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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Hadi Partovi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Livermore, CA (US);
Angus Macdonald Davis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael S. Mccue, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brandon William Porter, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Giannandrea, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eckart Walther, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eugene Koh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andy Scott, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hadi Partovi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roderick Steven Brathwaite, Livermore, CA (US);
Angus Macdonald Davis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael S. McCue, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brandon William Porter, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Giannandrea, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eckart Walther, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eugene Koh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andy Scott, San Francisco, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A voice portal supporting telephone to web server commerce is described. The voice portal allows users to access web servers using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), optionally including the use of a secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol, to complete commercial transactions. Additionally, embodiments of the invention can employ a one word commerce model that abstracts the particular model used by various electronic commerce vendors' web sites. The one word commerce model permits a user to identify a product and signal her/his purchase intentions with a single word, phrase, or touch-tone command. The voice portal can then complete the transaction supplying the electronic commerce vendor necessary information about the purchaser, e.g., her/his address, telephone number, electronic mail address, credit card information, etc. As needed, the voice portal can prompt the purchaser for information.