Transforming components of a web page to voice prompts

• US 9,171,539 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2015
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• 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:
  US14/669,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20150199957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 215 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: 1/1
• 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 a voice attribute component;

determining whether the selected voice attribute component is enabled;

in response to a determination that the selected voice attribute component is enabled, determining whether an HTML component of the plurality of HTML components is associated with the selected voice attribute component;

in response to a determination that an HTML component of the plurality of HTML components is not associated with the selected voice attribute component, converting the selected voice attribute component to a parameterized component; and

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

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

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, comprising:

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

determining whether the second voice attribute component is enabled.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

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

determining whether the second voice attribute component is enabled; and

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

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

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

determining whether the second voice attribute component is enabled;

in response to a determination that the second voice attribute component is enabled, determining whether an HTML component of the plurality of HTML components is associated with the second voice attribute component; and

in response to a determination that an HTML component of the plurality of HTML components is associated with the second voice attribute component, converting the HTML component associated with the second voice attribute component to a second parameterized component.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising associating a group identifier to the parameterized component based upon the enabled voice attribute component.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

associating a group identifier to the parameterized component based upon the enabled voice attribute component; and

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

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

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

associating the parameterized component with the indicated language.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving the web page from an internet transaction server.

10. The method of claim 1, 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 an internet transaction server.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the parameterized component to the mobile system comprises:

configuring the parameterized component in a comma delimited string; and

forwarding the comma delimited string to the mobile system.

12. 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 a voice attribute component;

determining whether the selected voice attribute component is enabled;

in response to a determination that the selected voice attribute component is enabled, determining whether an HTML component of the plurality of HTML components is associated with the selected voice attribute component;

determining whether a pre-prompt associated with the HTML component and/or the selected voice attribute component is enabled;

in response to a determination that a pre-prompt associated with the HTML component and/or the selected voice attribute component is enabled, adding the pre-prompt to a parameterized component; and

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

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the pre-prompt indicates to a user a context for the HTML component with which the pre-prompt is associated.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the pre-prompt prompts a user with a particular phrase.

15. The method of claim 12, comprising:

determining a vocabulary term associated with the HTML component and/or the selected voice attribute component; and

adding the determined vocabulary term to the parameterized component.

16. The method of claim 12, comprising:

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

determining whether the second voice attribute component is enabled;

in response to a determination that the second voice attribute component is enabled, determining whether an HTML component of the plurality of HTML components is associated with the second voice attribute component; and

in response to a determination that an HTML component of the plurality of HTML components is associated with the second voice attribute component, converting the HTML component associated with the second voice attribute component to a second parameterized component.

17. 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 a voice attribute component;

determining whether the selected voice attribute component is enabled;

in response to a determination that the selected voice attribute component is enabled, determining whether an HTML component of the plurality of HTML components is associated with the selected voice attribute component;

determining whether a post-prompt associated with the HTML component and/or the selected voice attribute component is enabled;

in response to a determination that a post-prompt associated with the HTML component and/or the selected voice attribute component is enabled, adding the post-prompt to a parameterized component; and

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

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the post-prompt indicates to a user a context for the HTML component with which the post-prompt is associated.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the post-prompt prompts a user with a particular phrase.

20. The method of claim 17, comprising:

determining a vocabulary term associated with the HTML component and/or the selected voice attribute component; and

adding the determined vocabulary term to the parameterized component.