Patent ID: 6895558
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A terminal abstraction, interposed between functional resources of an application and end-devices, to provide the functional resources in a manner tailored to individual ones of a variety of user interfaces, including graphical and voice user interfaces, the terminal abstraction comprising: a graphical user interface terminal abstraction component interposed between the functional resources and a first end-device supporting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface terminal abstraction component transforming messages from the first end-device to a generic format expected by the functional resources, the graphical user interface terminal abstraction component further transforming messages from the functional resources to a first end-device format expected by the first end-device, wherein a voice user interface terminal abstraction component enables interfacing the first end-device with an extensible set of applications associated with the functional resources; and the voice user interface terminal abstraction component interposed between the functional resources and a second end-device supporting a voice user interface, the voice user interface terminal abstraction component transforming messages from the second end-device to a generic format expected by the functional resources, the voice user interface terminal abstraction component further transforming messages from the functional resources to a second end-device format expected by the second end-device, wherein the graphical user interface terminal abstraction enables interfacing the second end-device with an extensible set of applications associated with the functional resources; thereby enabling access to functional resources associated with the extensible set of applications via a plurality of modes of access.