VOICE ACTIVATED SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ENABLE A COMPUTER USER WORKING IN A FIRST GRAPHICAL APPLICATION WINDOW TO DISPLAY AND CONTROL ON-SCREEN HELP, INTERNET, AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTENT IN A SECOND GRAPHICAL APPLICATION WINDOW
First Claim
1. A system for displaying a second window of a second application while a first:
- window of a first application has input focus in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine, the system comprising;
a retriever for launching the second application;
a user command receiver for receiving commands from the voice recognition engine; and
an application manager for responding to a command from the user command receiver by invoking the retriever to launch the second application and display the second window while the first window maintains substantially uninterrupted input focus.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for displaying a second window of a second application while a first window of a first application has input focus in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine. The system comprises a retriever for launching the second application, a user command receiver for receiving commands from the voice recognition engine, and an application manager. The application manager responds to a command from the user command receiver by invoking the retriever to launch the second application and display the second window while the first window maintains substantially uninterrupted input focus.
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12 Claims
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1. A system for displaying a second window of a second application while a first:
- window of a first application has input focus in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine, the system comprising;
a retriever for launching the second application; a user command receiver for receiving commands from the voice recognition engine; and an application manager for responding to a command from the user command receiver by invoking the retriever to launch the second application and display the second window while the first window maintains substantially uninterrupted input focus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- window of a first application has input focus in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine, the system comprising;
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9. A system for navigating the display of content in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine, the system comprising:
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a first application comprising a first window; a second application comprising a second window, the second window comprising a scroller for scrolling through the content of the second window; a user command receiver for receiving commands from the voice recognition engine; and an application manager for responding to a command from the user command receiver by invoking the scroller to scroll through content of the second window while the first window maintains substantially uninterrupted input focus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A system for navigating hypertext links in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine, the system comprising:
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a first application comprising a first window; a second application comprising a second window, the second window comprising a linker for following hyperlinks in the second window; a user command receiver for receiving commands from the voice recognition engine; and an application manager for responding to a command from the user command receiver by invoking the linker to follow hyperlinks in the second window while the first window maintains substantially uninterrupted input focus.
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