Apparatus and methods for providing an audibly controlled user interface for audio-based communication devices
    1.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and methods for providing an audibly controlled user interface for audio-based communication devices 有权
    用于为基于音频的通信设备提供可听控制的用户界面的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07555536B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-30

    申请号:US11873619

    申请日:2007-10-17

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: The invention is directed to techniques for providing an audibly controlled interface for a user of a limited audio-based communication device, for example, a telephony device such as a desktop telephone or a cellular telephone. The communication device has an interface connection with a proxy browser. The user initially accesses the device, such as by picking up the handset, and the proxy browser provides a communication path over a network to a call services application on an application server. The application server provides a response to the initial access signal. The proxy browser receives the response from the application server and plays back an audio output based on the response to the communication device for the user. The user can then respond with a request to the call services application to place an outbound call or to initiate another service provided by the application server via the proxy browser.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于为有限的基于音频的通信设备(例如桌面电话或蜂窝电话)的电话设备的用户提供可听受控的接口的技术。 通信设备具有与代理浏览器的接口连接。 用户最初访问设备,例如通过拾取手机,并且代理浏览器通过网络向应用服务器上的呼叫服务应用提供通信路径。 应用服务器提供对初始接入信号的响应。 代理浏览器接收来自应用服务器的响应,并且基于对用户的通信设备的响应来播放音频输出。 然后,用户可以响应呼叫服务应用来发出呼出呼叫,或通过代理浏览器启动由应用服务器提供的另一服务。

    Apparatus and methods for requesting an event notification over a network
    2.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and methods for requesting an event notification over a network 有权
    通过网络请求事件通知的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07552200B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-23

    申请号:US11445687

    申请日:2006-06-01

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: The invention is directed to techniques for providing an event notification string over a network to a notification server. An application server includes a notifying application that monitors, or otherwise determines, the occurrence of an event of interest to a target user who uses a device that can receive notification of the event. The notifying application generates an event notification string that indicates that a notification to the target user should be made. The notifying application then sends the event notification string over a network, such as an IP (Internet Protocol) network, to a notification server, which provides an event notification application that processes the event notification string. The event notification application determines the identity of the target user, if the event notification string does not provide this information itself, and which devices accessed by the target user should receive the notification. The event notification application then sends event notifications to one or more of the devices.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于通过网络向通知服务器提供事件通知串的技术。 应用服务器包括通知应用程序,该通知应用程序监视或以其他方式确定使用可以接收事件通知的设备的目标用户的感兴趣事件的发生。 通知应用程序生成一个事件通知字符串,指示应该向目标用户发出通知。 通知应用程序然后通过诸如IP(因特网协议)网络的网络将事件通知字符串发送到提供处理事件通知字符串的事件通知应用程序的通知服务器。 事件通知应用程序确定目标用户的身份,如果事件通知字符串本身不提供此信息,并且目标用户访问的设备应该收到通知。 事件通知应用程序然后向一个或多个设备发送事件通知。

    Apparatus and methods for requesting an event notification over a network
    3.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and methods for requesting an event notification over a network 有权
    通过网络请求事件通知的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07069309B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-27

    申请号:US09691895

    申请日:2000-10-19

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: The invention is directed to techniques for providing an event notification string over a network to a notification server. An application server includes a notifying application that monitors, or otherwise determines, the occurrence of an event of interest to a target user who uses a device that can receive notification of the event. The notifying application generates an event notification string that indicates that a notification to the target user should be made. The notifying application then sends the event notification string over a network, such as an IP (Internet Protocol) network, to a notification server, which provides an event notification application that processes the event notification string The event notification application determines the identity of the target user, if the event notification string does not provide this information itself, and which devices accessed by the target user should receive the notification. The event notification application then sends event notifications to one or more of the devices.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于通过网络向通知服务器提供事件通知串的技术。 应用服务器包括通知应用程序,该通知应用程序监视或以其他方式确定使用可以接收事件通知的设备的目标用户的感兴趣事件的发生。 通知应用程序生成一个事件通知字符串,指示应该向目标用户发出通知。 通知应用程序然后通过诸如IP(因特网协议)网络的网络将事件通知字符串发送到通知服务器,通知服务器提供处理事件通知字符串的事件通知应用程序事件通知应用程序确定目标的身份 用户,如果事件通知字符串不提供此信息本身,并且目标用户访问的设备应该收到通知。 事件通知应用程序然后向一个或多个设备发送事件通知。

    Apparatus and methods for providing an audibly controlled user interface for audio-based communication devices
    4.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and methods for providing an audibly controlled user interface for audio-based communication devices 有权
    用于为基于音频的通信设备提供可听控制的用户界面的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07308484B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-11

