Method and apparatus for telephonically accessing and navigating the internet
First Claim
1. A method for telephonically accessing and navigating a computer network, the method comprising:
- receiving a first request transmitted from a telephone, the first request comprising data signals that correspond to a first unique address of a first data file residing on the computer network, and the first data file comprising a first hyperlink;
transmitting a first response to the telephone, the first response comprising voice signals that correspond to text stored in the first data file the first data file corresponding to a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) format; and
,converting the first data file to a first format, the first format including an H-tree data structure.
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Abstract
A method for accessing and browsing the internet 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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68 Claims
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1. A method for telephonically accessing and navigating a computer network, the method comprising:
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receiving a first request transmitted from a telephone, the first request comprising data signals that correspond to a first unique address of a first data file residing on the computer network, and the first data file comprising a first hyperlink; transmitting a first response to the telephone, the first response comprising voice signals that correspond to text stored in the first data file the first data file corresponding to a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) format; and
,converting the first data file to a first format, the first format including an H-tree data structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for telephonically accessing and navigating a computer network, the method comprising:
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receiving a first request transmitted from a telephone, the first request comprising data signals that correspond to a first unique address of first data file residing on the computer network, and the first data file comprising a first hyperlink; transmitting a first response to the telephone, the first response comprising voice signals that correspond to text stored in the first data file; fetching first data file using the first unique address, the first data file comprising a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) format, and the first unique address comprising a Universal Resource Locator (URL) the fetching step including a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request transmitted via the Internet, and the URL including an address of a first computer in communication with the Internet; and
,converting the first data file to an H-tree data structure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus for telephonically accessing and navigating a computer network, the apparatus comprising:
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logic that receives a first request transmitted from a telephone, the first request comprising data signals that correspond to a first unique address of a first data file residing on the computer network and the first data file comprising a first hyperlink, the first data file comprising a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) format; logic that transmits a first response to the telephone, the first response comprising voice signals that correspond to text stored in the first data file; logic that converts the first data file to a first format, the first format including an H-tree data structure. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. An apparatus for telephonically navigating a computer network, the apparatus comprising:
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logic that receives a first request transmitted from a telephone, the first request comprising data signals that correspond to a first unique address of a first data file residing on the computer network, and the first data file comprising a first hyperlink; and logic that transmits a first response to the telephone, the first response comprising voice signals that correspond to text stored in the first data file; a Web browser, the Web browser fetching the first data file using the first unique address, the fist data file comprising a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) format, and the fist unique address comprising a Universal Resource Locator (URL), the Web browser transmits a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request transmitted via the Internet, and the URL including an address of a first computer in communication with the Internet; an H-tree converter, the H-tree converter converting the first data file to an H-tree data structure. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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