Patent ID: 9377992
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F,G10L,H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method for retrieving information from an information source using speech commands by a user provided via an electronic communication device, said method comprising steps of: receiving a speech command from the user via the electronic communication device at a speech recognition engine coupled to a media server, the media server configured to identify and access the information source via a network, wherein the speech recognition engine selects recognition grammar established to correspond to the speech command and wherein the information source is periodically updated with information; selecting, by the media server, at least one appropriate information source retrieval instruction corresponding to the recognition grammar established for the speech command, wherein the at least one appropriate information source retrieval instruction is stored in a database associated with the server; accessing, by a web browsing server, a portion of the information source including only a portion of information previously identified by the user of interest to the user by using a clipping client to separate the portion of the information from other information, wherein the clipping client generates a content descriptor file containing a description of content of the portion of information and wherein the content descriptor file indicates where the portion of the information selected is located within the information source and retrieving only the portion of the information according to the at least one appropriate information source retrieval instruction; converting the information retrieved from said information source into an audio message by a speech synthesis engine, the speech synthesis engine coupled to the media server; and transmitting said audio message to the electronic communication device for the user.