Patent ID: 6859451
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A server for handling information which is in different modal forms suitable for more than one mode of user interface, the server comprising: an internet interface for supporting one or more connections on the internet; a terminal interface for supporting one or more connections from the server to user terminals providing multi-modal user interfaces capable of supporting input and output in one or more of audio, visual and tactile modal forms, and for passing information in audio, visual and tactile modal forms; and a service controller being operable to interact with the user terminals for controlling input or output of the information on the terminal interface and the internet interface, and for processing the information received from or sent to either interface, according to the modal form of the input and output the service controller being operable to receive input in different modal forms simultaneously from a user interaction at the multimodal interface, and to resolve conflicts.