US 7,461,352 B2 · Voice activated system and methods to enable a computer user working in a first graphical application window to display and control on-screen help, internet, and other information content in a second graphical application window

Abstract

This invention provides systems and methods for displaying and controlling the content of a second graphical application window while in a first graphical application window in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine. The present invention enables a computer user working in a graphical application window to use speech commands to open, view, retrieve, and control help, Internet, and other information in a second graphical application window. Thus, the invention allows a user to keep a first graphical application window open and in focus while simultaneously viewing a second graphical application window; thereby allowing a user to proceed with his/her work while actively opening, positioning, viewing and controlling the content of a second graphical application window containing help, Internet, or other information.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A method of copying and pasting text from a second window to a first window in a windowed computing environment having voice recognition, comprising:

setting input focus on the first window;
while input focus is on the first window, receiving a copy speech command from a user, and in response to the copy speech command:
setting input focus on the second window;
and
waiting for the user to select text from the second window;
when the user selects the text from the second window, performing the following steps independent of user input:
copying the selected text;
switching focus back to the first window;
and
pasting the selected text into the first window.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/775,587Filed 9 Feb 2004 · us provisional application

Priority

10 Feb 2003

Published

US 2005/0021336 A127 Jan 2005

Granted

2 Dec 2008

Term ends

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Classification4 codes

G06F 3/011
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: arrangements for interaction with the…
G06F 3/0481
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a…
G06F 2203/04803
Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/048: split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
G06F
Computing and data processing

Voice activated system and methods to enable a computer user working in a first graphical application window to display and control on-screen help, internet, and other information content in a second graphical application window

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Voice activated system and methods to enable a computer user working in a first graphical application window to display and control on-screen help, internet, and other information content in a second graphical application window

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Abstract

Claims6