TRANSFORMING COMPONENTS OF A WEB PAGE TO VOICE PROMPTS

• US 20110106537A1
• Filed: 10/30/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vocollect, Inc. (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vocollect, Inc. (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Funyak, Paul M., Kolonay, Paul E., Nichols, Matthew Aaron, Connors, Norman J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,384 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/02 Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention address the deficiencies of the prior art by providing a method, apparatus, and program product to of converting components of a web page to voice prompts for a user. In some embodiments, the method comprises selectively determining at least one HTML component from a plurality of HTML components of a web page to transform into a voice prompt for a mobile system based upon a voice attribute file associated with the web page. The method further comprises transforming the at least one HTML component into parameterized data suitable for use by the mobile system based upon at least a portion of the voice attribute file associated with the at least one HTML component and transmitting the parameterized data to the mobile system.

Claims

1. A method of converting components of a web page to voice prompts for a user, comprising:

selecting a voice attribute file associated with a web page, the voice attribute file containing a voice attribute component;

selecting an HTML component of the web page associated with the voice attribute component;

transforming the HTML component into parameterized data suitable for use by the mobile system based upon the voice attribute component associated with the HTML component; and

forwarding the parameterized data to the mobile system, the mobile system configured to play a speech dialog based upon the parameterized data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the voice attribute file includes:

determining an identifier associated with the web page; and

determining an identifier associated with the voice attribute file, wherein the voice attribute file is selected in response to determining that the identifier associated with the web page matches the identifier associated with the voice attribute file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the HTML component includes:

determining an identifier associated with the voice attribute component; and

determining an identifier associated with the HTML component, wherein the voice attribute component is selected in response to determining that the identifier associated with the voice attribute component matches the identifier associated with the HTML component.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the voice attribute component is enabled, wherein the voice attribute component is selected in response to determining that the voice attribute component is enabled.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice attribute file includes a plurality of voice attribute components, wherein the web page includes a plurality of HTML components, wherein selecting the voice attribute component includes selecting the voice attribute component from among the plurality of voice attribute components, and wherein selecting the HTML component includes selecting the HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

selecting a second voice attribute component from among the plurality of voice attribute components; and

determining whether the second voice attribute component is enabled.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

in response to determining that the second voice attribute component is enabled, determining whether the second voice attribute component is associated with a respective HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

in response to determining that the second voice attribute component is not associated with a respective HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components, generating second parameterized data based upon the second voice attribute component, the second voice attribute component not being associated with any of the plurality of HTML components.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating a group identifier to the parameterized data based upon the voice attribute component.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

associating a sequence identifier within the group to the parameterized data based upon the voice attribute component.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the mobile system, an indication of a language associated with the mobile system; and

associating the parameterized data with the language.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the web page is a first web page, the method further comprising:

receiving the web page from an internet transaction server.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a message from the mobile system;

generating, based upon the message, a uniform resource locator to invoke a request for a second web page; and

sending the uniform resource locator to the internet transaction server.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the parameterized data to the mobile system includes:

configuring the parameterized data in a comma delimited string; and

forwarding the comma delimited string to the mobile system.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameterized data includes at least a portion of the data associated with the HTML component and at least a portion of the data associated with the voice attribute component.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a processing unit; and

a memory configured with program code, the program code configured to select a voice attribute file associated with a web page, the voice attribute file containing a voice attribute component, the program code further configured to select an HTML component of the web page associated with the voice attribute component, transform the HTML component into parameterized data suitable for use by the mobile system based upon the voice attribute component associated with the HTML component, and forward the parameterized data to the mobile system, the mobile system configured to play a speech dialog based upon the parameterized data.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the program code is further configured to determine an identifier associated with the web page, determine an identifier associated with the voice attribute file, and select the voice attribute file in response to determining that the identifier associated with the web page matches the identifier associated with the voice attribute file.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the program code is further configured to determine an identifier associated with the voice attribute component, determine an identifier associated with the HTML component, and select the voice attribute component in response to determining that the identifier associated with the voice attribute component matches the identifier associated with the HTML component.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the program code is further configured to determine whether the voice attribute component is enabled and select the voice attribute component in response to determining that the voice attribute component is enabled.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the memory is further configured to store a plurality of voice attribute files, wherein the web page includes a plurality of HTML components, and wherein the program code is further configured to select the voice attribute component from among the plurality of voice attribute components and select the HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the program code is further configured to select a second voice attribute component from among the plurality of voice attribute components and determine whether the second voice attribute component is enabled.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the program code is further configured to determine whether the second voice attribute component is associated with a respective HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components in response to determining that the second voice attribute component is enabled.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the program code is further configured to generate second parameterized data based upon the second voice attribute component in response to determining that the second voice attribute component is not associated with a respective HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components, the second voice attribute component not being associated with any of the plurality of HTML components.

24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the program code is further configured to associate a group identifier to the parameterized data based upon the voice attribute component.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the program code is further configured to associate a sequence identifier within the group to the parameterized data based upon the voice attribute component.

26. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the program code is further configured to receive, from the mobile system, an indication of a language associated with the mobile system, and associate the parameterized data with the language.

27. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the program code is further configured to receive the web page from an internet transaction server.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the program code is further configured to receive a message from the mobile system, generate, based upon the message, a uniform resource locator to invoke a request for a second web page, and send the uniform resource locator to the internet transaction server.

29. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the program code is further configured to configure the parameterized data in a comma delimited string and forward the comma delimited string to the mobile system.

30. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the parameterized data includes at least a portion of the data associated with the HTML component and at least a portion of the data associated with the voice attribute component.

31. A program product, comprising:

program code configured to select a voice attribute file associated with a web page, the voice attribute file containing a voice attribute component, the program code further configured to select an HTML component of the web page associated with the voice attribute component, transform the HTML component into parameterized data suitable for use by the mobile system based upon the voice attribute component associated with the HTML component, and forward the parameterized data to the mobile system, the mobile system configured to play a speech dialog based upon the parameterized data; and

a computer readable medium bearing the program code.