VOICE APPLICATION ACCESS

• US 20130159002A1
• Filed: 12/19/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Ganapathy, Giri, Gurusamy, Karthikeyan, Nagarajan, Balasundaram, Bommineni, Madhu, Marupally, Mallikarjun
• Granted Patent: US 8,886,546 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

A system may include a mobile computing device configured to receive voice input; identify, in the voice input, a navigate command including a sequence indication; determine, based on a sequence control map, a control of a user interface corresponding to the sequence indication; and activate the control of the user interface corresponding to the sequence indication.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a mobile computing device configured to;

receive voice input;

identify, in the voice input, a navigate command including a sequence indication;

determine, based on a sequence control map, a control of a user interface corresponding to the sequence indication; and

activate the control of the user interface corresponding to the sequence indication.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sequence indication is represented by at least one of an alphabetic designation and a numeric designation.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to:

identify the user interface;

access the sequence control map for the identified user interface; and

display sequence indications in the user interface according to the sequence control map.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to:

determine that the activated control is outside of a viewable area of the user interface; and

adjust the user interface to place the activated control within the viewable area.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to at least one of scroll the user interface and change a page of the user interface to adjust the user interface to place the activated control within the viewable area.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to:

receive content to place in the activated control; and

place the content in the activated control.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a web page.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to:

identify the user interface;

determine whether a valid sequence control map exists for the identified user interface;

retrieve the sequence control map from a data store if a valid sequence control map exists for the identified user interface; and

create the sequence control map if no valid sequence control map exists for the identified user interface.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to create the sequence control map according to a set of sequencing heuristics of the mobile device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to map multiple forms of an application within the sequence control map.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving voice input;

identifying, in the voice input by a mobile computing device, a navigate command including a sequence indication;

accessing a sequence control map to determine, by the mobile computing device, a control of a user interface corresponding to the sequence indication; and

activating the control of the user interface corresponding to the sequence indication.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

identifying the user interface;

accessing the sequence control map for the identified user interface; and

displaying sequence indications in the user interface according to the sequence control map.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining that the activated control is outside of a viewable area of the user interface; and

adjusting the user interface to place the activated control within the viewable area.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising at least one of scrolling the user interface and changing a page of the user interface for adjusting the user interface to place the activated control within the viewable area.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

identifying the user interface;

determining whether a valid sequence control map exists for the identified user interface;

retrieving the sequence control map from a data store if a valid sequence control map exists for the identified user interface; and

creating the sequence control map if no valid sequence control map exists for the identified user interface.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising creating the sequence control map according to a set of sequencing heuristics of the mobile computing device.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising mapping multiple forms of an application within the sequence control map.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a software program, the software program being executable to provide operations comprising:

receiving voice input;

identifying, in the voice input, a navigate command including a sequence indication;

accessing a sequence control map to determine a control of a user interface corresponding to the sequence indication; and

activating the control of the user interface corresponding to the sequence indication.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, further providing operations comprising:

identifying the user interface;

accessing the sequence control map for the identified user interface; and

displaying sequence indications in the user interface according to the sequence control map.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, further providing operations comprising:

determining that the activated control is outside of a viewable area of the user interface; and

adjusting the user interface to place the activated control within the viewable area.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20, further providing operations comprising at least one of scrolling the user interface and changing a page of the user interface for adjusting the user interface to place the activated control within the viewable area.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, further providing operations comprising:

identifying the user interface;

determining whether a valid sequence control map exists for the identified user interface;

retrieving the sequence control map from a data store if a valid sequence control map exists for the identified user interface; and

creating the sequence control map if no valid sequence control map exists for the identified user interface.

23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, further providing operations comprising creating the sequence control map according to a set of sequencing heuristics of the mobile computing device.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, further comprising sequencing multiple forms of an application within the sequence control map.