Transforming components of a web page to voice prompts

• US 8,996,384 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2009
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vocollect, Inc. (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vocollect, Inc. (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Funyak, Paul M., Connors, Norman J., Kolonay, Paul E., Nichols, Matthew Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): Desir, Pierre-Louis
• Assistant Examiner(s): KOVACEK, DAVID M
• Application Number:
  US12/609,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20110106537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,978 Days
• Field of Search: 704258-269, 704/270, 704/270.1, 704271-278, 704E21001-E2102, 704E11001-E11007, 704E13001-E13014, 382/103, 382/114, 382181-182, 709201-203, 709212-222, 709230-244
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/02 Methods for producing synthetic speech; Speech synthesisers
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention address the deficiencies of the prior art by providing a method, apparatus, and program product to of converting components of a web page to voice prompts for a user. In some embodiments, the method comprises selectively determining at least one HTML component from a plurality of HTML components of a web page to transform into a voice prompt for a mobile system based upon a voice attribute file associated with the web page. The method further comprises transforming the at least one HTML component into parameterized data suitable for use by the mobile system based upon at least a portion of the voice attribute file associated with the at least one HTML component and transmitting the parameterized data to the mobile system.

Claims

1. A method of converting components of a web page, having a plurality of HTML components, to voice prompts for a user, comprising:

using an identifier and selecting a voice attribute file from a plurality of existing voice attribute files to be associated with a particular web page, the voice attribute file containing a plurality of voice attribute components that may be selectively enabled, the enabled voice attribute components in the selected voice attribute file determining which specific HTML components of the plurality of HTML components of a web page associated with the file are to be transformed for voice prompts;

selecting at least one specific HTML component of the web page that is to be transformed by determining that at least one voice attribute component from the selected voice attribute file is enabled and determining that there is a specific HTML component that is associated with the enabled voice attribute component;

transforming the at least one selected HTML component into parameterized data using the enabled voice attribute component, the parameterized data including at least a portion of data associated with the HTML component and also includes data from the at least one enabled voice attribute component that is associated with the HTML component, the parameterized data being in a form for the mobile system to use to generate voice prompts; and

forwarding the parameterized data to the mobile system, the mobile system configured to play a speech dialog using voice prompts based upon the parameterized data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the voice attribute file includes:

determining an identifier associated with the web page; and

determining an identifier associated with the voice attribute file, wherein the voice attribute file is selected in response to determining that the identifier associated with the web page matches the identifier associated with the voice attribute file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting a specific HTML component includes:

determining an identifier associated with an enabled voice attribute component; and

determining an identifier associated with the HTML component, wherein the HTML component is selected in response to determining that the identifier associated with the enabled voice attribute component matches the identifier associated with the HTML component.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the web page includes a plurality of HTML components, and including selecting an enabled voice attribute component from among the plurality of voice attribute components, and wherein selecting the HTML component includes selecting the HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

selecting a second voice attribute component from among the plurality of voice attribute components; and

determining whether the second voice attribute component is enabled.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

in response to determining that the second voice attribute component is enabled, determining whether the second voice attribute component is associated with a respective HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

in response to determining that the second voice attribute component is not associated with a respective HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components, generating second parameterized data based upon the second voice attribute component, the second voice attribute component not being associated with any of the plurality of HTML components.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating a group identifier to the parameterized data based upon the enabled voice attribute component.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

associating a sequence identifier within the group to the parameterized data based upon the enabled voice attribute component.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the mobile system, an indication of a language associated with the mobile system; and

associating the parameterized data with the language.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the web page is a first web page, the method further comprising:

receiving the web page from an internet transaction server.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a message from the mobile system;

generating, based upon the message, a uniform resource locator to invoke a request for a second web page; and

sending the uniform resource locator to the internet transaction server.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the parameterized data to the mobile system includes:

configuring the parameterized data in a comma delimited string; and

forwarding the comma delimited string to the mobile system.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a processing unit; and

a memory configured with program code, the program code configured to use an identifier to select a voice attribute file from a plurality of voice attribute files to be associated with a particular web page, the voice attribute file containing a plurality of voice attribute components that may be selectively enabled, the enabled voice attribute components in the selected voice attribute file determining which specific HTML components of the plurality of HTML components of a web page associated with the file are to be transformed for voice prompts;

the program code further configured to select at least one specific HTML component of the web page that is to be transformed by determining that at least one voice attribute component from the selected voice attribute file is enabled and determining that there is a specific HTML component that is associated with the enabled voice attribute component, to transform the at least one selected HTML component into parameterized data using the enabled voice attribute component, the parameterized data including at least a portion of data associated with the HTML component and also includes data from the at least one enabled voice attribute component that is associated with the HTML component, and to forward the parameterized data to the mobile system, the parameterized data being in a form for the mobile system to use to generate voice prompts and the mobile system configured to play a speech dialog using voice prompts based upon the parameterized data.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the program code is further configured to determine an identifier associated with the web page, determine an identifier associated with the voice attribute file, and select the voice attribute file in response to determining that the identifier associated with the web page matches the identifier associated with the voice attribute file.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the program code is further configured to determine an identifier associated with an enabled voice attribute component, determine an identifier associated with the HTML component, and select the HTML component in response to determining that the identifier associated with the enabled voice attribute component matches the identifier associated with the HTML component.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the memory is further configured to store the plurality of voice attribute components, wherein the web page includes a plurality of HTML components, and wherein the program code is further configured to select an enabled voice attribute component from among the plurality of voice attribute components and select the HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the program code is further configured to select a second voice attribute component from among the plurality of voice attribute components and determine whether the second voice attribute component is enabled.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the program code is further configured to determine whether the second voice attribute component is associated with a respective HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components in response to determining that the second voice attribute component is enabled.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the program code is further configured to generate second parameterized data based upon the second voice attribute component in response to determining that the second voice attribute component is not associated with a respective HTML component from among the plurality of HTML components, the second voice attribute component not being associated with any of the plurality of HTML components.

21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the program code is further configured to associate a group identifier to the parameterized data based upon the enabled voice attribute component.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the program code is further configured to associate a sequence identifier within the group to the parameterized data based upon the enabled voice attribute component.

23. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the program code is further configured to receive, from the mobile system, an indication of a language associated with the mobile system, and associate the parameterized data with the language.

24. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the program code is further configured to receive the web page from an internet transaction server.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the program code is further configured to receive a message from the mobile system, generate, based upon the message, a uniform resource locator to invoke a request for a second web page, and send the uniform resource locator to the internet transaction server.

26. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the program code is further configured to configure the parameterized data in a comma delimited string and forward the comma delimited string to the mobile system.

27. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

program code stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to use an identifier to select a voice attribute file from a plurality of voice attribute files to be associated with a particular web page, the voice attribute file containing a plurality of voice attribute components that may be selectively enabled, the enabled voice attribute components in the selected voice attribute file determining which specific HTML components of the plurality of HTML components of a web page associated with the file are to be transformed for voice prompts, the program code further configured to select at least one specific HTML component of the web page that is to be transformed by determining that at least one voice attribute component from the selected voice attribute file is enabled and determining that there is a specific HTML component that is associated with the enabled voice attribute component, to transform the at least one selected HTML component into parameterized data using the enabled voice attribute component, the parameterized data including at least a portion of data associated with the HTML component and also includes data from the at least one enabled voice attribute component that is associated with the HTML component, the parameterized data being in a form for the mobile system to use to generate voice prompts, and to forward the parameterized data to the mobile system, the mobile system configured to play a speech dialog using voice prompts based upon the parameterized data.