SEARCHING AND CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of providing access to/delivering textual content, the method comprising the steps of:
- inputting at a user device, a search query or request for a resource identifying the content to be delivered to the user;
identifying one or more web pages/data entry corresponding to the query/request;
parsing a first identified web page/data entry to extract textual content from the first web page/data entry;
inputting some or all of the extracted textual content to a text-to-speech synthesiser to generate an audio output;
further inputting some or all of extracted textual content to an animation unit configured to synchronise the generated audio output with one or more predetermined animation sequences to provide the visual output of an animated figure delivering the audio output;
displaying, at the user device the visual output of the animated figure reading the extracted textual content.
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Abstract
A method of providing access to/delivering textual content on the internet or data bases, the method comprising the steps of inputting at a user device, a search query or request for a webpage or data base results, identifying the content to be delivered to the user; identifying one or more web pages or off line data base corresponding to the query/request; parsing a first identified web page or data base result to extract textual content from the first web page or data base; inputting some or all of the extracted textual content to a text-to-speech synthesiser to generate an audio output; further inputting some or all of extracted textual content to an animation unit configured to synchronise the generated audio output with one or more predetermined animation sequences to provide the visual output of an animated figure delivering the audio output; displaying, at the user device the visual output of the animated figure reading the extracted textual content.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing access to/delivering textual content, the method comprising the steps of:
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inputting at a user device, a search query or request for a resource identifying the content to be delivered to the user; identifying one or more web pages/data entry corresponding to the query/request; parsing a first identified web page/data entry to extract textual content from the first web page/data entry; inputting some or all of the extracted textual content to a text-to-speech synthesiser to generate an audio output; further inputting some or all of extracted textual content to an animation unit configured to synchronise the generated audio output with one or more predetermined animation sequences to provide the visual output of an animated figure delivering the audio output; displaying, at the user device the visual output of the animated figure reading the extracted textual content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computing device, having a processor, a display and a user input, wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of:
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receiving from the user input of the user device, a search query or request for a resource identifying the content to be delivered to the user; identifying one or more web pages/data entry corresponding to the query/request; parsing a first identified web page/data entry to extract textual content from the first web page/data entry; inputting some or all of the extracted textual content to a text-to-speech synthesiser to generate an audio output; further inputting some or all of extracted textual content to an animation unit configured to synchronise the generated audio output with one or more predetermined animation sequences to provide the visual output of an animated figure delivering the audio output; causing the user device to display, at the display, the visual output of the animated figure reading the extracted textual content. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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