KR20000037796A - Method for speech browsing for displaying hyper link information of web document in display of telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for speech browsing for displaying hyper link information of web document in a display of a telephone is provided to easily and accurately transmit the hyper link information to a user by transmitting the hyper link included in the text to the user with the user's telephone having a LCD when browsing information of ITI web server with a speech. CONSTITUTION: If a user transmits a request for connection to a web site to ITI((Internet Telephony Integration) by telephone(S201), an ITI server and the telephone are connected with each other(S202), and the ITI server interprets the connection request message for connecting the corresponding ITI web site(S203). The ITI server determines whether a hyper link exists or not by interpreting HTML text received from the ITI web site(S204). If exist, the contents of the web page except the hyper link information are converted to a speech(S205), and the converted speech is transmitted to the user through the telephone and the hyper link information is displayed in LCD of the telephone(S206).

Description

Speech-browsing method for displaying hyper-link information of web document in LCD of telephone

The present invention is a method for retrieving information of a web document by voice, in particular, by utilizing a technology such as text-to-speech (TTS) or audio response system (ARS) in an Internet Telephony Integration (ITI) environment. Communication system that displays information about Hyper Link included in web pages on the phone LCD and processes the remaining text contents such as the text by voice in a system (Voice Browsing) that retrieves information of web documents by voice. The purpose is to provide.

Due to the rapid development of the Internet, a lot of information is being accumulated on the Internet exponentially, but this benefit is only available to some people with computer communication environment. In order to overcome the shortcomings of the Internet environment, a new concept of Internet telephony integration (ITI) has been newly introduced that anyone can access the Internet conveniently by using existing communication terminals such as telephone and fax.

It combines TCP / IP-based Internet with communication devices such as telephones and faxes connected to the telephone network, so that anyone without a computer, modem, or connection line can conveniently use the information such as Internet and e-mail by telephone or fax. It is a technology field that has just begun to be established around the world as a technology field.

In general, web pages are composed of text and hyperlinks. Conventional voice browsing adopts a method of converting text information in all web pages including hyperlink information into voice and delivering it to a user through a telephone.

However, this method requires that the ITI server perform voice processing of all text information, which is overloaded and wastes unnecessary system capacity, and even transmits hyperlinks by voice. There is a problem that causes inconvenience.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, in the Internet Telephony Integration (ITI) environment using a technology such as TTS (Text-To-Speech) technology or ARS (Audio Response System) Communication system that displays information about Hyper Link included in web pages on the phone LCD and processes the remaining text contents such as the text by voice in a system (Voice Browsing) that retrieves information of web documents by voice. It is about.

1 is a block diagram showing an ITI apparatus to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method for displaying hyperlink information of a web document on a phone display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

♠ Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing ♠

101: terminal 102: ITI server

103: web server

According to the present invention for achieving the object as described above, in the voice browsing method for converting the text information of the web document into a voice to search the information of the web using a telephone, the search through a telephone having a display device Receiving a web document to be received from an Internet Telephony Integration (ITI) server, and classifying and extracting contents of a corresponding web document into general text information and hyperlink information; When the hyperlink information extracted in the first step is transmitted to the telephone having the display device, a second step of displaying the hyperlink information on the display device is provided. .

A computer-readable recording medium having a program capable of executing a voice browsing method of converting text information of a web document into voice and retrieving information of the web using a telephone, the telephone having a display device. A first step of receiving a web document to be searched through an Internet Telephony Integration (ITI) server and classifying and extracting contents of the corresponding web document into general text information and hyperlink information; A second step of displaying the hyperlink information on the display device when the hyperlink information extracted in the first step is transmitted to the telephone having the display device; Provided is a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program capable of executing the third step of converting the plain text information extracted in the first step into voice by the ITI server and transmitting it to a telephone equipped with the display device. .

In the following, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a block diagram showing an ITI apparatus to which the present invention is applied, and comprises a public switched telephone network (PSTN), an ITI server, and a web server. This will be described in detail as follows.

The public switched telephone network is based on a terminal (FAX, telephone, mobile communication terminal) connected to an existing telephone network, and transmits the information of the web document to be received from the user to the ITI server, and then the ITI server Receives information of web document from voice and outputs to user by voice.

The ITI server receives a user's web search request from the public circuit switched telephone network, retrieves the contents of the web document from the ITI dedicated web site connected to the Internet network, and connects the information to the public switched telephone network. It transmits a voice to the terminal.

The ITI dedicated web site functions to transmit information of a specific web document requested by the ITI server connected through an internet network.

On the other hand, the user can access the ITI web site through the ITI server with an LCD phone that can display text information, and use the voice and hyperlink information displayed on the LCD to search the web information. It is designed to get necessary information through.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method for displaying hyperlink information of a web document on a phone display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in step S201, when a user sends a message requesting access to a web site by telephone to ITI, in step S202, the ITI server and the phone are connected, and in step S203, the ITI server is input by the user. Parse a connection request message and connect to the ITI Web site.

Next, in step S204, the ITI server parses the HTML document received from the ITI web site to determine whether a hyperlink exists.

If the hyperlink exists as a result of the determination in step S204, after the hyperlink is arranged in step S205, the contents of the web page excluding the hyperlink information are converted into voice.

Then, in step S206, the converted voice is delivered to the user through the telephone, and the hyperlink information is displayed on the LCD in the telephone of the user.

Next, in step S207, the user searches the hyperlink information displayed on the LCD to determine whether to request a connection by the hyperlink specified by the number entered with the special symbol.

As a result of the determination in step S207, if there is a hyper connection request, the process is repeated from step S202. If there is no hyper connection request, in step S208, it is determined whether or not a message for continuing the web search is received from the user.

As a result of the determination in step S208, if a message to continue the web search is received, the process is repeated from the step S202. If no message to continue the web search is received, the process ends.

On the other hand, if the hyperlink does not exist as a result of the determination in step S204, after converting the text content of the web document into voice in step S209, and transmitting the voice to the user's telephone in step S210, The process is repeated from step S208.

The present invention transmits the hyperlink portion included in the text to the user's phone attached to the LCD in the process of voice browsing the information of the ITI web server using the telephone under the ITI environment, thereby providing the contents of all existing webs. Compared to a voice browsing method for delivering a voice to a voice, hyperlink information can be delivered to a user more simply and reliably, thereby activating a web search service by a voice.

The technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention has been described by way of example only, and is not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art may make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

Claims (3)

In the voice browsing method of converting text information of a web document into voice and searching information of the web using a telephone, A first step of receiving a web document to be searched through a telephone having a display device at an Internet Telephony Integration (ITI) server and classifying and extracting contents of the corresponding web document into general text information and hyperlink information; And a second step of displaying the hyperlink information on the display device when the hyperlink information extracted in the first step is transmitted to a telephone having the display device. The method of claim 1, The second step, After the hyperlink information extracted in the first step is transmitted to a telephone having the display device, the hyperlink information is displayed on the display device, and a hyperlink connection request message is received from the user, or the web search is continued. If a message is received, the voice browsing method comprising the step of performing repeatedly from the first step. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program capable of executing a voice browsing method of converting text information of a web document into voice and retrieving information of the web using a telephone. A first step of receiving a web document to be searched through a telephone having a display device at an Internet Telephony Integration (ITI) server and classifying and extracting contents of the corresponding web document into general text information and hyperlink information; A second step of displaying the hyperlink information on the display device when the hyperlink information extracted in the first step is transmitted to the telephone having the display device; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program capable of executing the third step of the ITI server converting the plain text information extracted in the first step into voice and transmitting the same to a telephone equipped with the display device.