Patent ID: 7516190

Claim:
A method for allowing users to use speech commands to obtain information from a pre-defined portion of a pre-selected web site in audio format, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a computer having a speech processor, said computer being operatively connected to the internet and to at least one phone; (b) providing a URL to said computer, said URL indicating a pre-selected web site from which the information is to be retrieved; (c) using said computer to designate a pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site which contains the information to be retrieved; (d) using said computer to identify a named object associated with the content of the information to be retrieved; (e) using said computer to generate a regular expression based on said pre-defined portion of said pre-selected web site and said named object, said regular expression corresponding to said content of said information to be retrieved, wherein said regular expression is a text string used for describing a search pattern; (f) providing a speech command to said speech processor, said speech command corresponding to said regular expression; (g) said speech processor converting said speech command to a digital-form command; (h) said computer receiving said digital-form command from said speech processor, said computer assigning said regular expression to said digital-form command; (i) after steps (a) through (h) are completed, transmitting an audio speech command to said speech processor, said speech command corresponding to said regular expression; (j) said speech processor converting said speech command to said digital-form command; (k) said computer receiving said digital-form command from said speech processor; (l) said computer retrieving said regular expression corresponding to said digital-form command; (m) said computer retrieving the information from the pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site corresponding to said regular expression when the requested information is found in the pre-defined portion of the pre-selected website; (n) said computer searching said pre-selected web site for said named object when the requested information is not found in the pre-defined portion of the pre-selected web site; (o) said computer providing said retrieved information to said speech processor; (p) said speech processor converting said retrieved information into an audio message; and (q) said speech processor forwarding said audio message to a user.