or other references to the auditory portions of the call containing keywords and relevant portions. The user may use these links to confirm that certain keywords were found and to understand the context (such as to determine whether a law or regulation has been violated).
Users and administrators could easily and quickly archive, retrieve, analyze, sort, and filter hundreds of thousands of telephone conversations in the same manner they handle email messages.
Compared to simply sending an auditory recording in the form of a voice recording of a telephone conversation to an email recipient (the recording will be treated by the email server as an attachment), this approach would allow the system to detect and understand that the attachment is a voice recording and process it in a completely different manner than typical email messages with attachments. Although voice mail, call recordings, data with auditory elements, and other types of voice messages may be presented through .wav files (or other audio formats) that are simply attachments to a standard email, the use of hyperlinks and call metadata enables and facilitates processing and analysis. Voice messages may be presented so that they can be searched and compliance policies applied as with normal (non-voice based) email: as HTML/RTF (or other markup language), plain text email, as an email form, or as a voicemail object or file format such as Adobe Portable Document Format ("PDF.") These embodiments are not dependent upon a specific email client, and may be used with web based email as well as client based email.
This approach allows existing third-party compliance products, search engines, and workflow management systems to handle voice messages as they would any typical email, web page, or document and have access to the relevant content of the voice messages.
The voice message and call metadata may be rendered as an HTML-formatted (or RTF, XML, or other markup language) email message or document ("email" or "email message" hereafter.) The voice recording itself can be deployed in one of several ways:
There may be multiple hyperlinks present in the email message, and they may link to different files. For example, if the voice message processing system had found several violations of policy in several phone calls or voice messages, it might generate an email message to a compliance administrator containing hyperlinks to the several voice recordings corresponding to the terms considered to be violations. Thus, a single email message could contain hyperlinks to several voice recordings in which a particular term was identified, as well as the number of times that the term appeared in the other voice recordings. This would enable the compliance administrator to examine the term not just in the context of one voice message, but in the context of several voice messages corresponding to several different transactions or calls. Further, hyperlinks may point directly to the locations of the files or to other pointers that in turn point to the locations of the files. It should be understood that "keyword" or "term", as used in this specification, may include combinations of keywords in sequence, keywords within a certain distance of each other, some keywords present while others are absent, etc. as described herein.
Information concerning violations may span multiple messages to the same party and/or multiple parties within an administrator-specified range of dates. This provides additional context for determining if non-compliant speech or behavior is occurring.
Presentation of the hyperlinks may depend on the nature of the auditory recording. If keywords are detected within an auditory recording they may be presented in the order of detection or prioritized (such as according to probability and/or seriousness of the violation) and as hyperlinks in one of several modes:
An example of an email message presenting identified keywords and hyperlinks to corresponding portions of the auditory recording(s) in which the keywords occur is illustrated in
If a full speech-to-text transcription is performed, the full text may be presented as part of the message. Within the text, each word or phrase may be hyperlinked to the specific location within the audio recording containing the source audio from which the text is derived. In short, each word or phrase of text may be a hyperlink to each audio element that is its source. For example, the text might appear in the message as follows:
Keyword hits can be highlighted in some manner as to distinguish them from the regular surrounding text. For example, keywords can be underlined, or a different font, style, size, color, background color, etc.
Alternatively, the full text transcription of the auditory recording can be presented without hyperlinks from each word to its respective auditory source. Instead, only the keywords identified by the voice message processing system are formed as hyperlinks which link to the location within the auditory recording which contains the spoken keyword. For example:
In this case, "dump" and "stock" are keywords identified by the voice message processing system. As discussed herein, the system may have identified and flagged these two keywords according to a variety of criteria, such as individually, through a simple keyword search, or after finding them in the voice message within a certain distance from each other, etc.
A hyperlink or button may be provided, which when triggered will cause the entire recording to be played. Metadata may be contained within the message and be searchable via text search methods. The metadata may include information about the attributes and properties of the voice recording, such as:
The voice recording may be presented as a text-only email message. The various data and metadata elements described herein may be incorporated and presented as plain text in the message body, and the voice recording accessed via a text hyperlink within the message body of the email. The data and metadata elements could also be presented as an email form such as a Microsoft Outlook form, which provides a user interface for viewing the content.
