System, apparatus, and methods for creating alternate-mode applications

• US 20060112063A1
• Filed: 11/05/2004
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lewis, James R., Pietrocarlo, Gary J., Gomez, Felipe, Sadowski, Wallace J., Agapi, Ciprian
• Granted Patent: US 7,920,681 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method for creating alternate-mode interactive applications is provided. A system for creating an alternate-mode interactive application includes a selection module for selecting a voice-mode element from a set of voice-mode elements defining a voice-mode interactive application for accomplishing a predetermined user-directed task The system also includes a generation module for generating an alternate-mode element corresponding to the selected voice-mode element, the alternate-mode element having a modality different than the voice-mode element. The system further includes a construction module for constructing an alternate-mode interactive application based upon the generated alternate-mode element.

Claims

1. A computer-based method for creating an interactive application, the method comprising:

selecting at least one voice-mode element;

automatically generating at least one alternate-mode element corresponding to the selected at least one voice-mode element, the at least one alternate-mode element having a different modality from the voice-mode element; and

constructing an alternate-mode interactive application that comprises the generated at least one alternate-mode element.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one voice-mode element is contained within a voice-mode interactive application that is configured to accomplish a predetermined user-directed task;

and wherein the alternate-mode interactive application has a modality different from the voice-mode interactive application and is capable of accomplishing the predetermined user-directed task.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the constructed alternate-mode interactive application comprises a multimodal interface

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the alternate-mode element comprises a visual-mode element.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating at least one additional element corresponding to the selected voice-mode element, the additional element also having a voice modality.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein constructing comprises constructing the alternate-mode interactive application using a graphical call flow builder.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising simulating the alternate-mode interactive application constructed using the graphical call flow builder.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein generating comprises transcoding the selected voice-mode element.

9. A computer-based system for creating an interactive application, the system comprising:

a selection module for selecting at least one voice-mode element;

a generation module for automatically generating at least one alternate-mode element corresponding to the selected at least one voice-mode element, the at least one alternate-mode element having a different modality from the voice-mode element; and

a construction module for constructing an alternate-mode interactive application that comprises the generated at least one alternate-mode element.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one voice-mode element is contained within a voice-mode interactive application that is configured to accomplish a predetermined user-directed task;

and wherein the alternate-mode interactive application has a modality different from the voice-mode interactive application and is capable of accomplishing the predetermined user-directed task.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the constructed alternate-mode interactive application comprises a multimodal interface

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the alternate-mode element comprises a visual-mode element.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the generation module additionally generates at least one additional element corresponding to the selected voice-mode element, the additional element also having a voice modality.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the construction module constructs the alternate-mode interactive application using a graphical call flow builder.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the construction module also simulates the alternate-mode interactive application constructed using the graphical call flow builder.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the generation module transcodes the selected voice-mode element.

17. A computer-readable storage medium for creating a interactive application, the storage medium comprising computer instructions for:

selecting at least one voice-mode element;

automatically generating at least one alternate-mode element corresponding to the selected at least one voice-mode element, the at least one alternate-mode element having a different modality from the voice-mode element; and

constructing an alternate-mode interactive application that comprises the generated at least one alternate-mode element.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the at least one voice-mode element is contained within a voice-mode interactive application that is configured to accomplish a predetermined user-directed task;

and wherein the alternate-mode interactive application has a modality different from the voice-mode interactive application and is capable of accomplishing the predetermined user-directed task.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the constructed alternate-mode interactive application comprises a multimodal interface

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the alternate-mode element comprises a visual-mode element.