ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,073, issued on June 17, was assigned to Bank of America Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"System and method for speech processing based on response content" was invented by Emad Noorizadeh (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining intent in a voice signal receives a first voice signal that indicates to perform a task. The system sends a first response that comprises a hyperlink associated with a particular webpage used to perform the task. The system receives a second voice signal that indicates whether to access the hyperlink. The system determines intent of the second voice signal by comparing keywords of the se...