System and method for communicating with a network

• US 20070021960A1
• Filed: 07/20/2005
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Marc Mclean
• Original Assignee: Marc Mclean
• Inventors: McLean, Marc
• Application Number:
  US11/185,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20070021960A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/251
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Systems and methods of performing searches on a network or computer are provided. The method includes, for example, reading an audio input that comprises speech and converting the speech to at least one text string. The method may also include identifying at least one word associated with initiating a search on the network or computer in the text string and identifying one or more words following the at least one word associated with initiating a search. The method also forms a search engine URL or address that includes the identified one or more words following the at least one word associated with initiating the search.

Claims

1. A method of performing searches on a computer or network comprising:

reading an audio input that comprises speech;

converting the speech to at least one text string;

identifying at least one word associated with initiating a search on the computer system in the text string;

identifying one or more words following the at least one word associated with initiating a search; and

forming a search engine URL that includes the identified one or more words following the at least one word associated with initiating a search.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising navigating a browser application to the formed search engine location address.