Method and apparatus for telephonically accessing and navigating the internet
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a data signal generated using a voice user interface and transmitted from a phone, the data signal corresponding to a unique address of a document;
retrieving, by the computing device, the document from a computer system using the unique address; and
transmitting, by the computing device, an electronic mail message containing the document.
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Abstract
A method for accessing and browsing the interne through the use of a telephone and the associated DTMF signals is disclosed. The preferred embodiment provides a system that converts the information content of a web page from text to speech (voice signals), signals the hyperlink selections of a web page in an audio manner, and allows selection of the hyperlinks through the use of DTMF signals generated from a telephone keypad. Upon receiving a DTMF signal corresponding to a hyperlink, the corresponding web page is fetched and again delivered to the user via one of the available delivery methods such as voice, fax-on-demand, electronic mail, or regular mail.
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16 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a computing device, a data signal generated using a voice user interface and transmitted from a phone, the data signal corresponding to a unique address of a document; retrieving, by the computing device, the document from a computer system using the unique address; and transmitting, by the computing device, an electronic mail message containing the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16)
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5. A server system, comprising:
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a phone voice user interface configured to receive a data signal from a phone, the data signal including a unique address of a document; and a document delivery subsystem configured to; receive the data signal from the phone voice user interface, retrieve the document from a computer system using the unique address, and transmit an electronic mail message containing the document. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, execution of which by a computing device causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a data signal generated using a voice user interface and transmitted from a phone, the data signal corresponding to a unique address of a document on a computer system; retrieving the document from a computer system using the unique address; and transmitting an electronic mail message containing the document. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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