Method and apparatus for accessing a wide area network
First Claim
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.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A voice web browser system includes a telephone, an access system coupled to a TCP/IP network, a telephone system coupling the telephone to the access system, and a speech-to-text system for “reading” text that had been sent over the TCP/IP network to the telephone user. Preferably, the access system receives TCP/IP packets from web pages accessible over the TCP/IP network and parses the HTML code of the web pages into text and non-text portions, such that the text portion can be read to the telephone user. A computer implemented process for obtaining web page information over a TCP/IP network includes implementing a connection of a telephone user to an access system that is coupled to a TCP/IP network, detecting a selection of at least one navigation command by the telephone user to access a web page accessible over the TCP/IP network, and navigating over the TCP/IP network to the web page in response to the navigation command, resulting in a verbal communication of at least some information derivable from the web page to the telephone user. A method for retrieving e-mail that was sent over a TCP/IP network includes calling from a user telephone to an access computer coupled to a TCP/IP network, providing user identification to the access computer, retrieving e-mail via the access computer that was sent over the TCP/IP network and addressed to the user, and reading the e-mail to the user of the user telephone utilizing a text-to-speech system.
76 Citations
20 Claims
-
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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
-
-
7. A computer implemented process for obtaining web page information over a TCP/IP network comprising:
-
implementing a connection of a telephone user to an access system that is coupled to a TCP/IP network;
detecting a selection of at least one navigation command by said telephone user to access a web page accessible over said TCP/IP network; and
navigating over said TCP/IP network to said web page in response to said navigation command, resulting in a verbal communication of at least some information derivable from said web page to said telephone user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16)
-
-
13. A voice web browser comprising:
-
connection means for implementing a connection of a telephone user to an access system that is coupled to a TCP/IP network;
means for detecting a selection of at least one navigation command by said telephone user to access a web page accessible over said TCP/IP network; and
means for navigating over said TCP/IP network to said web page in response to said navigation command, resulting in a verbal communication of at least some information derivable from said web page to said telephone user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
-
-
17. A method for retrieving e-mail that was sent over a TCP/IP network comprising:
-
calling from a user telephone to an access computer coupled to a TCP/IP network;
providing user identification to said access computer;
retrieving e-mail via said access computer that was sent over said TCP/IP network and addressed to said user; and
reading said e-mail to said user of said user telephone utilizing a text-to-speech system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
-
-
20. A system for retrieving e-mail that was sent over a TCP/IP network comprising:
-
an access computer means coupled to a TCP/IP network, said access computer means being accessible by a user via a user telephone;
means for providing user identification to said access computer means;
means for retrieving e-mail via said access computer means that was sent over said TCP/IP network and addressed to said user; and
means for reading said e-mail to said user of said user telephone.
-
Specification