Patent ID: 6996609

Claim:
A voice web browser system comprising: a telephone; an access system coupled to a TCP/IP network, said TCP/IP network comprising a plurality of nodes, said TCP/IP network providing access to web pages stored on computer systems coupled to said TCP/IP network, said web pages comprising HTML code that can be transmitted via TCP/IP packets to said access system over said TCP/IP network, said access system being able to receive said TCP/IP packets and to parse said HTML code into text and non-text portions; memory coupled to said access system including computer executable instructions for: (a) retrieving a web page via a network browser including a parser, a converter and a player; (b) selecting at least one audio advertisement; and (c) playing said selected at least one audio advertisement to a user of said telephone; a telephone system coupling said telephone to said access system for interactive communication with said access system; and a text-to-speech system associated with said access system for reading at least some of said text to a user of said telephone.