Voice processing system, method and computer program product having common source for internet world wide web pages and voice applications
First Claim
1. A voice processing system for allowing telephone callers to access Hyper-Text Mark-Up Language (HTML) documents without the use of a computer, said voice processing system comprising:
- caller input/output port connected to a telephone network of telephone callers;
processing unit which runs a voice application; and
data communications network input/output port connected to a data communications network accessing HTML documents;
wherein at least one of said HTML documents has voice application HTML tags inserted therein, said tags providing the commands and data required to form said voice application.
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Abstract
A voice processing system, method and computer program product therefor, allows telephone callers without computers to access World Wide Web pages from the Internet. Usual graphical-based Hyper-Text Mark-Up language (HTML) commands are interspersed with special HTML tags including the commands and data for forming a voice application, which, when run on the voice processing system, provides a voice browser for allowing telephone callers to access Web pages. The voice application tags are provided together with the remainder of the HTML document, thus facilitating editing of the combined data. This helps to keep the graphical browser and voice browser versions of the same data set synchronized.
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1. A voice processing system for allowing telephone callers to access Hyper-Text Mark-Up Language (HTML) documents without the use of a computer, said voice processing system comprising:
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caller input/output port connected to a telephone network of telephone callers;
processing unit which runs a voice application; and
data communications network input/output port connected to a data communications network accessing HTML documents;
wherein at least one of said HTML documents has voice application HTML tags inserted therein, said tags providing the commands and data required to form said voice application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of allowing a telephone caller to obtain access to World Wide Web (WWW) pages comprising steps of:
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obtaining information from an incoming call;
retrieving a WWW home page corresponding to said obtained information; and
running a voice application based on said retrieved WWW home page to interact with said caller to provide the WWW page data to the caller via the telephone line;
wherein said WWW home page has voice application tags inserted therein, said tags providing the commands and data required to form said voice application. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A computer program product stored on a computer-readable storage medium, said product comprising:
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Hyper-Text Mark-Up language (HTML) information for instructing the display of data on a graphical Web browser; and
voice application information interspersed amongst said HTML information as HTML tags containing the commands and data required to form a voice application for use in allowing a telephone caller to access HTML documents. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. In a voice processing system, an apparatus for converting a Hyper-Text Mark-Up language (HTML) document into a voice application for allowing telephone callers to access World Wide Web pages, said apparatus comprising:
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receiving means for receiving an HTML document, said HTML document having voice application information interspersed amongst other HTML information as HTML tags containing the commands and data required to form said voice application;
converting means for converting said HTML document into a voice application by interpreting said HTML tags. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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