Patent ID: 6404859
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G10L,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method for accessing information stored on a remote computer, said method comprising the steps of:uttering a command into a first end of an audio channel which includes a publicly accessible portion, so that an electronic equivalent of said speech appears at a second end of said audio channel, remote from said first end; coupling said electronic equivalent of said speech from said second end of said audio channel to a private network which is not accessible to the public; within said private network, converting said spoken command into an executable command; within said private network, in response to said executable command, retrieving information identified by said command from computer memory, to thereby generate retrieved information; applying said retrieved information to a firewall evaluation arrangement within said private network, for determining if said retrieved information is of a type which may be allowed to be transmitted over said audio channel; if said retrieved information is of a type which may not be allowed to be transmitted over said audio channel, blocking said retrieved information to prevent its leaving said private network, and if said retrieved information is of a type which may be allowed to be transmitted over said audio channel, within said private network, converting said retrieved information into speech representing said retrieved data; applying said speech representing said retrieved data to said second end of said audio channel, for transmission to said first end of said audio channel.