System and method for concurrent multimodal communication using concurrent multimodal tags

• US 20030187944A1
• Filed: 02/27/2002
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Balasuriya, Senaka, Johnson, Greg, Ferrans, James, Galagedara, Dilani, Jahnke, Jerome, Pierce, Rainu, Cuka, David
• Application Number:
  US10/084,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20030187944A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A method and apparatus, during a session, analyze fetched modality specific instructions for at least one modality associated with a first user agent program to determine if the modality specific instructions include a concurrent multimodal tag (CMMT); and if detected, provide modality specific instructions for at least a second user agent program operating in a different modality, based on the concurrent multimodal tag. Synchronization of output from the first and second user agent programs is carried out based on the modality specific instructions.

Claims

1. A method for multimodal communication comprising:

analyzing fetched modality specific instructions for at least one modality associated with a first user agent program to determine if the modality specific instructions include a concurrent multimodal tag (CMMT); and

if detected, providing modality specific instructions for at least a second user agent program operating in a different modality, based on the concurrent multimodal tag.

2. The method of claim 1 including fetching a markup language form written in a base markup language representing modality specific instructions for at least one of a plurality of user agent programs, and wherein the markup language form contains the concurrent multimodal tag identifying modality specific instructions for another user agent program operating in a different modality.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein if the concurrent multimodal tag is not detected, the method includes transcoding a set of the fetched modality specific instructions for the first user agent program associated with one modality into a base markup language form with data identifying modality specific instructions for a different modality.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the data identifying modality specific instructions for a different modality includes a concurrent multimodal tag embedded in the based markup language form.

5. The method of claim 1 including the step of during a session, synchronizing output from the first and second user agent programs based on the modality specific instructions.

6. A multimodal network element comprising:

a markup language form interpreter operative to interpret a concurrent multimodal tag (CMMT) associated with modality specific instructions; and

providing modality specific instructions for at least a second user agent program operating in a different modality, based on the concurrent multimodal tag.; and

a multimodal synchronization coordinator, operatively coupled to the markup language form interpreter, and operative to synchronize output from the first and second user agent programs based on the modality specific instructions.