A conversational browsing system (10) comprising a conversational browser (11) having a command and control interface (12) for converting speech commands or multi-modal input from I/O resources (27) into navigation request. The system (10) comprises conversational engines (23) for decoding input commands for interpretation by the command and control interface and decoding meta-information provided by the CML processor for generating synthesized audio output. The system includes a communication stack (19) for transmitting the navigation request to a content server and receiving a CML file from the content server based on the navigation request. A conversational transcoder (13) transforms presentation material from one modality to a conversational modality. The transcoder (13) includes a functional transcoder (13a) to transform a page of GUI to a page of CUI (conversational user interface) and a logical transcoder (13b) to transform business logic of an application, transaction or site into an acceptable dialog.
申请公布号
WO0021232(A3)
申请公布日期
2000.11.02
申请号
WO1999US23008
申请日期
1999.10.01
申请人
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;GOPALAKRISHNAN, PONANI;LUCAS, BRUCE, D.;MAES, STEPHANE, H.;NAHAMOO, DAVID;SEDIVY, JAN
发明人
GOPALAKRISHNAN, PONANI;LUCAS, BRUCE, D.;MAES, STEPHANE, H.;NAHAMOO, DAVID;SEDIVY, JAN