SYSTEM, METHOD AND END-USER DEVICE FOR VOCAL DELIVERY OF TEXTUAL DATA
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1. A system comprising:
- a system server; and
a user device connected with said system server;
said server comprising;
first communication means for receiving user commands from said user device and for communicating textual information to said user device in response to said received commands;
means for processing said user commands;
second communication means for communicating with at least one external data source for requesting and receiving documents;
means for analyzing documents received via said second communication means, said means for analyzing comprising means for identifying said documents'"'"' structure and means for assigning different tokens to different document parts;
means for transforming said analyzed documents into an internal digital format comprising said assigned tokens;
means for storing said transformed documents; and
means for retrieving documents from said server storage; and
said user device comprising;
storage means for storing said communicated documents;
an interactive voice-audio interface comprising means for receiving verbal user commands and means for vocalizing tokens and selected documents;
a processor connected with said interactive voice-audio interface, said processor comprising;
means for browsing tokens and vocalizing them for user selection;
speech recognition means for interpreting user commands;
means for retrieving documents according to said user selection from one of said user device storage means and said server storage means;
text-to-speech means for transforming said selected documents into audio format; and
means for vocalizing said selected documents.
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Abstract
System and method for receiving documents of different formats from external sources, analyzing the documents and transforming them into an internal format comprising tokens for effective browsing and referencing, communicating data volumes of transformed documents to a user device, browsing and vocalizing tokens from the documents to the user, receiving and processing verbal user commands pertaining to said vocalized tokens, retrieving documents pertaining to the user command and vocalizing the retrieved documents to said user.
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107 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a system server; and a user device connected with said system server; said server comprising; first communication means for receiving user commands from said user device and for communicating textual information to said user device in response to said received commands; means for processing said user commands; second communication means for communicating with at least one external data source for requesting and receiving documents; means for analyzing documents received via said second communication means, said means for analyzing comprising means for identifying said documents'"'"' structure and means for assigning different tokens to different document parts; means for transforming said analyzed documents into an internal digital format comprising said assigned tokens; means for storing said transformed documents; and means for retrieving documents from said server storage; and said user device comprising; storage means for storing said communicated documents; an interactive voice-audio interface comprising means for receiving verbal user commands and means for vocalizing tokens and selected documents; a processor connected with said interactive voice-audio interface, said processor comprising; means for browsing tokens and vocalizing them for user selection; speech recognition means for interpreting user commands; means for retrieving documents according to said user selection from one of said user device storage means and said server storage means; text-to-speech means for transforming said selected documents into audio format; and means for vocalizing said selected documents. - View Dependent Claims (10, 12, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 54)
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receiving documents of different formats from at least one external source; storing said documents in a database residing on a system server; analyzing said documents; transforming said analyzed documents into an internal format comprising tokens for effective browsing and referencing; creating at least one data volume from said transformed documents; communicating said data volume from said system server to a user device memory; storing said communicated data volumes on said user device; browsing and vocalizing tokens from said stored volume to the user; receiving verbal user commands pertaining to said vocalized tokens; processing said received user command; retrieving documents pertaining to said user command from one of said user device memory and said database; and vocalizing said retrieved documents to said user. - View Dependent Claims (107)
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