Natural language web browser
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJohn T. Maxwell, III, Kyle D. Dent, Daniel G. Bobrow
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Abstract
Described are natural language web browsers configured to provide a natural language interface to an existing web browser or a newly created web browser. That is, users interact with the web browser employing speech (or text) as input and output instead of using a mouse and keyboard as input and an electronic display screen as output. Embodiments of a natural language web browser converts user questions, statements, and/or commands into actions, reads the resulting HTML and converts the HTML into natural language descriptions to provide to the user.
Claims19
A natural language web browsing method comprising:
- accepting by a web browser a natural language input, the web browser configured to browse a computer network including a plurality of websites having web pages;
- parsing the natural language input into at least one of a question, a statement, and a command;
- operating the web browser in accordance with the parsed natural language input;
- and
- returning results of the natural language web browsing, wherein the web browsing is accomplished by use of at least a digital processing device.
A system for performing natural language web browsing, the system comprising:
- a communication arrangement including, at least one digital processing device, an electronic storage and an input/output device configured to communicate with a computer network including a plurality of websites having web pages the communication arrangement configured to:
- accept by a web browser a natural language input, the web browser configured to browse the computer network;
- parse the natural language input into at least one of a question, a statement, and a command;
- operate the web browser in accordance with at least one of the parsed natural language inputs;
- and
- return results of the natural language web browsing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.