Dynamic information storage or retrieval – Information location or remote operator actuated control – Dictation or transcribing
Reexamination Certificate
2004-11-23
2008-08-19
Edun, Muhammad (Department: 2627)
Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Information location or remote operator actuated control
Dictation or transcribing
C715S734000, C709S203000, C379S088010
Reexamination Certificate
active
07414925
ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses a system and method to telephonically access information related with items printed on a physical document, simply by touching with a finger items marked on the physical document or on any other physical surface. The system includes a touch foil placed over (or under) the document, for reading the coordinates of selected marked items, a telephone set for receiving the coordinates of the items selected by the user and for dialing to an interactive voice response (IVR) service used for accessing and retrieving selected hyperlinked documents from the web through a documents proxy server, for converting retrieved documents to synthesized speech, and for providing to the user through the telephone network, the selected documents that have been converted into speech.
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Edun Muhammad
International Business Machines - Corporation
Schmeiser Olsen & Watts
Steinberg William H.
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