System and method for providing telephonic voice response information related to items marked on physical documents
First Claim
1. A method for accessing information located on at least one web server using a user device having a telephone set connected to a network, wherein the information corresponds to an item printed or marked on a page of a physical document, the method comprising:
- reading a phone number, a document identifier printed on the physical document, and a page identifier printed on a page of the physical document, and entering the phone number, the document identifier, and the page identifier in the user device;
selecting on the user device, a location of an item printed or marked in the page of the physical document and determining corresponding location information;
establishing a connection through the network by dialing the phone number read on the physical document, wherein the phone number is that of a server having an IVR server application;
encoding as a dial string, an item identification comprising the document identifier, the page identifier, and the location information of the item;
transmitting the dial string to the IVR server application using the established connection;
receiving and decoding the dial string at the IVR server application;
parsing the item identification from the decoded dial string and sending the item identification to a web proxy server application;
collecting one or more web pages corresponding to the item identification and located on the at least one web server, using the web proxy server application, and sending the web pages to the IVR server application;
transforming the web pages to synthetic voice information using the IVR server application having a text-to-speech synthesis application;
sending the synthetic voice information to the user device through the connection established across the network; and
receiving and playing the synthetic voice information on the telephone set of the user device.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a system and method to telephonically access information related with items printed on a physical document, simply by touching with a finger items marked on the physical document or on any other physical surface. The system includes a touch foil placed over (or under) the document, for reading the coordinates of selected marked items, a telephone set for receiving the coordinates of the items selected by the user and for dialing to an interactive voice response (IVR) service used for accessing and retrieving selected hyperlinked documents from the web through a documents proxy server, for converting retrieved documents to synthesized speech, and for providing to the user through the telephone network, the selected documents that have been converted into speech.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for accessing information located on at least one web server using a user device having a telephone set connected to a network, wherein the information corresponds to an item printed or marked on a page of a physical document, the method comprising:
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reading a phone number, a document identifier printed on the physical document, and a page identifier printed on a page of the physical document, and entering the phone number, the document identifier, and the page identifier in the user device; selecting on the user device, a location of an item printed or marked in the page of the physical document and determining corresponding location information; establishing a connection through the network by dialing the phone number read on the physical document, wherein the phone number is that of a server having an IVR server application; encoding as a dial string, an item identification comprising the document identifier, the page identifier, and the location information of the item; transmitting the dial string to the IVR server application using the established connection; receiving and decoding the dial string at the IVR server application; parsing the item identification from the decoded dial string and sending the item identification to a web proxy server application; collecting one or more web pages corresponding to the item identification and located on the at least one web server, using the web proxy server application, and sending the web pages to the IVR server application; transforming the web pages to synthetic voice information using the IVR server application having a text-to-speech synthesis application; sending the synthetic voice information to the user device through the connection established across the network; and receiving and playing the synthetic voice information on the telephone set of the user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for accessing information located on at least one web server using a user device having a telephone set connected to a network, wherein the information corresponds to an item printed or marked on a page of a physical document, the method comprising:
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reading a phone number, a document identifier printed on the physical document, and a page identifier printed on a page of the physical document, and entering the phone number, the document identifier, and the page identifier in the user device; selecting on the user device, a location of an item printed or marked in the page of the physical document and determining corresponding location information; establishing a connection through the network by dialing the phone number read on the physical document, wherein the phone number is that of a server having an IVR server application; encoding as a dial string, an item identification comprising the document identifier, the page identifier, and the location information of the item; transmitting the dial string to the IVR server application using the established connection; and receiving and playing the synthetic voice information on the telephone set of the user device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for providing information located on at least one web server using a user device having a telephone set connected to a network, wherein the information corresponds to an item printed or marked on a page of a physical document, the method comprising:
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receiving and decoding a dial string at an IVR server application; parsing an item identification from the decoded dial string and sending the item identification to a web proxy server application; collecting one or more web pages corresponding to the item identification and located on the at least one web server, using the web proxy server application, and sending the web pages to the IVR server application; transforming the web pages to synthetic voice information using the IVR server application having a text-to-speech synthesis application; and sending the synthetic voice information to the user device through the connection established across the network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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