Recorder adapted to interface with internet browser

• US 20070150285A1
• Filed: 02/09/2001
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Randolphrand.com LLC
• Original Assignee: Randolphrand.com LLC
• Inventors: Friedman, Solomon
• Application Number:
  US10/513,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20070150285A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

A manually or voice-activated recorder interfaces with an Internet browser. A handheld recording device functions to record a vocal input signal including an analog representation of a website address. The analog input is then converted into a digital signal and stored on the recording device to be routed to an Internet-enabled display device. The Internet-enabled display device receives the digital signal and accesses the recorded website address and associated website.

Claims

1-35. -35. (canceled)

36. A handheld device comprising:

voice recording means for recording a first signal, said first signal being analog and representative of one or more spoken addresses accessible via the Internet;

voice recognition means for recognizing said one or more spoken addresses in said first signal and generating a second signal in accordance with the voice recognition, wherein said second signal is digital and representative of at least one command to be executed by a separate Internet accessible device to perform an access operation to one of said one or more spoken addresses as recognized;

output means for outputting said second signal; and

coupling means for interfacing said output means with the Internet accessible device;

whereby said device, via said coupling means, instructs the Internet accessible device to perform an access operation to one of said one or more spoken addresses.

37. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said one or more spoken addresses include e-mail addresses.

38. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said one or more spoken addresses include website addresses.

39. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said voice recording means comprises voice triggering means such that said voice recording means is enabled upon detecting a voice signal.

40. A device in accordance with claim 36, comprising voice triggering means such that said recording means is enabled upon detecting a voice signal, said voice triggering means further coupled with voice recognition means, said voice recognition means being enabled after said voice triggering means is enabled, and further enabling said voice recording means upon recognizing unique voice signals.

41. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said access operation includes opening one or more web browsers containing a website corresponding to said one or more spoken addresses.

42. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said access operation includes downloading one or more websites corresponding to said one or more spoken addresses.

43. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said access operation includes displaying certain websites corresponding to said one or more spoken addresses.

44. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said access operation includes serially visiting one or more websites corresponding to said one or more spoken addresses and storing said one or more websites in a memory of said Internet accessible device for future viewing on said Internet accessible device.

45. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein the corresponding websites of said one or more spoken addresses are stored on said Internet accessible device and are deleted automatically after being accessed.

46. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein the corresponding websites of said one or more spoken addresses are stored on said Internet accessible device until they are manually deleted.

47. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said Internet accessible device comprises website bookmarking means.

48. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said Internet accessible device comprises website sorting means.

49. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said device further comprises a display.

50. A device in accordance with claim 49, wherein said display is a liquid crystal display.

51. A device in accordance with claim 49, wherein said display comprises a light emitting diode display.

52. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said coupling means comprise universal serial bus means.

53. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said coupling means comprise a parallel interface.

54. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said coupling means comprise a PS-2 port connection.

55. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said coupling means comprise wireless communication means.

56. A device in accordance with claim 55, wherein said wireless communication means utilizes the 2.4 GHz spectrum.

57. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said coupling means comprise wireless transmission means utilizing infrared signals.

58. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said device further comprises one or more control buttons.

59. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said device further comprises one or more control buttons, said buttons further comprising a data change function.

60. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said device further comprises one or more control buttons, said buttons further comprising a delete function.

61. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said device further comprises one or more control buttons, said buttons further comprising a save function.

62. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said one or more spoken addresses include medical information.

63. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said second signal is copied from said device to said Internet accessible device and said second signal is stored in memory of both said device and said Internet accessible device.

64. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said second signal is transferred from said device to said Internet accessible device and wherein said second signal is stored in the memory of said Internet accessible device and is deleted from memory of said device.

65. A device in accordance with claim 36, wherein said second signal is converted to a second analog signal.

66. A device in accordance with claim 65, wherein said Internet accessible device comprises signal conversion means, said signal conversion means converting said second analog signal to a second digital signal.

67. A device in accordance with claim 66, wherein said second digital signal comprises one or more website addresses.

68. A device comprising:

voice recording means for recording an analog input signal, wherein said analog input signal is representative of one or more spoken addresses;

signal conversion means, wherein said analog input signal is converted to a digital signal, said digital signal representative of said one or more spoken addresses;

Internet connection means, wherein said device is connected to the Internet; and

web browser means, receiving said digital signal from said signal conversion means, wherein one or more websites corresponding to said one or more spoken addresses is accessed and displayed.

69. The device of claim 68, wherein the voice recording means is handheld.

70. A method of entering a URL, comprising the steps of:

speaking and simultaneously recording a spoken URL accessible via the Internet using a handheld device, thereby generating a recording;

digitizing said recording to form a digitized signal;

performing a speech recognition algorithm upon said digitized signal;

verifying if the digitized signal is representative of a website address of the URL;

if the digitized signal is verified to be representative of the website address of the URL, extracting a text of said spoken URL; and

outputting said text to a separate Internet device to cause the Internet device to perform an access operation to the URL and to subsequently display the URL.