Multi-modal web interaction over wireless network

Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method is disclosed for receiving user input at a client device, interpreting the user input to identify a selection of at least one of a plurality of web interaction modes, producing a corresponding client request based in part on the user input and the web interaction mode; and sending the client request to a server via a network.

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FIELD OF INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to web interaction over a wireless network between wireless communication devices and an Internet application. Particularly, the present invention relates to multi-modal web interaction over wireless network, which enables users to interact with an Internet application in a variety of ways. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Wireless communication devices are becoming increasingly prevalent for personal communication needs. These devices include, for example, cellular telephones, alphanumeric pagers, “palmtop” computers, personal information managers (PIMS), and other small, primarily handheld communication and computing devices. Wireless communication devices have matured considerably in their features and now support not only basic point-to-point communication functions like telephone calling, but more advanced communications functions, such as electronic mail, facsimile receipt and transmission, Internet access and browsing of the ...

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Benefits of technology

[0021] As a further benefit of the present invention, with the focus mechanism and synchronization mechanism, the present invention will enable the speech recognition technology to be feasibly used to retrieve information on the web, improve the precision of speech recognition, reduce the computing resources necessary for speech recognition, and realize real-time speech recognition.

[0022] As a further benefit of the present invention, with one implementation based on a multi-modal markup language, which is an extension of XML by adding speech features, the approach of the present invention can be shared across communities. The approach can be used to help Internet Service Providers (ISP) to easily build server platforms for multi-modal web interaction. The approach can be used to help Internet Content Providers (ICP) to easily create applications with the feature of multi-modal web interaction. Specifically, Multi-modal Markup Language (MML) can be used to develop speech applications on the web for at least two scenarios:

Problems solved by technology

However, unlike conventional desktop or notebook computers, wireless communication devices have a very limited input capability.

In contrast, wireless communication devices have a very limited input capability, typically up and down keys, and one to three soft keys.

Thus, even with a markup language based man-machine interface, users of wireless communication devices are unable to interact with an Internet application using conventional technology.

Although some forms of speech recognition exist in the prior art, there is no prior art system to realize multi-modal web interaction, which will enable users to perform web interaction over a wireless network in a variety of ways.

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