Method For Finding Elements In A Webpage Suitable For Use In A Voice User Interface (Disambiguation)

A computing device, comprising:

• a display device;
• a storage device which stores code and a document;
• and
• a processor associated with the display device and the storage device, the processor executes the code to:
• analyze a document to identify a plurality of interactive elements in the document, each interactive element of the plurality of interactive elements comprises an associated phrase;
• render the document to provide a display on a display device, the associated phrases are provided in the display;
• compare a voice command of a user to a plurality of phrases, the plurality of phrases comprise the associated phrases of the plurality of interactive elements;
• based on the comparing, determine a matching score for each interactive element indicating a degree of matching of its associated phrase to the voice command, the matching scores are based on a number of words in the associated phrases which match the sequence of words;
• identify one of the interactive elements as a closest match to the voice command based on its matching score;
• and
• based on the identifying, generating a click event for the one of the interactive elements which is the closest match.

A computer-readable storage device having computer-readable software embodied thereon for programming a processor to perform a method for providing a voice user interface, the method comprising:

• identify a plurality of links in a document, each link comprises link text, the link text for at least one of the links comprises a sequence of words;
• displaying the document including the link text on a display device;
• comparing a voice command of a user to a plurality of phrases, the plurality of phrases comprise the link text of the plurality of links, the comparing comprises comparing the sequence of words to the voice command and determining a longest subset of the sequence of words which matches the voice command;
• based on the comparing, determining a matching score for each link indicating a degree of matching of its associated link text to the voice command, wherein the matching score for the at least one of the links is based on a number of words in the longest subset of the sequence of words which matches the voice command;
• and
• identifying one of the links as a closest match to the voice command based on its matching score.