Patent ID: 7289962
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented list presentation method comprising the steps of: providing an audible prompt through a speech user interface, said audible prompt instructing a user to provide a speech input designating a search topic; converting said user-provided speech input into a computer-readable text representation of a topic-indicating phrase corresponding to said search topic; selecting items from at least one database based on said topic-indicating phrase corresponding to said search topic, each of said selected items comprising a corresponding phrase having at least one word and being selected by identifying within the corresponding phrase at least one word that is common to each other phrase corresponding to a selected item, said at least one common word having a predetermined association with said search topic, wherein the selecting step comprises examining a full list of phrases contained in the at least one database and detecting the at least one common word in each phrase corresponding to a selected item, and wherein selecting step further comprises detecting and ignoring a grammatical article when a grammatical article appears in one of the phrases of the full list; dynamically grouping said selected items in a list corresponding to said search topic; labeling each group of said selected items with a corresponding search topic label, each search topic label generated from and comprising the at least one word identified as being common to each phrase corresponding to a selected item; audibly presenting each group label through said speech user interface; and responsive to a selection of one of said audibly presented group labels, presenting through said speech user interface items in a group corresponding to said selected group label.