Method and apparatus for acquiring a file to be linked

• US 6,286,014 B1
• Filed: 06/16/1998
• Issued: 09/04/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Fukushima, Takashi, Nakamichi, Kazuto, Murakami, Saeko
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): DO, THUY T
• Application Number:
  US09/098,058
• Time in Patent Office: 1,176 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1, 707/9, 707/200, 707/513, 707/104, 707/6, 707/100, 707/102, 707/205, 704/275, 709/218, 379/93, 395/616
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/94 Hypermedia Hyperlinking G06F40/134
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99952 Coherency, e.g. same view to multiple users
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

A specific word is selected from an explanatory note of a link file in an HTML document and displayed with emphasis in the display of the HTML document. When a voice input of the word of emphasized display is detected, a link file corresponding to that word is connected.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus which takes in a document containing a file name of at least one file to be linked and at least one explanatory note associated with the file name of the at least one file to be linked, the apparatus displays at least a part of the at least one explanatory note and acquires the at least one file to be linked when the at least one explanatory note is selected, comprising:

first means for specifying a key word which is to be displayed with emphasis in the at least one explanatory note;

second means for applying an emphasized display conversion to said key word;

third means for acquiring inputted voice information;

fourth means for selecting a word corresponding to said inputted voice information

fifth means for acquiring a linked file name associated with the at least one explanatory note containing said corresponding word; and

sixth means for visually displaying pronunciation information for said key word for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce said key word.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first means identifies a word having a largest number of characters as said key word to be displayed with emphasis.

3.The information processing apparatus of the claim 2, wherein said key word detected by said first means is displayed with emphasis in a color different from any other display.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first means for specifying a key word further comprises seventh means for associating the key word with the linked file name.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for specifying a key word in each of a plurality of explanatory notes;

means for generating pronunciation information for each said key word specified for each of said plurality of explanatory notes;

means for displaying a guide within which each said pronunciation information is displayed for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce each said key word;

means for acquiring an inputting voice pronunciation; and

means for selecting a word which most closely corresponds to said inputted pronunciation.

5. A method of taking in a document including file names of at least one file to be linked and at least one explanatory note associated with each of the file names of the at least one file to be linked, displaying at lest a part of the at least one explanatory note, and acquiring a file of a filename associated with a selected at least one explanatory note, comprising the steps of:

specifying a key word which is to be displayed with emphasis in each of the at least one explanatory note;

visually displaying pronunciation information for said key word for each of the at least one explanatory note for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce said key word;

applying an emphasized display conversion to said specified key word;

acquiring inputting voice information;

selecting a word corresponding to said inputted voice information, and

acquiring a linked file name associated with an explanatory note containing said selected word.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

specifying a key word in each of a plurality of explanatory notes;

generating pronunciation information for each said key word specified for each of said plurality of explanatory notes;

displaying a guide within which each said pronunciation information is displayed, said guide for displaying a list of each said pronunciation information for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce each said key word;

acquiring an inputting voice pronunciation; and

selecting a word which most closely corresponds to said inputted pronunciation.

8. The recording medium according to claim 6, further comprising:

program code means for specifying a key word in each of a plurality of explanatory notes;

program code means for generating pronunciation information for each said key word specified for each of said plurality of explanatory notes;

program code means for displaying a guide within which each said pronunciation information is displayed for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce each said key word;

program code means for acquiring an inputting voice pronunciation; and

program code means for selecting a word which most closely corresponds to said inputted pronunciation.

7. A recording medium storing a program operating on a data processing system for taking in a document containing a file name of at least one file to be linked and at least one explanatory note associated with the file name of the at least one file to be linked, displaying at least a part of the at least one explanatory note in a display and acquiring a file of the file name associated with a selected at least one explanatory note, said program comprising:

program code means for specifying a key word to be displayed with emphasis in each of the at least one explanatory note;

program code means for visually displaying pronunciation information for said key word for each of the at least one explanatory note for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce said key word;

program code means for applying an emphasized display conversion to said specified key word;

program code means for acquiring inputted voice information and selecting a word corresponding to said inputted voice information; and

program code means for acquiring a linked file associated with an explanatory note containing said selected word.

9. A method in a data processing system, comprising:

receiving a document including a file name of at least one file to be linked and at least one explanatory note associated with the file name;

specifying a key word in the at least one explanatory note such that the key word uniquely identifies the explanatory note;

associating the key word with the linked file name;

visually displaying pronunciation information for said key word for each of the at least one explanatory note for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce said key word;

receiving inputted voice information;

identifying a key word corresponding to the inputted voice information; and

reading a file corresponding to the linked file name associated with the key word.

10. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing the linked file name in association with the key word.

11. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing a pronunciation of the key word in association with the key word.

12. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

first means for receiving a document including a file name of at least one file to be linked and at least one explanatory note associated with the file name;

second means for specifying a key word in the at least one explanatory note such that the key word uniquely identifies the explanatory note;

third means for associating the key word with the linked file name;

fourth means for receiving inputted voice information;

fifth means for identifying a key word corresponding to the inputted voice information;

sixth means for reading a file corresponding to the linked file name associated with the key word; and

seventh means for visually displaying pronunciation information for said key word for each of the at least one explanatory note for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce said key word.

13. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising seventh means for storing the linked file name in association with the key word.

14. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising eighth means for storing a pronunciation of the key word in association with the key word.

15. An information processing apparatus which takes in a document containing a file name of at least one file to be linked and at least one explanatory note associated with the file name of the at least one file to be linked, the apparatus displays at least a part of the at least one explanatory note and acquires the at least one file to be linked when the at least one explanatory note is selected, comprising:

first means for specifying a key word indictor which is to be displayed in association with the at least one explanatory note;

second means for associating the key word indicator with the linked file name associated with the at least one explanatory note;

third means for acquiring inputted voice information;

fourth means for selecting an indicator corresponding to said inputted voice information;

fifth means for acquiring a linked file name associated with the selected indicator; and

sixth means for visually displaying pronunciation information for said key word for each of the at least one explanatory note for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce said key word.

16. A method of taking in a document including file names of at least one file to be linked and at least one explanatory note associated with each of the file names of the at least one file to be linked, displaying at least a part of the at least one explanatory note, and acquiring a file of a file name associated with a selected at least one explanatory note, comprising the steps of:

specifying a key word indictor which is to be displayed in association with the at least one explanatory note;

associating the key word indicator with the linked file name associated with the at least one explanatory note;

acquiring inputted voice information;

selecting an indicator corresponding to said inputted voice information;

acquiring a linked file name associated with the selected indicator; and

visually displaying pronunciation information for said key word for each of the at least one explanatory note for visually assisting a user to correctly pronounce said key word.