Method and apparatus for telephonically accessing and navigating the internet
AssigneeNetphonic Communications, Inc.
InventorsKyung H. Rhie, Richard J. Kwan, Lee E. Olsen, John S. Hahn
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Abstract
A method for accessing and browsing the internet through the use of a telephone and the associated DTMF signals is disclosed. The preferred embodiment provides a system that converts the information content of a web page from text to speech (voice signals), signals the hyperlink selections of a web page in an audio manner, and allows selection of the hyperlinks through the use of DTMF signals generated from a telephone keypad. Upon receiving a DTMF signal corresponding to a hyperlink, the corresponding web page is fetched and again delivered to the user via one of the available delivery methods such as voice, fax-on-demand, electronic mail, or regular mail.
Claims68
A method for telephonically accessing and navigating a computer network, the method comprising:
- receiving a first request transmitted from a telephone, the first request comprising data signals that correspond to a first unique address of a first data file residing on the computer network, and the first data file comprising a first hyperlink;
- transmitting a first response to the telephone, the first response comprising voice signals that correspond to text stored in the first data file the first data file corresponding to a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) format;
- and,
- converting the first data file to a first format, the first format including an H-tree data structure.
A method for telephonically accessing and navigating a computer network, the method comprising:
- receiving a first request transmitted from a telephone, the first request comprising data signals that correspond to a first unique address of first data file residing on the computer network, and the first data file comprising a first hyperlink;
- transmitting a first response to the telephone, the first response comprising voice signals that correspond to text stored in the first data file;
- fetching first data file using the first unique address, the first data file comprising a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) format, and the first unique address comprising a Universal Resource Locator (URL) the fetching step including a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request transmitted via the Internet, and the URL including an address of a first computer in communication with the Internet;
- and,
- converting the first data file to an H-tree data structure.
An apparatus for telephonically accessing and navigating a computer network, the apparatus comprising:
- logic that receives a first request transmitted from a telephone, the first request comprising data signals that correspond to a first unique address of a first data file residing on the computer network and the first data file comprising a first hyperlink, the first data file comprising a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) format;
- logic that transmits a first response to the telephone, the first response comprising voice signals that correspond to text stored in the first data file;
- logic that converts the first data file to a first format, the first format including an H-tree data structure.
An apparatus for telephonically navigating a computer network, the apparatus comprising:
- logic that receives a first request transmitted from a telephone, the first request comprising data signals that correspond to a first unique address of a first data file residing on the computer network, and the first data file comprising a first hyperlink;
- and
- logic that transmits a first response to the telephone, the first response comprising voice signals that correspond to text stored in the first data file;
- a Web browser, the Web browser fetching the first data file using the first unique address, the fist data file comprising a Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) format, and the fist unique address comprising a Universal Resource Locator (URL), the Web browser transmits a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request transmitted via the Internet, and the URL including an address of a first computer in communication with the Internet;
- an H-tree converter, the H-tree converter converting the first data file to an H-tree data structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.