    申请号:US09608232

    申请日:2000-06-30

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16

    摘要: The invention is directed to techniques for providing an audibly controlled interface for a user of a limited audio-based communication device, for example, a telephony device such as a desktop telephone or a cellular telephone. The communication device has an interface connection with a proxy browser. The user initially accesses the device, such as by picking up the handset, and the proxy browser provides a communication path over a network to a call services application on an application server. The application server provides a response to the initial access signal. The proxy browser receives the response from the application server and plays back an audio output based on the response to the communication device for the user. The user can then respond with a request to the call services application to place an outbound call or to initiate another service provided by the application server via the proxy browser.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于为有限的基于音频的通信设备(例如桌面电话或蜂窝电话)的电话设备的用户提供可听受控的接口的技术。 通信设备具有与代理浏览器的接口连接。 用户最初访问设备,例如通过拾取手机,并且代理浏览器通过网络向应用服务器上的呼叫服务应用提供通信路径。 应用服务器提供对初始接入信号的响应。 代理浏览器接收来自应用服务器的响应,并且基于对用户的通信设备的响应来播放音频输出。 然后,用户可以响应呼叫服务应用来发出呼出呼叫,或通过代理浏览器启动由应用服务器提供的另一服务。

    Methods and apparatus for referencing and processing audio information

    公开(公告)号:US07006975B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-28

    申请号:US10660124

    申请日:2003-09-11

    IPC分类号: G10L15/00

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30887

    摘要: Mechanisms and techniques are provided which allow a server computer system, such as a web server, to generate information, such as a web page, which includes an audio resource locator (ARL) configured in accordance with the invention. The ARL includes a reference to audio data, an audio command, and an audio server reference that identifies an audio server computer system that can process the reference to audio data within the ARL according to the audio command within the ARL to producing output, which may be audio or another type of output. The server computer system can serve the information including the ARL to an originator of a request for such information, such as a browser on a client computer system. A client computer system configured with a browser can obtain the information containing the ARL and can reference the ARL which causes the client computer system to send a request to process audio data to the audio server specified in the ARL. The request includes the audio command and optionally an audio output format and the references to audio data in the ARL. An audio server computer system can receive and process such requests by obtaining the audio data identified by the reference(s) to audio data in the request and by obtaining the audio command specified in the request. The audio server computer system then produces output, conforming to the audio output format specified in the request, by processing the referenced audio data in accordance with the specified audio command, thereby offloading audio processing from the browser and the client computer system onto the audio server computer system. Once processed, the audio server computer system can return the output to the client computer system in a format compatible with the client computer system. The ARL of the invention can include complex audio processing command such as merge, compare, convert, mix, sample, concatenate, resample, offset and the like which the audio server computer system is capable of processing when a client references an ARL.

    Apparatus and methods for converting textual information to audio-based output
    6.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and methods for converting textual information to audio-based output 有权
    用于将文本信息转换为音频输出的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07454346B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-18

    申请号:US09679109

    申请日:2000-10-04

    IPC分类号: G10L13/08

    CPC分类号: G10L13/047

    摘要: A system for providing text-to-speech conversion of a body of text is presented. The system includes a first executable resource which generates text portions from the body of text in response to receiving an initial web request to convert the body of text to speech and provides an output in response to generating the text portions comprising a sequence of resource identifiers suitable for use in the text-to-speech conversion of the text portions. The system further includes a second executable resource which receives a text portion web request that requests the conversion of at least one text portion to an audio format, the text portion web request comprising the at least one text portion and one of the resource identifiers, and further provides at least one media file suitable for audio output based on the text portion web request.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于提供文本文本的文本到语音转换的系统。 该系统包括第一可执行资源,其响应于接收到将文本主体转换为语音的初始web请求而生成来自文本主体的文本部分,并响应于生成包含适当的资源标识符序列的文本部分而提供输出 用于文本部分的文本转语音转换。 所述系统还包括第二可执行资源,其接收请求将至少一个文本部分转换为音频格式的文本部分web请求,所述文本部分web请求包括所述至少一个文本部分和所述资源标识符之一,以及 还基于文本部分web请求提供适合于音频输出的至少一个媒体文件。

    Methods and apparatus for referencing and processing audio information

    公开(公告)号:US06643621B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-11-04

    申请号:US09661606

    申请日:2000-09-14

    IPC分类号: G10L1500

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30887

    摘要: Mechanisms and techniques are provided which allow a server computer system, such as a web server, to generate information, such as a web page, which includes an audio resource locator (ARL) configured in accordance with the invention. The ARL includes a reference to audio data, an audio command,and an audio server reference that identifies an audio server computer system that can process the reference to audio data within the ARL according to the audio command within the ARL to producing output, which may be audio or another type of output. The server computer system can serve the information including the ARL to an originator of a request for such information, such as a browser on a client computer system. A client computer system configured with a browser can obtain the information containing the ARL and can reference the ARL which causes the client computer system to send a request to process audio data to the audio server specified in the ARL. The request includes the audio command and optionally an audio output format and the references to audio data in the ARL. An audio server computer system can receive and process such requests by obtaining the audio data identified by the reference(s) to audio data in the request and by obtaining the audio command specified in the request. The audio server computer system then produces output, conforming to the audio output format specified in the request, by processing the referenced audio data in accordance with the specified audio command, thereby offloading audio processing from the browser and the client computer system onto the audio server computer system. Once processed, the audio server computer system can return the output to the client computer system in a format compatible with the client computer system. The ARL of the invention can include complex audio processing command such as merge, compare, convert, mix, sample, concatenate, resample, offset and the like which the audio server computer system is capable of processing when a client references an ARL.