Device and method for the creation of a voice browser functionality

• US 8,219,403 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2007
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Company KG (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Freund, Detlev, Löbig, Nobert
• Primary Examiner(s): Smits, Talivaldis Ivars
• Assistant Examiner(s): PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US12/160,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20100256979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,006 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/40 terminals with audio html browser
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

In the case of an incoming call, at least attempting to select and allocate one of a plurality of different types of hardware platforms to the incoming call based on initial signaling information and load criteria and performing the allocation if the allocation can be provided. If such an allocation cannot be provided, at least attempting to provide the allocation based on other signaling information following the initial signaling information. If such an allocation cannot be provided based on the other signaling information, then a relevant voice page is requested from a storage device and a pre-analysis is performed, during which the requests included therein are determined and the browser function is at least attempted to be allocated based on the determination, and if still no allocation can be achieved, then a universally usable browser functionality is allocated.

Claims

1. A method for providing a voice browser functionality thereby providing announcements/dialogues, comprising:

in the case of an incoming call, at least attempting to select and allocate one of a plurality of different types of hardware platforms to the incoming call based on initial signaling information and load criteria and performing the allocation if the allocation can be provided;

if an allocation of one of the plurality of different types of hardware platforms cannot be provided, at least attempting to provide the allocation based on other signaling information following the initial signaling information;

if an allocation of one of the plurality of different types of hardware platforms cannot be provided based on the other signaling information, then a relevant voice page is requested from a storage device and a pre-analysis is performed, during which the requests included therein are determined and the browser function is at least attempted to be allocated based on the determination, and if still no allocation can be achieved, then a universally usable browser functionality is allocated.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising entering a performance requirement as part of a resource declaration of the voice page, which is caused by browsing the voice page and which is balanced against available performance of the one of the plurality of different types of hardware platforms during the allocation.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein during the pre-analysis, the requirements is determined from a version of the browser, from a voice processing, from an output or from a DTMF input.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the initial signaling information, a port number addressed, a required directory number, and a service addressed are utilized for selecting the one of the plurality of different types of hardware platforms.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the load criteria are defined as instantaneous utilization of the browser functions and the one of the plurality of different types of hardware platforms to provide an optimum browser functionality.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platform is allocated for terminating a user data stream and for controlling the announcement/dialogue sequence.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein markup code of the voice browser is defined by VoiceXML.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

providing a server with a plurality of different voice browsers; and

selecting each one of the plurality of different voice browsers from the group consisting of;

voice browsers for different versions of a system for writing web pages for telephone applications, voice browsers for different extensions of a system for writing web pages for telephone applications, and voice browsers for different systems for writing web pages for telephone applications.

9. A device for providing a voice browser functionality thereby providing announcements/dialogues, comprising:

a number of browser functionalities; and

a processor executing at least one logic which attempts to provide a selection and an allocation of one of a plurality of different types of hardware platforms and a browser functionality, wherein

the allocation is initially attempted as determined by initial signaling information and load criteria,

if such an allocation cannot be achieved, the allocation is attempted to be achieved as determined by other signaling information following the initial signaling information,

if still no such allocation of one of the plurality of different types of hardware platforms can be achieved by using the other signaling information, then a relevant voice page is requested from a storage device and a pre-analysis is performed, during which a request included therein is determined and the browser function is allocated based on the determination, and if still no allocation can be achieved, then a universally usable browser functionality is allocated.

10. The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the browser functionalities are arranged in a media server.

11. The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein one of the browser functionalities provided can be selected by resource requirement and the load criteria.

12. The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the browser functionalities are defined by VoiceXML.

13. The device as claimed in 9, wherein during the pre-analysis, requirements are determined from a version of the browser, from voice processing, from an output or from a DTMF input.

14. The device as claimed in 9, further comprising:

a server with a plurality of different voice browsers;

wherein each one of the plurality of different voice browsers is selected from the group consisting of;

voice browsers for different versions of a system for writing web pages for telephone applications, voice browsers for different extensions of a system for writing web pages for telephone applications, and voice browsers for different systems for writing web pages for telephone applications.