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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Andrew Thomas, Atherton, CA (US);
Stephen John Hinde, Bristol, GB;
Martin Sadler, Bristol, GB;
Simon Edwin Crouch, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Thomas, Atherton, CA (US);
Stephen John Hinde, Bristol, GB;
Martin Sadler, Bristol, GB;
Simon Edwin Crouch, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A browser with a sound input receives a sound passage associated with a content site. The browser sends a representation of the sound passage to a service system where it is compared with stored representations of sound passages that each have an associated URI. On finding a match, the service system sends back the URI associated with the matched stored sound-passage representation. The browser uses this URI to access the content site.