Voice internet system and method

• US 9,329,832 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2012
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Allen Blaisch
• Original Assignee: Robert Allen Blaisch
• Inventors: Blaisch, Robert Allen
• Primary Examiner(s): GUERRA-ERAZO, EDGAR X
• Application Number:
  US13/467,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20150134340A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,456 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270, 704/270.1, 704/275, 704/277, 704/235, 704/246
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/00 Speech recognition G10L17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

A system and method is provided for voice activated Web based infrastructure (Voice Portal) which accepts spoken input from a variety of devices, including desktop and laptop computers, tablets, smart phones, standard mobile phones, and ordinary hard-wired telephones.

Claims

1. A method for directing an internet browsing session comprising:

activating a first web page by a user,

establishing an audio overlay control channel comprising a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) channel;

rendering a user interaction control layer, the user interaction control layer comprising a graphical overlay displayed over the first page and including a plurality of user-selectable options;

rendering, by the user interaction control layer, a first host audio-visual content item associated with the first active web page, and wherein the plurality of user-selectable options are associated with the first host audio-visual content item;

caching a plurality of second audio-visual content items, each of the cached plurality of second audio-visual content items associated with a corresponding user-selectable option from the plurality of user-selectable options related to the first web page;

receiving, via the audio overlay control channel, a selection of a user-selectable option from the plurality of user-selectable options;

activating a second web page by a user based on the selection of the user-selectable option in the user interaction control layer; and

rendering a selected second host audio-visual content item, wherein the selected second host audio-visual content item is the cached second audio-visual content item associated with the selected user-selectable option.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the activating is a user click of an icon or menu item.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the activating is a recognized speech utterance.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the audio overlay control channel is further comprised of a set of host generated speech utterances.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein a second user interaction control layer is rendered on the second web page.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the second user interaction control layer is a graphic overlay displayed on the second web page and comprises a second plurality of user-selectable options which may be selected by the user.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the second plurality of user-selectable options are based on the selected second host audio-visual content item.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of activating the second web page further comprises:

activating the second web page by a recognized speech utterance from a plurality of speech utterances, wherein the plurality of recognized speech utterances is based on the plurality of user-selectable options.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of user-selectable options specifies a plurality of navigation options, wherein each of the plurality of navigation options is linked to a plurality of second web pages.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising mapping the plurality of recognized speech utterances to the execution of specific actions associated with the user-selectable options.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

tracking the activation of the second web page based on the selection of the user-selectable option; and

billing an advertiser associated with the second web page based on the activation of the second web page and the content of the first host audio-visual content item.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, via the user interaction control layer, a user request for a telephone connection;

retrieving a telephone number associated with the user from a database; and

placing a call, by the audio overlay control channel, to the telephone number to initiate a telephone call with the user.