Patent ID: 8650030

Claim:
A method for receiving processed information at a computing device comprising: receiving, at the computing device, a verbal request from a user; transmitting from the computing device the verbal request as audio data to a first information provider; receiving a digital message from the first information provider in response to the transmitted verbal request, the digital message comprising a symbolic representation indicator for a symbolic representation of content of the verbal request, the first information provider having converted the verbal request from the transmitted audio data to the symbolic representation; obtaining an application identifier that is generated based on content of the verbal request; using the application identifier to cause an application that corresponds to the application identifier to launch on the computing device; generating, using the application launched on the computer device, a query using the digital message; and transmitting, using the application, the query to a second information provider that generates results that are responsive to the query, wherein the generated results are configured by the second information provider to be displayed on the computing device, and wherein the second information provider is different than the first information provider.