The voice recording could be presented as an object, applet, or PDF or other file format that might require an email client plug-in or application to read the object. This approach would offer additional control, such as completely handling the playback of the message by a plug-in specific player, and the plug-in could have the ability to interact with data stores that are not accessible through HTTP or email forms. The plug-in would provide the capability to search and read the message.
A hybrid email message could be created in which the email contains the auditory recording in rendered format as described herein, such as a PDF, together with the metadata in plain text, thus making it searchable by standard email search methods. This also facilitates understanding the metadata without necessarily installing a plug-in or using a helper application. This is similar to the way a plain text rendition of an HTML email is sometimes placed at the beginning of the HTML email, which enables users without a graphical user interface email client to access the information.
Although the methods and systems herein have been described with respect to an illustrative embodiment, it should be appreciated that the methods and systems disclosed are independent of the precise architecture of the network-data-to-text processing system or the storage system used for the voice and text data, and are applicable to tape storage, optical devices, and all other types of data storage. The principles are equally applicable to VoIP, PSTN, PBX, digital, analog, and all other systems useful for auditory communication.
For the sake of clarity, the processes and methods herein have been illustrated with a specific flow, but it should be understood that other sequences may be possible and that some may be performed in parallel, without departing from the spirit of the invention. Additionally, steps may be subdivided or combined. As disclosed herein, software written in accordance with the present invention may be stored in some form of computer-readable medium, such as memory or CD-ROM, or transmitted over a network, and executed by a processor.
All references cited herein are intended to be incorporated by reference. Although the present invention has been described above in terms of specific embodiments, it is anticipated that alterations and modifications to this invention will no doubt become apparent to those skilled in the art and may be practiced within the scope and equivalents of the appended claims. More than one computer may be used, such as by using multiple computers in a parallel or load-sharing arrangement or distributing tasks across multiple computers such that, as a whole, they perform the functions of the components identified herein; i.e. they take the place of a single computer. Various functions described above may be performed by a single process or groups of processes, on a single computer or distributed over several computers. Processes may invoke other processes to handle certain tasks. A single storage device may be used, or several may be used to take the place of a single storage device. The present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the invention is not to be limited to the details given herein. It is therefore intended that the disclosure and following claims be interpreted as covering all such alterations and modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Sep 14, 2004
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A source tells the WSJ Foxconn shipped ~1.4M iPhone 5S (AAPL +1.7%) units to China Mobile last week in advance of the carrier's Friday 5S/5C launch.
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Scientists at American bases in Antarctica should be subject to regular breathalyser tests because they are prone to alcohol abuse, a report has said.
The audit carried out by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of the Inspector General of the US Antarctic Program (USAP) warned of the "unpredictable behaviour" created by scientists consuming alcohol.
According to the report, had "led to fights, indecent exposure, and employees arriving to work under the influence".
Although the McMurdo base has three bars and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station has a small shop where alcohol can be bought, it is illegal to consume alcohol in work centres and during working hours.
However, the audit report stated that one HR manager estimated up to 75 per cent of disciplinary action carried out by her company was related to alcohol misuse.
It also found a researcher had been brewing beer in a science laboratory but said no action was taken, raising concerns about the "lax enforcement" of the USAP Code of Conduct.
In a statement reported by Wired, NSF spokesman Peter West said: "Alcohol-related misconduct is not disproportionately represented at the Antarctic stations."
But the report concluded: "Since alcohol abuse does occur in the USAP program, workplace safety could be enhanced if [breathalyser] tests were administered to all USAP participants endangering themselves or others due to the influence of alcohol."
It added that breathalysers should be routinely calibrated.
While the US government owns and operates the bases in Antarctica, it is not US territory. The audit recommended the legality of a requirement for breathalyser testing be reviewed, which the NSF said it would look into.
Wired also reported a tee-total mandate at the bases was being considered.
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The Southern Air Temple is hosting a group of merchant sailors from the Southern Water Tribe who were fleeing from impressment into the Northern Water Tribe Navy. Roku and Gyatso have spotted mysterious shapes on the horizon...
The Southern Air Temple Courtyard, 65 BG
"Right off there, in the North. See? Those are the warships that were chasing the merchants," Roku told the elder.
