Patent ID: 7080315
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: G06F,G10L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for concurrently accessing network-based electronic content in a Voice Browser and a Visual Browser comprising the steps of: identifying a Visual Browser and a Voice Browser, which are each implemented as functionally independent software components; retrieving a network-based document formatted for display in the Visual Browser; identifying in the retrieved document a reference to the Voice Browser, said reference specifying electronic content formatted for audible presentation in the Voice Browser; and, transmitting said reference to the Voice Browser; the Voice Browser retrieving said specified electronic content and audibly presenting said electronic content in the Voice Browser; the Visual Browser visually presenting said network-based document concurrently with said audible presentation, wherein the step of concurrently presenting results in a multi-modal presentation of the retrieved network-based document, the multi-modal presentation having a visual modality and an audible modality, functions for the visual modality being provided by the Visual Browser and functions for the audible modality being provided by the Voice Browser.