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Telephone access system for accessing a computer through a telephone handset
Assignee: Dialogic Corp Canada
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Filing: 1997-01-24
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Granted: 1998-10-20
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Expires: 2017-01-24
Abstract
Abstract A telephone access system which provides remote access and communication with a computer through a telephone handset. The system provides audio instructions to the user to select between a plurality of audio dialogs. The audio dialogs may provide access to voice mail, electronic mail, a file manager (documents, databases, etc.) and facsimiles all stored within the computer. Once within an audio dialog, the system provides a series of instructions which allows the user to manipulate the information stored within the computer. For example, the system may allow the user to listen to a message received through electronic mail and then reply to the message. The system may also allow the user to remotely listen to the text of a document and FAX the document to a location remote from the computer.
Inventors
- 👤 James A Larson
- 👤 Scott Boss
- 👤 Murali Veeramoney
- 👤 Mike Rosenweig
- 👤 Roger Hurwitz
- 👤 Scott Colville
- 👤 T. V. Raman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 21:17
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00204; H04N1/00206; G; G10; G10L; G10L13/00; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/28; H04L12/2854; H04L12/2856; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/247; H04M1/2473; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/271; H04M1/64; H04M1/65; H04M1/6505; H04M1/651; H04M11/00; H04M11/06; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/487; H04M3/493; H04M3/4938; H04M3/50; H04M3/53; H04M3/5307; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/56; H04M3/42314; H04M3/42323; H04M7/00; H04M7/12; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0065; H04N2201/0067
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
A system for remotely accessing a computer from a telephone handset that has an input device and an output device, comprising: a computer to contain electronic mail, a file manager, a voice message, a database and a facsimile; access means for providing the telephone handset input device access to one of a plurality of audio dialogs through a single phone number, said audio dialogs to access said electronic mail, said file manager, said voice message, said database and said facsimile; speech means for generating audio messages to be transmitted from the computer to the output device of the telephone handset; input means for retrieving messages from said electronic mail, retrieving messages from said voice message, retrieving data from said database, or reviewing, saving, and deleting files with said file manager by selecting one of said plurality of audio dialogs and providing responses to queries from said selected audio dialog through the telephone handset input device; and graphic means for selecting one of said audio dialogs through a computer keyboard.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
169 words
A system for remotely accessing a computer from a telephone handset that has an input device and an output device, comprising: a computer to contain electronic mail, a file manager, a voice message, a database and a facsimile; access means for providing the telephone handset input device access to one of a plurality of audio dialogs through a single phone number, said audio dialogs to access said electronic mail, said file manager, said voice message, said database and said facsimile; speech means for generating audio messages to be transmitted from the computer to the output device of the telephone handset; input means for retrieving messages from said electronic mail, retrieving messages from said voice message, retrieving data from said database, or reviewing, saving, and deleting files with said file manager by selecting one of said plurality of audio dialogs and providing responses to queries from said selected audio dialog through the telephone handset input device; and graphic means for selecting one of said audio dialogs through a computer keyboard.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system as recited in claim 1, wherein each audio dialog contains a plurality of audio control functions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising an answering machine which can store voice messages provided through the telephone handset.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising text means for generating an audio message which corresponds to text within a document.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system as recited in claim 4, wherein said text means further includes formatter means for formatting a document into a plurality of objects.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system as recited in claim 5, wherein said objects include pages, paragraphs, sentences and words.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system as recited in claim 5, wherein said text means generates audio messages that identify a current object and moves to another object in response to an input from the telephone handset.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system as recited in claim 5, wherein said text means generates audio messages that identify and provide an outline of said objects.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system as recited in claim 4, wherein said text means includes spell means which spells a word of said text.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said input means has a static function assigned to a corresponding button on the telephone handset.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system as recited in claim 10, wherein said static function includes selecting a particular audio dialog and moving back to a previously selected audio dialog.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system as recited in claim 1, wherein said speech means includes a wavetask interface which combines a pre-recorded audio wave message provided by a wave engine with an audio text to speech message that is converted from electronic text by a text to speech engine.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system as recited in claim 12, wherein said engines provide information as a string of buffers in response to requests from said wavetask interface, and said wavetask interface request buffers from one engine while receiving buffers from another engine.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system as recited in claim 12, wherein a pre-recorded audio wave background message is mixed with an audio text to speech message.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
173 words
A system for remotely accessing a computer from a telephone handset that has an input device and an output device, comprising: a computer to contain electronic mail, a file manager, a voice message, a database and a facsimile; an interface circuit to provide the telephone handset input device access to one of a plurality of audio dialogs through a single phone number, said audio dialogs to access said electronic mail, said file manager, said voice message, said database and said facsimile; a speech circuit to generate audio messages to be transmitted from the computer to the output device of the telephone handset; an input circuit to retrieve messages from said electronic mail, retrieve messages from said voice message, retrieve data from said database, or review, save, and delete files with said file manager by selecting one of said plurality of audio dialogs and providing responses to queries from said selected audio dialog through the telephone handset input device; and a graphical interface for selecting one of said audio dialogs through a computer keyboard.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
173 words
A system for remotely accessing a computer from a telephone handset that has an input device and an output device, comprising: a computer to contain electronic mail, a file manager, a voice message, a database and a facsimile; an interface circuit to provide the telephone handset input device access to one of a plurality of audio dialogs through a single phone number, said audio dialogs to access said electronic mail, said file manager, said voice message, said database and said facsimile; a speech circuit to generate audio messages to be transmitted from the computer to the output device of the telephone handset; an input circuit to retrieve messages from said electronic mail, retrieve messages from said voice message, retrieve data from said database, or review, save, and delete files with said file manager by selecting one of said plurality of audio dialogs and providing responses to queries from said selected audio dialog through the telephone handset input device; and a graphical interface for selecting one of said audio dialogs through a computer keyboard.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system as recited in claim 15, wherein each audio dialog contains a plurality of audio control functions.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system as recited in claim 15, further comprising an answering machine which can store voice messages provided through the telephone handset.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system as recited in claim 15, further comprising a text to speech engine for generating an audio message which corresponds to text within a document.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system as recited in claim 18, wherein said text to speech engine further includes a formatter for formatting a document into a plurality of objects.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system as recited in claim 19, wherein said objects include pages, paragraphs, sentences and words.
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