System and method for voice activating web pages

• US 20050143975A1
• Filed: 06/07/2004
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York (Columbia University)
• Original Assignee: Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York (Columbia University)
• Inventors: Charney, Michael L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,202,467 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/201
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/193 Formal grammars, e.g. finite state automata, context free grammars or word networks
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for processing a voice request for data specifying a web page, the request including a rule-based grammar statement, the method comprising identifying a grammar associated with the rule-based grammar statement, determining whether a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is specified in a data structure identifying one or more connections, and processing the request in at least a portion of a window capable of presenting the web page and associated with the first connection if a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is specified in the data structure.

Claims

1. A method for processing a voice request for data specifying a web page, the request including a rule-based grammar statement, the method comprising:

identifying a grammar associated with the rule-based grammar statement;

determining whether a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is specified in a data structure identifying one or more connections; and

processing the request in at least a portion of a window capable of presenting the web page and associated with the first connection if a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is specified in the data structure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request comprises a request including a rule-based grammar statement having a phrase portion, a command portion, and a tag portion.

3. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising processing the request in at least a portion of a new window capable of presenting the web page and associated with a second connection if a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is not specified in the data structure.

4. The method of claim 3, the method further comprising adding the second connection to the data structure and associating the second connection with the grammar if the second connection is not specified in the data structure.

5. The method of claim 3, the method further comprising associating the new window with the connection if the connection is not specified in the data structure.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the new window comprises a window selected according to a user preference.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the new window comprises a last window loaded by a computing device associated with the second connection.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the new window comprises an active window at a computing device associated with the second connection.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying a grammar comprises identifying a grammar according to a user preference.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying a grammar comprises identifying a grammar associated with a last window loaded by a computing device associated with a connection.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying a grammar comprises identifying a grammar associated with an active window at a computing device associated with a connection.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the window comprises a browser window.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the window comprises a frame.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the request comprises a request for complex data.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the request comprises a request for complex data embedded in a web page.

16. The method of claim 14, the method further comprising examining a header or a footer associated with the request to determine a type of data requested.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein examining a header or a footer comprises examining a header or a footer specifying a mime type to determine a type of data requested.

18. The method of claim 14, the method further comprising examining a filename or a file extension associated with the request to determine a type of data requested.

19. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising removing identification of a connection from the data structure if a window associated with that connection is closed.

20. A system for processing a voice request for data specifying a web page, the request including a rule-based grammar statement, the system comprising:

means for identifying a grammar associated with the rule-based grammar statement;

means for determining whether a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is specified in a data structure identifying one or more connections; and

means for processing the request in at least a portion of a window capable of presenting the web page and associated with the first connection if a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is specified in the data structure.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the request including a rule-based grammar statement comprises a request including a rule-based grammar statement having a phrase portion, a command portion, and a tag portion.

22. The system of claim 20, the system further comprising means for processing the request in at least a portion of a new window capable of presenting the web page and associated with a second connection if a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is not specified in the data structure.

23. The system of claim 22, the system further comprising means for adding the second connection to the data structure and associating the second connection with the grammar if the second connection is not specified in the data structure.

24. The system of claim 22, the system further comprising means for associating the new window with the connection if the connection is not specified in the data structure.

25. The system of claim 20, wherein the request for data specifying a web page comprises a request for complex data.

26. A computer usable medium or media storing program code which, when executed on one or more computerized devices, causes the one or more computerized devices to execute a method for processing a voice request for data specifying a web page, the request including a rule-based grammar statement, the method comprising:

identifying a grammar associated with the rule-based grammar statement;

determining whether a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is specified in a data structure identifying one or more connections; and

processing the request in at least a portion of a window capable of presenting the web page and associated with the first connection if a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is specified in the data structure.

27. The computer usable medium or media of claim 26, wherein the request including a rule-based grammar statement comprises a request including a rule-based grammar statement having a phrase portion, a command portion, and a tag portion.

28. The computer usable medium or media of claim 26, the method further comprising processing the request in at least a portion of a new window capable of presenting the web page and associated with a second connection if a first connection identified as being associated with the grammar is not specified in the data structure.

29. The computer usable medium or media of claim 28, the method further comprising adding the second connection to the data structure and associating the second connection with the grammar if the second connection is not specified in the data structure.

30. The computer usable medium or media of claim 28, the method further comprising associating the new window with the connection if the connection is not specified in the data structure.

31. The computer usable medium or media of claim 26, wherein the request for data specifying a web page comprises a request for complex data.

32. A method for processing a voice request for data specifying a web page, the method comprising:

receiving, from a connection, data specifying a web page, the data including a rule-based grammar statement having a phrase portion, a command portion, and a tag portion;

determining whether the connection is specified in a data structure identifying one or more connections;

selecting a grammar associated with the connection from a data structure identifying one or more grammars; and

processing the rule-based grammar statement using the selected grammar in at least a portion of a first window capable of presenting the web page and associated with the connection if the connection is specified in the data structure identifying one or more connections.

33. The method of claim 32, the method further comprising selecting a new grammar associated with the connection from a data structure specifying one or more grammars and processing the rule-based grammar statement using the selected grammar in at least a portion of a new window associated with the connection if the connection is not specified in the data structure specifying one or more connections.

34. The method of claim 33, the method further comprising adding the connection to the data structure specifying one or more connections and associating the connection with the new grammar in the data structure specifying one or more grammars.

35. A method for processing a voice request for data specifying a web page, the method comprising:

receiving a request for data specifying a web page, the request including a rule-based grammar statement having a phrase portion, a command portion, and a tag portion;

determining whether a window is associated with the request; and

processing the request in at least a portion of the window associated with the request if a window is associated with the request.

36. The method of claim 35, the method further comprising processing the rule-based grammar statement in at least a portion of a new window if a window is not associated with the request.

37. The method of claim 36, the method further comprising identifying a connection associated with the request and associating the connection with the new window.