Patent ID: 7275217

Claim:
A method of switching between a voice mode of a voice browser and a visual mode of a visual browser in a device operated by a user, wherein only one of said voice mode and visual mode is operable at any point in time on said device, said method comprising the steps of: clicking a link on a first visual card in said visual browser by said user, wherein said clicking initiates a switch from the visual mode of the visual browser to the voice mode of the voice browser; navigating forward to an update card, wherein said step of navigating forward to said update card constitutes a forward entry into the update card; wherein said forward entry initiates a forward event handler for; placing a voice call to a phone number, and terminating the visual browser; contacting an update host; receiving from said update host, information indicative of content of the visual browser; updating the state of said voice call to the state of the visual browser when the user clicked; interacting with content of an application at said called phone number; terminating the voice call, wherein said termination initiates a switch from the voice mode of the visual browser; wherein said termination of the voice call creates a backward entry to the update card and wherein said backward entry initiates a backward event handler for; contacting said update host and receiving information indicative of said interaction with said content of the voice browser; updating the state of the visual browser, in accordance with said information received, to the state of the voice call when the voice call terminated, and resuming interaction in visual mode with the user.