Voice Browser system
First Claim
1. A data processing apparatus for providing a browser apparatus with the contents of data provided on a network in a form of voice data, comprising:
- means for forming, on the basis of the data provided on said network, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data;
means for storing the formed voice data;
means for forming data by adding to the data provided on said network an identifier indicating a location where the voice data is stored; and
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added.
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Abstract
To provide a browser apparatus with the contents of data provided on a network in a form of voice data, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data provided on the network is formed and stored on a gateway, on the basis of the data. Data is formed by adding to the data provided on the network an identifier <VOICEOUT . . . >indicating a location where the voice data is stored. This data is provided to the browser apparatus. The browser apparatus receives the voice data from the location indicated by the identifier.
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33 Claims
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1. A data processing apparatus for providing a browser apparatus with the contents of data provided on a network in a form of voice data, comprising:
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means for forming, on the basis of the data provided on said network, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data;
means for storing the formed voice data;
means for forming data by adding to the data provided on said network an identifier indicating a location where the voice data is stored; and
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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2. A data processing apparatus for permitting a browser apparatus to respond by voice to data provided on a network, comprising:
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means for checking whether the contents of the data provided on said network include a content requiring a response from said browser apparatus;
means for forming data by adding to the data provided on said network an identifier indicating a recipient of the response sent by voice data from said browser apparatus; and
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 23)
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7. A browser system comprising a browser apparatus, a server for providing data to said browser apparatus via a network, and a data processing apparatus for providing said browser apparatus with the contents of data provided by said server in a form of voice data, wherein
said data processing apparatus comprises: -
means for forming, on the basis of the data provided by said server, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data;
means for storing the formed voice data;
means for forming data by adding to the data provided by said server an identifier indicating a location where the voice data is stored; and
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added, and said browser apparatus comprises means for acquiring the voice data from the location indicated by the identifier and outputting a voice related to the voice data. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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8. A browser system comprising a browser apparatus, a server for providing data to said browser apparatus via a network, and a data processing apparatus for permitting the browser apparatus to respond by voice to data provided by said server, wherein
said data processing apparatus comprises: -
means for checking whether the contents of the data provided on said network include a content requiring a response from said browser apparatus;
means for forming data by adding to the data provided by said server an identifier indicating a recipient of the response sent by voice data from said browser apparatus;
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added;
recognizing means for performing voice recognition for voice data related to the response, when the voice data is supplied from said browser apparatus to said recipient;
means for forming response data in a form suited to said server for receiving the response, on the basis of the result of recognition by said recognizing means; and
means for providing the response data to said server, and said browser apparatus comprises;
means for inputting a voice;
means for forming voice data on the basis of the input voice; and
means for supplying the formed voice data to a recipient indicated by the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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9. A browser system comprising a browser apparatus, a server for providing data to said browser apparatus via a network, and a data processing apparatus for providing the contents of data provided by said server in a form of voice data to said browser apparatus, and permitting said browser apparatus to respond by voice to data provided by said server, wherein
said data processing apparatus comprises: -
means for forming, on the basis of the data provided by said server, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data;
means for storing the formed voice data;
means for forming data by adding to the data provided by said server a first identifier indicating a location where the voice data is stored;
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the first identifier is added;
means for checking whether the contents of the data provided by said server include a content requiring a response from said browser apparatus;
means for forming data by adding to the data provided by said server a second identifier indicating a recipient of the response sent by voice data from said browser apparatus;
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added;
recognizing means for performing voice recognition for voice data related to the response, when the voice data is supplied from said browser apparatus to said recipient;
means for forming response data in a form suited to said server for receiving the response, on the basis of the result of recognition by said recognizing means; and
means for providing the response data to said server, and said browser apparatus comprises;
means for acquiring the voice data from the location indicated by the first identifier and outputting a voice related to the voice data;
means for inputting a voice;
means for forming voice data on the basis of the input voice; and
means for supplying the formed voice data to a recipient indicated by the second identifier. - View Dependent Claims (26, 32)
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10. A data processing method of providing a browser apparatus with the contents of data provided on a network in a form of voice data, comprising the steps of:
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forming, on the basis of the data provided on the network, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data;
storing the formed voice data;
forming data by adding to the data provided on the network an identifier indicating a location where the voice data is stored; and
providing the browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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11. A data processing method of permitting a browser apparatus to respond by voice to data provided on a network, comprising the steps of:
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checking whether the contents of the data provided on the network include a content requiring a response from the browser apparatus;
forming data by adding to the data provided on the network an identifier indicating a recipient of the response sent by voice data from the browser apparatus; and
providing the browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 28)
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16. A recording medium recording a program which, in order to provide a browser apparatus with the contents of data provided on a network in a form of voice data, allows a computer to function as:
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means for forming, on the basis of the data provided on said network, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data;
means for storing the formed voice data;
means for forming data by adding to the data provided on said network an identifier indicating a location where the voice data is stored; and
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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17. A recording medium recording a program which, in order to permit a browser apparatus to respond by voice to data provided on a network, allows a computer to function as:
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means for checking whether the contents of the data provided on said network have contents requiring a response from said browser apparatus;
means for forming data by adding to the data provided on said network an identifier indicating a recipient of the response sent by voice data from said browser apparatus; and
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the identifier is added. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 30)
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31. A browser apparatus comprising:
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means for inputting a voice;
means for forming voice data on the basis of the input voice; and
means for supplying the formed voice data to a recipient indicated by a given identifier.
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33. A data processing apparatus capable of communicating with a server and a browser apparatus via a network, comprising:
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means for forming, on the basis of data provided by said server, voice data indicating a part or the whole of the contents of the data;
means for storing the formed voice data;
means for adding to the data provided by said server a first identifier indicating a location where the voice data is stored;
means for checking whether the contents of the data provided by said server include a content requiring a response from said browser apparatus;
means for further adding, when the contents of the data provided by said server have contents requiring a response, a second identifier indicating a recipient of the response to the data to which the first identifier is added;
means for providing said browser apparatus with the data to which the first identifier or the first and second identifiers are added;
recognizing means for performing voice recognition for voice data related to the response, when the voice data is supplied from said browser apparatus to said recipient;
means for forming response data in a form suited to said server for receiving the response, on the basis of the recognition result by said recognizing means; and
means for providing the response data to said server.
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