Methods and systems for accessing information across a network
Systems and methods are provided for accessing information from a network, including a voice-enabled transceiving device enabling a user to request information from the network, such as the Internet, using simple voice commands. The systems and methods utilize a Key Word Identifier (KWI) application to package the user's request and route the request to a network. The network includes a Voice Gateway Server (VGS), which also includes a KWI application, operating to provide the user with the requested information, such as a web page or link, without having to point or click a mouse, thereby providing substantially hands-free operation.
1 . A system for accessing information over a network, comprising:
a communication device including:
an input for receiving an analog signal representing information requested from the network,
an analog to digital (A/D) converter for converting the analog signal to a digital signal representation,
an output, and
a processor for processing the digital signal representation, and
a computing system in communication with the output of the communication device, the computing system including:
a processor, and
a memory including an application used in conjunction with the processor of the communication device for recognizing aspects of the digital signal representation.
2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the communication device comprises a voice-enabled modem.
3 . The system of claim 1 wherein the communication device comprises a voice-enabled wireless device.
4 . The system of claim 1 wherein the system is operable to retrieve a web page from the network based on a voice command received by the input of the communication device.
5 . The system of claim 1 wherein the system is operable to retrieve a web link from the network based on a voice command received by the input of the communication device.
6 . The system of claim 1 further comprising a server in communication with the computing system for locating a web page and/or a web link based on a voice command received by the communication device.
7 . The system of claim 6 wherein the server further comprises an application operable to recognize packetized instructions transmitted from the computing system and retrieve information from the network based thereon.
8 . The system of claim 7 wherein the server further comprises a key word identification application for recognizing keywords associated with the packetized instructions transmitted from the computing system.
9 . The system of claim 1 wherein the memory of the computing system includes a key word identification application for recognizing keywords associated with the digital signal representation.
10 . A voice gateway server (VGS) system for accessing information over a network, comprising:
a processor;
a memory including a keyword identification (KWI) application; and
an input for receiving signal packets including one or more codes associated with a verbalized user request for information,
the KWI application for decoding the signal packets to obtain the requested information.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the KWI application is further operable to decode the signal packets to obtain a uniform resource locator (URL) and/or Internet protocol (IP) address associated with the verbalized user request for information.
12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the VGS is operable to transmit the requested information to a computer system having a voice-enabled transceiver.
13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the VGS is operable to transmit signal packets including a URL and/or IP address associated with the verbalized user request for information to a computer system having a voice-enabled transceiver.
14 . The system of claim 10 , the VGS further comprising a number of files and/or databases used for locating a code associated with the received software packets.
15 . The system of claim 10 , the VGS further comprising voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) operability.
16 . A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method for accessing information over a network, the method comprising:
reading a digital signal having a first code associated with a voice signal input to a voice-enabled communication device,
locating a second code associated with the first code, and
identifying a destination address based on a comparison of the first and second codes.
17 . The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , the method further comprising reading a digital signal associated with a voice signal input to a voice-enabled communication device.
18 . The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , the method further comprising encoding a packetized signal to be transmitted from a system including a voice-enabled modem or wireless device.
19 . The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , the method further comprising reading a packetized signal having one or more codes transmitted from a system including a voice-enabled modem or wireless device.
20 . The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , the method further comprising comparing the first code to a file list including a number of keywords.