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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1996
Michael J Wynblatt, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Arding Hsu, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Daniel C Benson, Seattle, WA (US);
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for providing a primarily audio environment for world wide web access includes a system for rendering structured documents using audio, an interface for information exchange to users, a non-keyword based WWW search system and a few miscellaneous features. The system for rendering structured documents using audio includes a pre-rendering system which converts a HTML document into an intermediate document and a rendering system which actually generates an audio output. The interface includes a non-visual browsing system and an interface to users for visual browsing environments.