Enhancement of communication capabilities
First Claim
1. A method of enhancing communication between a user using a first device and a content server with which the user is interacting through an interfacing handler, wherein:
- the communication is managed as a session having one or more participants with the user, via the first device, being an initial participant to the session;
the user, using the first device, passes on session joining information to at least one second device;
the at least one second device uses the joining information to join the session; and
the interfacing handler sends content and/or content references from the content server to the participants in the session.
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Abstract
A method is provided of enhancing communication between a user using a first device such as a cell phone, and a content server with which the user is interacting through a multimodal browser. The communication is managed as a session having one or more participants, the user being an initial participant to the session. The user, using the first device, passes on session joining information to a second device, for example a printer or display, and the second device uses the joining information to join the session. The multimodal browser then distributes content, including content references, from the content server to the devices in the session according to their capabilities.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of enhancing communication between a user using a first device and a content server with which the user is interacting through an interfacing handler, wherein:
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the communication is managed as a session having one or more participants with the user, via the first device, being an initial participant to the session;
the user, using the first device, passes on session joining information to at least one second device;
the at least one second device uses the joining information to join the session; and
the interfacing handler sends content and/or content references from the content server to the participants in the session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A user communication device comprising:
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means for setting up a communications session with an interfacing handler through which the user device can receive content from a content server;
means for assembling session joining data for enabling a further device to join the communication session by that device passing the session joining data to the interfacing handler; and
means for sending the session joining information to a said further device independently of the interfacing handler. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 15)
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14. A peripheral device comprising:
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peripheral functionality;
a short-range communications subsystem for receiving session joining data over a short-range communications link; and
a communications subsystem for sending the session joining information to an interfacing handler to join an existing communication session and to receive content for output via the peripheral functionality of the device.
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16. A voice browser service system for providing voice-form content to a user device, the service system comprising:
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a session manager operative to set up a communication session with the user device as an initial member, and to pass the user device a session identifier for the session;
means for retrieving content from a content server and delivering at least some of that content as voice signals to the user device;
receiving means for receiving, from a further device, a joining request including said session identifier and capability information concerning what types of content the further device can handle, the receiving means being operative to pass the request to the session manager, and the session manager being responsive to the request to join the said further device to the communication session and register its capability information; and
means for sending to said further device, whilst joined to the communication session, elements of the said content retrieved from the content server that are of a type which, according to the device'"'"'s registered capability information, the further device can handle.
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