Touch tone voice internet service
OwnerPhilip M. Scopesinventor
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Abstract
A method for touch tone voice internet service includes the steps of remotely retrieving a document including HTML tags, converting selected text in the document to speech, and enumerating links in the text document. The method further includes the steps of accepting touch tone input to designate one of the links as a selected link, and retrieving a second document specified by the selected link. As an example, the document may be a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document or an email message.
Claims20
A method for touch tone voice internet service, the method comprising:
- accepting a document address specified by at least one of a favorites menu and a series of DTMF key inputs;
- remotely retrieving a text document including HTML tags specified by the document address;
- building a new text body based on the text document;
- converting the new text body to speech;
- enumerating links in the text document;
- accepting touch tone input to designate one of the links as a selected link;
- and
- retrieving a second document specified by the selected link.
A computer program product for touch tone voice Internet service, the computer program product comprising:
- a storage medium;
- and
- a computer program stored on the storage medium, the computer program comprising instructions for:
- accepting a document address specified by at least one of a favorites menu and a series of DTMF key inputs;
- remotely retrieving a text document including HTML tags specified by the document address;
- building a new text body based on the text document;
- converting the new text body to speech;
- enumerating links in the text document;
- accepting touch tone input to designate one of the links as a selected link;
- and
- retrieving a second document specified by the selected link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.