EP0859500A2
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Method and apparatus for browsing the Internet with a telecommunications device
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1998-02-17
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-02-17
Abstract
Abstract In a method and apparatus for browsing the World Wide Web (50) with a telecommunications device (10) a gateway system (40) provides the necessary communications links, data format changes and protocol conversions to permit a user desiring specific information from the Web to obtain that information via telephone (10) or pager, in either spoken word or alphanumeric form, in response to spoken word or DTMF requests. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Kuo-Wei Herman Chen
- 👤 Thomas Yat Chung Woo
- 👤 Krishan K. Sabnani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 08:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/72445; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/487; H04M3/493; H04M3/4938; H04L; H04L69/00; H04L69/08; H04M2201/00; H04M2201/60; H04M7/00; H04M7/12; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
An apparatus for providing access to World
Wide Web ("Web") information without requiring use of a Web
browser, comprising: means for receiving an information request from a
user via a telephone instrument; means for identifying a location on the Web where
said requested information is located; means for accessing said Web location; means for retrieving said requested information
from said Web location; and means for providing said requested information to
said user via said telephone instrument.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
60 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said means
for receiving said information request comprises: means, connected to a telephone network, for
receiving a telephone call from said user; and means, connected to said call receiving means, for
interpreting instructions transmitted by said user during said
telephone call, said instructions forming said information
request and being transmitted in a request format.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said
interpreting means interprets request formats selected from a
group of formats consisting of DTMF keypad entries, spoken
commands, and a combination of spoken commands and DIME keypad
entries.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said means
for providing said requested information comprises: means, connected to said retrieving means, for
converting said retrieved information into a format
transmittable to said telephone instrument and capable of
being understood by said user; and means for transmitting said converted information
to said user via said telephone network.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
99 words
A method of providing access to World Wide Web
("web") information without required use of a Web browser,
comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at an automated processing device an
information request from a user via a telephone instrument; (b) identifying by the automated processing device
a location on the Web where said requested information is
located; (c) accessing by the automated processing device
said Web location; (d) retrieving by the automated processing device
said requested information from said Web location; and (e) providing by the automated processing device
said requested information to said user via said telephone
instrument.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 5, wherein said step (a)
comprises: receiving said information request via a telephone
network operable for carrying telephone calls from said user;
and interpreting instructions transmitted by said user
during said telephone call, said instructions forming said
information request and being transmitted in a request format.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein said
interpreting step comprises interpreting request formats
selected from a group of formats consisting of DIME keypad
entries, spoken commands, and a combination of spoken commands
and DTMF keypad entries.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 7, wherein said step (e)
comprises: converting said retrieved information into a format
transmittable to said telephone instrument and capable of
being understood by said user; and transmitting said converted information to said
user via said telephone network.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
77 words
A method of making desired World Wide Web
("Web") information amenable to dissemination to a user via a
telephone instrument, comprising the steps of: including, as part of an automated Web application
containing desired information, an application portion which
is relayable to a user utilizing a telephone instrument; determining that said user is desirous of receiving
said information at a telephone instrument rather than a
software browser-equipped computing device; and relaying said application portion to said user.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
103 words
A method of accessing information stored at a
web site of a world wide web in which said accessing is done
without using a web browser, said method comprising the steps
of: at an automated processing device, receiving from a
user via a telephone line request for said information; processing said request to identify said web site
where said information is stored; accessing said web site via the world wide web to
obtain a copy of said stored information; receiving said information from said web site via
the world wide web; and providing the requested information to the user via
said telephone line.
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