Providing information using internet appliance
OwnerEdward O. Clapper, Mark E. Palm +2inventors
InventorsEdward O. Clapper, Mark E. Palm, Haydn K. Piper, Luis A. Silva
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Abstract
A way of providing information using an Internet appliance is disclosed. An apparatus comprises a storage unit to store an input time value and a controller to provide information received from a network in an audio format based on the input time value. A method comprises configuring an apparatus to provide information at a user input time value. The method further comprises providing the information received over a network in an audio format at substantially the user input time value
Claims30
An apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit to store an input time value;
- and
- a controller to provide information received from a network in an audio format based on the input time value.
A method, comprising:
- configuring an apparatus to provide information at a user input time value;
- and
- providing the information received over a network in an audio format at substantially the user input time value.
An article comprising one or more machine-readable storage media containing instructions that when executed enables a processor to:
- store an input time value;
- and
- enable information to be received from a network in audio format substantially at the input time value.
A method comprising:
- configuring a server to provide one or more features;
- requesting to provide the one or more features;
- and
- providing the one or more features to a user in audio format over the Internet at a user selected time.
A system comprising:
- a server configured to provide information over a network;
- and
- a client to:
- receive the information over the network;
- and
- provide the information in audio format at a pre-selected time.
The system of claim 28, wherein the server is configured to provide news over the network.
The system of claim 29, wherein the server converts the information into the audio format before providing the information over the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.