Method for navigating web content with a simplified interface using audible commands

• US 20040150677A1
• Filed: 01/21/2004
• Published: 08/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Albert-Michel C. Long, Elliot A. Gottfurcht, Grant E. Gottfurcht
• Original Assignee: Albert-Michel C. Long, Elliot A. Gottfurcht, Grant E. Gottfurcht
• Inventors: Gottfurcht, Elliot A., Gottfurcht, Grant E., Long, Albert-Michel C.
• Application Number:
  US10/762,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20040150677A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/854
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038

Abstract

A method and apparatus of simplified navigation. A simplified navigation interface is presented including a set of navigation options. The navigation options may be selected by a voice command. The interface matches a received radio signal to a navigation option. Web content may be traversed based on voice commands.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a simplified navigation interface comprising a set of navigation options through a television channel;

receiving a voice signal; and

selecting a first navigation option based on a predefine correspondence between the voice signal and a first navigation option.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first navigation option is a matrix cell.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying a lower matrix layer when the first navigation option is selected.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice signal is a unique input.

6. The machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first navigation option is a matrix cell.

7. The machine readable medium of claim 2, having further instructions stored therein which when executed cause a machine to perform a set of operations, further comprising:

displaying a lower matrix layer when the first navigation option is selected.

5. A machine readable medium having instructions stored therein which when executed cause a machine to perform a set of operations comprising:

providing a simplified navigation interface comprising a set of navigation options through a television channel;

receiving a voice signal; and

selecting a first navigation option based on a predefine correspondence between the voice signal and a first navigation option.

8. The machine readable medium of claim 5, wherein the voice signal is a unique input.