Information access device and network
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1. An information access device, comprising:
- an interface to connect the information access device to a network;
a user interface to provide the information access device with a string of information request indicators;
an interpretation layer to interpret the information request indicators, to extract an information source from the string, and to generate an instruction based upon the interpretation and extraction;
a different application of the device to retrieve information from the information source in response to the generated instruction; and
a processor for executing the generated instruction.
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Abstract
An information access device is disclosed comprising an interface for connecting the information access device to a network; a further interface for providing the information access device with a string of information request indicators; an interpretation layer for extracting an information source from the string and for generating an instruction for triggering a different application of the device to retrieve the information from the information source; and a processor for executing the generated instruction.
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21 Claims
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1. An information access device, comprising:
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an interface to connect the information access device to a network; a user interface to provide the information access device with a string of information request indicators; an interpretation layer to interpret the information request indicators, to extract an information source from the string, and to generate an instruction based upon the interpretation and extraction; a different application of the device to retrieve information from the information source in response to the generated instruction; and a processor for executing the generated instruction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An information access device, comprising:
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an interface to connect the information access device to a network; a user interface to provide the information access device with a string of information request indicators; an interpretation layer to interpret the information request indicators as a shortcut, to map the shortcut to a syntactically meaningful string, to extract an information source from the syntactically meaningful string, and to generate an instruction, based upon the interpretation and extraction, for retrieving information from the information source; and a database of the interpretation layer to store shortcuts and corresponding syntactically meaningful strings; the device further being arranged to forward said instruction to a network server, said server comprising a processor for executing the generated instruction.
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21. A computer program product including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions embedded thereon, the computer readable instructions arranged to, when being executed by a processor of an information access device, cause the processor to:
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interpret information request indicators received in a string of information request indicators from a user interface of the information access device; extract an information source from the string of information request indicators; generate an instruction for retrieving information from the information source; and trigger a different application of the device to retrieve the information from the information source in response to the generated instruction.
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