Efficient presentation of database query results through audio user interfaces

A system for presenting database query results through an audio user interface (AUI) comprising:

• a database manager for managing a database query operation on at least one database, said database query operation producing database query result items;
• and,
• a dialog manager for managing the presentation of said database query result items through the AUI concurrently with said database query operation;
• wherein said database manager and said dialog manager are configured to concurrently perform the database query operation and audible presentments of database query result items such that the each query result item is presented sequentially as each is identified through the database query operation, the sequential presentment continuing until a particular one of the retrieved database query result items is selected by a user, or until each of the retrieved database query result items has been sequentially presented to the user;
• and
• wherein said database manager and said dialog manager are further configured to terminate the concurrently performed database query operation and audible presentment of retrieved database query result items when the user supplies through the AUI a speech input indicating a user selection of a particular one of the retrieved database query result items.

A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for presenting database query results through an AUI, said computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

• initiating a database query operation, said operation retrieving a plurality of database query result items from at least one database;
• and,
• audibly presenting one-by-one the retrieved database query result items through the AUI as each said query result item is found in said at least one database, said presenting step occurring concurrently with said database query operation and continuing until a particular one of the retrieved database query result items is selected by a user, or until each of the retrieved database query result items has been sequentially presented to the user;
• wherein the concurrently performed database query operation and audible presentment of retrieved database query result items terminate when the user supplies through the AUI a speech input indicating a user selection of particular one of the retrieved database query result items.