Patent ID: 8682673

Claim:
Computerized information apparatus, comprising: a network interface; processing apparatus in data communication with the network interface; a display device; a speech digitization apparatus in data communication with the processing apparatus; and a storage apparatus comprising at least one computer program, said at least one program being configured to, when executed on a processing apparatus: receive a digitized speech input from the speech digitization apparatus, the input relating to desired information which a user wishes to locate; cause evaluation of the digitized speech input to identify one or more words or word strings within the digitized input; and cause, based at least in part on the one or more identified one or more words or word strings, access of a remote network entity to obtain the desired information, the obtainment of the desired information further comprising: causing generation of a listing of a plurality of possible matches to said input, thereby creating an ambiguity; and receipt of further input regarding at least one of the listed plurality of possible matches to resolve the ambiguity; and wherein the computerized information apparatus is further configured to receive at least a portion of the obtained information via the network interface for display on the display device.