"Hmm... they are ships alright, but we must see their purposes for coming before any action is taken. Fighting is a last resort, and should be avoided if at all possible," Elder Choden replied. "I will send a negotiation party to the ships at once to divine their goals."
"Thank you Sir," Gyatso interrupted. "Roku and I would like to volunteer to be part of it."
"Err... Gyatso? I never said anything about that," Roku tried to discreetly whisper to his friend.
"We're scheduled to be shoveling bison poo," Gyatso told Roku out of the corner of his mouth.
"Yes Elder Choden, we would very much like to accompany your negotiation party!" Roku suddenly chimed in.
"Very well. We will depart from the stables at once," Choden answered.
The Sky Bison Stables
When Roku and Gyatso reached the stables with Choden, they saw another elder with two more younger monks waiting.
"Ah, Brother Cepla," Choden said to the older monk, "Are the bison packed?"
"Yes they are, Brother Choden, and that crazy dragon of the Avatar's," Cepla replied.
"We're taking Fang?" Roku asked.
"He seems to be just about as eager to fly this mission as you yourself are Roku. We could barely keep him down long enough to put his saddle on," said Cepla.
"That seems unlike him. I know how much fang loves a good long flight, but normally he's very calm. Something must be bugging him," Roku spoke.
"Even Seba seems worried about something," Gyatso said as he approached his own Bison, "I think we'd all better go down soon."
The six airbenders climbed onto their respective mounts, and were just about to take off when one more monk rushed in.
"Brothers! The ships are attacking!"
"From the base of the mountain? How?" Choden exclaimed.
"A wave! It's coming! I don't-"
Suddenly the monk's words were cut off by a rush of seawater into the bison stables. The animals instinctively broke their ropes and raced off through the open roof.
"Hold on Roku, I think we're flying!" Gyatso shouted to his friend over the din. Fang and Seba surged upward away from the force of the water. Gyatso saw his friend the Avatar race off madly toward the sun as he his own bison were blasted around by the spray.
"How is this happening? How cold they do this?" Gyatso yelled. Gyatso turned his head around, when out of the corner of his eye he spotted a cluster of people at the top of the temple.
"Seba, yip yip!" Gyatso called as he turned his bison toward the group. He coughed as he battled through the spray of the mysterious wave. When he reached the roof he saw three of the Water Tribe merchants trying to stay above the flood. At the front was Alkenara trying to bend back the wave from the assembled crew.
"Need a lift?" Gyatso offered once he reached the merchants.
"That might be helpful right about now," Alkenara replied, "Thanks."
Gyatso loaded the three people onto Seba's back and took off. He spotted Roku and Fang soon afterward.
"There must be dozens of waterbenders on that one ship in front down there alone. I flew down and saw it myself," Roku told Gyatso, "That wave is some of the strongest bending I've ever seen. There's no way to stop them."
"Then we'll have to flee and fight another day. We're headed for the South Pole."
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A bill that would ban teacher and other public employee unions from having membership dues automatically deducted from paychecks won approval Thursday by a Louisiana House panel.
The vote was 9-6 by the House Labor Committee.
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Under current rules, thousands of public school teachers, state troopers and other members of law enforcement rely on automatic payroll deductions to handle their union or association dues.
The legislation, House Bill 418, would end that practice.
The issue has sparked controversy for weeks, including emails and telephone calls to state lawmakers by advocates on both sides.
Last year, a similar bill failed in the same committee on an 8-8 vote that broke along party lines, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.
Another proposal on the same issue died in 2013.
GOP lawmakers now enjoy a 9-6-1 advantage on the committee.
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While HB418 would apply to police and firefighter groups and others, it appears mostly aimed at teacher unions — the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and the Louisiana Association of Educators.
The influential Louisiana Association of Business and Industry is one of the chief proponents of the measure, which is shaping up as a high-profile showdown between industry and labor.
LABI President Stephen Waguespack compared the current practice to allowing dues for gun owners to be collected for the National Rifle Association. "Should the government collect those dues for them as well?" Waguespack asked.
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Debbie Meaux, president of the Louisiana Association of Educators, said she has relied on automatic payroll deduction for 40 years as an educator.
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Louisiana Republican Legislative Delegation Chairman Lance Harris, of Alexandria, bristled at charges that the legislation is anti-teacher.
