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Method and apparatus for accessing a wide area network

  • US 20070206737A1
  • Filed: 11/27/2006
  • Published: 09/06/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1996
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A voice web browser system comprising:

  • a telephone;

    an access system coupled to a TCP/IP network, said TCP/IP network comprising a plurality of nodes, said TCP/IP network providing access to web pages stored on computer systems coupled to said TCP/IP network, said web pages comprising HTML code that can be transmitted via TCP/IP packets to said access system over said TCP/IP network, said access system being able to receive said TCP/IP packets and to parse said HTML code into text and non-text portions;

    a telephone system coupling said telephone to said access system for interactive communication with said access system; and

    a text-to-speech system associated with said access system for reading at least some of said text to a user of said telephone.

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