Dynamically creating multimodal markup documents

• US 8,032,825 B2
• Filed: 06/16/2005
• Issued: 10/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pike, Hilary A., Wintermute, David W., Lewis, Benjamin D., Jablokov, Igor R., Smith, Daniel M., Hollinger, Michael C., Zaitzeff, Michael A., Cross, Charles W. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stork; Kyle R
• Application Number:
  US11/154,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20060288328A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,301 Days
• Field of Search: 715/513, 715/517, 715/523, 715/530, 715/234, 715/243, 715/255
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products for dynamically creating a multimodal markup document are provided that include selecting a multimodal markup template, identifying in dependence upon the multimodal markup template a dynamic content module, instantiating the dynamic content module, executing a dynamic content creation function in the instantiated dynamic content module, receiving dynamic content from the dynamic content creation function, and including the dynamic content in the multimodal markup template. Selecting a multimodal markup template may be carried out by identifying a multimodal markup template from URI encoded data embedded in a request for a multimodal markup document from a multimodal browser. The multimodal markup template may include static content and the dynamic content may include XHTML+Voice content.

Claims

1. A method of dynamically creating a multimodal markup document, the method comprising:

selecting a multimodal markup template, the multimodal markup template comprising visual markup and voice markup, the visual markup and voice markup operating to synchronize voice interactions specified by the voice markup and visual interactions specified by the visual markup, the multimodal markup template comprising identifications to dynamic content modules capable of creating dynamic content for insertion in the template;

identifying in dependence upon the multimodal markup template a dynamic content module;

instantiating the dynamic content module;

executing a dynamic content creation function in the instantiated dynamic content module;

receiving dynamic content from the dynamic content creation function; and

including the dynamic content in the multimodal markup template.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a multimodal markup template further comprises identifying a multimodal markup template from URI encoded data embedded in a request for a multimodal markup document from a multimodal browser.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the multimodal markup template further comprises static content.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the dynamic content further comprises XHTML+Voice content.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending the multimodal markup template including the dynamic content to a multimodal browser in a response message.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating a dynamic content module.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating a multimodal markup template.

8. A system of dynamically creating a multimodal markup document, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory coupled for data transfer to the processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions comprising;

a dynamic content creation engine capable of;

selecting a multimodal markup template, the multimodal markup template comprising visual markup and voice markup, the visual markup and voice markup operating to synchronize voice interactions specified by the voice markup and visual interactions specified by the visual markup, the multimodal markup template comprising identifications to dynamic content modules capable of creating dynamic content for insertion in the template;

identifying in dependence upon the multimodal markup template a dynamic content module;

instantiating the dynamic content module;

executing a dynamic content creation function in the instantiated dynamic content module;

receiving dynamic content from the dynamic content creation function; and

including the dynamic content in the multimodal markup template.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the dynamic content creation engine further comprises computer program instructions capable of identifying a multimodal markup template from URI encoded data embedded in a request for a multimodal markup document from a multimodal browser.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the multimodal markup template further comprises static content.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the dynamic content further comprises XHTML+Voice content.

12. The system of claim 8 further comprising computer program instructions capable of sending the multimodal markup template including the dynamic content to a multimodal browser in a response message.

13. A computer program product of dynamically creating a multimodal markup document, the computer program product disposed upon a recording medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions that select a multimodal markup template, the multimodal markup template comprising visual markup and voice markup, the visual markup and voice markup operating to synchronize voice interactions specified by the voice markup and visual interactions specified by the visual markup, the multimodal markup template comprising identifications to dynamic content modules capable of creating dynamic content for insertion in the template;

computer program instructions that identify in dependence upon the multimodal markup template a dynamic content module;

computer program instructions that instantiate the dynamic content module;

computer program instructions that execute a dynamic content creation function in the instantiated dynamic content module;

computer program instructions that receive dynamic content from the dynamic content creation function; and

computer program instructions that include the dynamic content in the multimodal markup template.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein computer program instructions that select a multimodal markup template further comprise computer program instructions that identify a multimodal markup template from URI encoded data embedded in a request for a multimodal markup document from a multimodal browser.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the multimodal markup template further comprises static content.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the dynamic content further comprises XHTML+Voice content.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions that send the multimodal markup template including the dynamic content to a multimodal browser in a response message.