Method and Apparatus for Accessing and Interacting With An Internet Web page

• US 20100284524A1
• Filed: 07/23/2010
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sound View Innovations, LLC (Sound View Innovation Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Sound View Innovations, LLC (Sound View Innovation Holdings, LLC)
• Inventors: Vu, Vinh Thanh, Herrmann, Richard Louis, Tewarson, Sunil K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,258,418 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/93.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

A facility is provided for interfacing the Internet with a telecommunications network and vice versa so that a user who does not have access to the Internet may, nevertheless, provide a Web page and update the Web page via the telecommunications network and so that a user may access the telecommunications network via the Internet.

Claims

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12. A service platform comprising:

an apparatus for receiving a connection from a station telephone and for obtaining updated information via the connection, and

apparatus for converting the update information directly into a corresponding format and for updating a Web page in a manner identified by the corresponding formalized information.

13. The service platform of claim 12 wherein said update information is uttered by a caller and wherein said apparatus includes voice conversion apparatus for converting said uttered instructions into text for insertion in said Web page.

14. The service platform of claim 12, wherein said converting apparatus includes apparatus for transmitting to said caller over the connection a verbal rendition of the converted text.

15. The service platform of claim 14, wherein said converting apparatus includes apparatus, responsive to receipt of an indication from said caller that the verbal rendition is correct, for forwarding the converted text to a Web server to update the identified Web page.

16. The service platform of claim 14, wherein said converting apparatus includes apparatus, responsive to receipt of an indication from said caller that the verbal rendition is incorrect, for forwarding the request to the caller to repeat said update information.

17. The service platform of claim 12, wherein said converting apparatus further includes apparatus, operative when said Web page has been successfully updated for so notifying said caller.

18. A method for processing Web page content editing via a communications connection, said method comprising the steps of:

establishing a communications connection;

prompting for content that is to be inserted in the Web page;

receiving the content;

recognizing the content and converting the content into text; and

changing the Web page content using the converted text.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said content is a verbal instruction uttered by a user.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said step of recognizing uses an automatic

21. The method of claim 18, wherein said content is provided utilizing a facsimile transmission over said communications connection.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein said content is provided utilizing a portable wireless data device.