An intelligent automated assistant system engages with the user in an integrated, conversational manner using natural language dialog, and invokes external services when appropriate to obtain information or perform various actions. The system can be implemented using any of a number of different platforms, such as the web, email, smartphone, and the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment, the system is based on sets of interrelated domains and tasks, and employs additional functionally powered by external services with which the system can interact.

Intelligent Automated Assistant

A method and apparatus for inter-module communication is disclosed. The method includes defining a command definition, wherein the command definition comprises commands for interfacing with a multi-channel, multi-media, communication queuing system. The command definition can include, for example, driver object commands to request media type lists and command event lists, create drivers, request service, and release drivers. The command definition can also include, for example, service object commands to release service objects, notify when handling of an event is complete, invoke commands, release work items, suspend work items, resume work items, handle queued events, and cancel queued events. The command definition can also include, for example, client object commands to start a work item, release work items, save work item contexts, restore work item contexts, serialize work items, free work item storage, begin batch processing, and end batch processing.

Adaptive communication application programming interface

A method and system for controlling a user interface presented by a web browser (104A). The web browser (104A) is not blocked waiting for the asynchronous message. The web browser (104A) presents a user interface and presents a user interface change in response to receiving the asynchronous message.

Asynchronous message push to web browser

A method for communicating using multiple communication channels (120) of different media types. The method includes obtaining an event communicated via an incoming communication channel (120), where the event corresponds to a work item available to an agent (104). Obtaining the event involves communicating according to a media type of the communication channel (120). A notification of the work item is provided via the user interface. The method can include receiving an activation of a work item object of the user interface, where the work item object is associated with the work item. The notification and receipt of the activation are performed independently of the media type. The method includes issuing a command associated with the activation of the work item object to an outgoing communication channel (120), where the issuing the command is communicated according to the media type. An apparatus, computer system, computer program product, and carrier wave signal for implementing the method are provided.

Media-independent communication server

A system is presented providing content to a plurality of handheld devices (including musical selections). The devices can access a server over the Internet via a WIFI or other similar wireless interconnection and can download songs requested by a user from the server or from other users using, e.g., a P2P protocol. All downloads are governed by applicable DRM rules. Content and playlists may also be pushed by a server from other sources and means including, e.g., podcasting, based on predetermined rules, favorite preferences of users, and other criteria.

Audio visual player apparatus and system and method of content distribution using the same

The present invention has particular applications to the navigation of Internet web pages using two-way interactive communication devices, such as a mobile device, a mobile phone, a landline telephone, and an Internet capable remote controller. According to one aspect of the present invention, each of the two-way interactive communication devices is a node in a distributed network, thus the devices can access hypermedia or hierarchic layers of information stored in server devices on the network. When one or more pages of information are updated, rather than sending the entire updated information to users of the devices subscribing to the updated information through the network, the present invention sends a notification to a proxy server that forwards the notification to the users using a messaging system via a low cost narrowband channel. Upon receiving the notification, the users can fetch the updates, when needed, through a wideband channel. Hence systemic solutions are provided in the present invention to integrate wideband and narrowband channels so as to keep the users informed of any updates to their desired information and meanwhile provide efficient means to the users for retrieving the latest updates without incurring uncontrollable costs and increasing unnecessary network traffics.

Method and system for pushing and pulling data using wideband and narrowband transport systems

Method and apparatus for integrating narrowband and wideband data transports

A link infrastructure (120) receives a notification via the Internet (104) from a web server device (112) when specific information is updated at the web server device. The specific information is subscribed by a client device (106) and identified by the notification which comprises a subscriber identifier identifying a user account corresponding to the client device. A client device identifier with respect to the subscriber identifier in the notification is obtained and a corresponding message including the notification is sent from the link infrastructure to the client device identified by the client device identifier via a narrowband channel. Thus, when one or more pages of information are updated, rather than sending the entire updated information to users of the devices subscribing to the updated information through the network, the present invention sends a notification to a proxy server that forwards the notification to the users using a messaging system via a low cost narrowband channel. