AUDIO NAVIGATION OF AN ELECTRONIC INTERFACE

• US 20130212478A1
• Filed: 10/12/2012
• Published: 08/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TVG LLC
• Original Assignee: TVG LLC
• Inventors: Karr, Ted Douglas
• Application Number:
  US13/651,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20130212478A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/727
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for navigating electronic interfaces via an audio signal comprising commands are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of displaying an electronic interface on a display of a computing device, the method comprising:

(a) displaying particular features of said electronic interface respectively associated with particular corresponding symbols;

(b) receiving audio commands referencing one or more of said particular corresponding symbols for one or more operations to be performed with respect to one or more of said particular features;

(c) processing said audio commands so that said audio commands are executable by said device; and

(d) performing said one or more operations indicated by said audio commands.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said electronic interface includes one or more web pages.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said computing device includes a handheld device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said handheld device includes a handheld-sized display.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein said handheld device includes a mobile phone.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said symbols include any uniquely identifiable designation.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said any uniquely identifiable designation includes any uniquely visually identifiable designation.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said any uniquely identifiable designation includes any uniquely audibly identifiable designation.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more operations includes:

executing a hyperlink.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more operations includes:

zooming said display.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more operations includes:

returning to a page previously displayed.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more operations includes:

opening a tab.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a computing device, said computing device adapted to process one or more audio commands for one or more operations to be performed by said device with respect to a displayed electronic interface.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said computing device is further adapted to initiate voice recognition in response to an audio command.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said computing device is capable of performing said one or more operations to execute a hyperlink as a result of processing said one or more audio commands.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said computing device is capable of performing said one or more operations to zoom a portion of said displayed electronic interface as a result of processing said one or more audio commands.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said computing device is further capable of processing one or more of said audio commands that reference one or more particular symbols corresponding to one or more particular features of said displayed electronic interface.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said computing device is further capable of processing one or more of said audio commands that reference one or more particular symbols, said particular symbols comprising at least one of colors, numbers, letters, shapes or combinations thereof.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein said computing device is further capable of processing one or more of said audio commands that reference one or more particular features, said particular features comprising a back button, a home button, a hyperlink, zooming, scrolling, opening a tab, or any combinations thereof.

20. An article comprising:

a storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing device to process one or more audio commands for one or more operations to be performed by said device with respect to a displayed electronic interface.

21. The article of claim 20, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing device to:

initiate voice recognition in response to an audio command.

22. The article of claim 21, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing device to processing said one or more audio commands includes applying voice recognition techniques to said one or more audio commands.

23. The article of claim 20, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing device to execute said one or more operations in response to said one or more audio commands.

24. The article of claim 20, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing device to display said electronic interface after performing said one or more audio commands.

25. The article of claim 20, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing device to convert analog electronic signals to binary digital signals capable of being further processed by said device, wherein a microphone is operable to convert said audio commands to said analog electronic signals.

26. The article of claim 20, wherein said instructions are further executable by said computing device to process one or more of said audio commands that reference one or more particular symbols corresponding to one or more particular features of said displayed electronic interface.

27. A method of navigating one or more electronic interfaces displayed on a computing device, said method comprising:

(a) displaying particular features of said one or more electronic interfaces respectively associated with particular corresponding symbols;

(b) receiving audio commands referencing one or more of said particular corresponding symbols for one or more operations to be performed with respect to said one or more electronic interfaces;

(c) processing said audio commands so that said audio commands are executable by said device; and

(d) performing said one or more operations indicated by said audio commands with respect to said one or more electronic pages.