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"It is not about disparaging teachers," he said. "It is not about disparaging the unions. It is a philosophical difference."
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Chanakya was the first thinker of the ancient times who nurtured the sense of nationalism and inculcated in the minds of the people that they owed their basic allegiance to the Raj-ya ( State of Nation) and not to the Dharma.(Decree or Custom). In contradistinction to the earlier concept he made the State paramount.
He had seen that in the absence of any omnipotent religious authority the misconstrued faiths were shattering the very structure of society and morality. What was needed was the total change or renovation of the system. But there were no guiding beacons to enlighten the people about this new system. Then he wrote two significant books the Arthashastra (Known as Kautily's Arthashastra) and a collection of his observation on various practical aspects of life entitled 'Chanakya-Niti'. (policy)
'Chanakya Niti' (policy), in fact, this great thinker's pithy observation to impart the practical wisdom to the people of his time. But these teachings are so fundamental relevance is almost ever lasting. Enshrined in the simple sense. Written in simple lucid language with clear thoughts, these observations have not only withstood the test of time but many of phrases, like an have become the oft-quoted proverbs has been to bring out their full meaning and interpret them in the context of the modern times so that their un decaying relevance may be fully appreciated. To bring home the fundamentalist of these saying we have also compared them with the prevailing modern concept.The need for these rather lengthy explanations was felt owing to the occasional terseness of these observations. Sometimes Chanakya even contradicts his own, earlier observations perhaps to reveal the fundamental truth by sheer contradiction. At times even some of the immoral teaching are part of this book. But they appear immoral only at the prima facie viewing. While telling what we should learn from the other things, Chanakya says:
"Learn from the cock the following four things: getting up at the right time, fighting bitterly, making your brothers flee and usurping their share also !"
Although apparently it appears down right immoral, this teaching is rooted in the instinct of self preservation which is natural. It is in this context that some of such unethical teachings are to be understood.
Although Chanakya is painted as a scheming manipulator who could stoop to even the meanest level to serve his purpose, a few of his Shlokas (Verse) negate this concept and present Chanakya as a sort hearted and imaginative poet. He says:
"There are many a bondage but that of love is entirely different. The black-bee which penetrates thoughts even wood gets inertly enclosed in the fold of the lotus flowers."
Who can consider the author of this Shlok (Verse) to be a hard hearted man?
There might be certain Aphorisms (Pithy observation which contains a general truth). which might appear objectionable to some persons, especially those who discuss the role of women in our society. Chanakya shares the same thoughts as these were prevalent during his time or are still prevalent in certain sections of our society. The entire Hindu thought gives only two positions to women: either they are adorable or they are like any other pleasure source, enjoyable. The sense of companionship, which is clearly an occidental concept is missing for obvious reasons. Well, nobody can be perfect in the world. Even the greatest thinkers of the world had some kind of Achilles heel. A man is a product of the social set up. No doubt Chanakya tried to affect a change but even he could not rid himself of some die-hard idiosyncrasies.
Notwithstanding these minor short comings Chanakya's teachings have great sense. One can say this not only from the textual importance of this collection but also from the end result of such teachings. Chanakya believed not only in imparting instructions but in also seeing their practical implementation.
History records that Chanakya not only carved out a massive empire for his pet disciple Chandragupta (340 BC – 298 BC) was the founder of the Mauryan Empire and the first emperor to unify India into one state. He ruled from 322 BC until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his son Bindusara in 298 BC. But also created such an awareness in the general masses that they began to talk about a 'Rashtra' or a 'Nation' instead of a 'State' or a 'Rajya'. And what could be a greater proof of the soled result of Chanakya's teaching than for a coming full millennium no major invasion was undertaken towards the Indian birders. And the social, civil and political norms that he established had the concept of democracy in its embryonic form. Chanakya is one of those few great persons whose greatness enhances with with the passage of time.


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Buildings where scores of people once worked are being bulldozed in double quick time.
The 16-acre site is being cleared to make way for a huge B & Q superstore and garden centre employing 50-60 staff.
J. Sainsbury Developments, which bought the site for £19-million two years ago, hopes that building work will start this summer.
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"Ouch! Isn't it painful?"
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