U.S. Patent Awarded to One Voice Technologies; One Voice Also Receives Notice of Allowance for Second Patent

Business Wire, August 22, 2002

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002

One Voice Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:ONEV), developer of 4th Generation voice solutions for the wireless, Telematics, TV/Internet appliance and Interactive Multimedia markets today announced that it has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Specifically, U.S. Patent No. 6,434,524 was issued covering "Object Interactive User Interface Using Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing."

The patent was filed in October 1999 and is the first of a series of patents filed on One Voice's 4th Generation voice technology covering human to computer interaction with Natural Language Processing (NLP) intelligence and Speech Recognition input from desktop, embedded and wireless devices. The patent can be viewed on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web site at www.uspto.gov.

In addition to the patent awarded to One Voice, the company was also notified by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that another patent previously filed has been allowed, bringing it significantly closer to issuance. The patent covers "Network Interactive User Interface Using Speech Recognition" and is significant in protecting One Voice's technology and application development efforts.

"This is another critical step in establishing our position in the voice technology market for the wireless and desktop computer industries," said Dean Weber, chairman and CEO of One Voice Technologies. "It is a strong validation of our efforts to-date and will pave the way for advances of our innovative technology in the market."

About One Voice Technologies Inc.

One Voice Technologies Inc. is the world's first developer of 4th Generation voice solutions for the telecom, telematics, TV/Internet appliance and Interactive Multimedia markets. Our Intelligent Voice(TM) solutions employ revolutionary, patented technology that allows people to send messages (Email, SMS, Instant Messaging and paging), purchase products, get information and control devices -- all by using their voice. The company has headquarters in San Diego. For more information, visit http://www.onevoicetech.com.

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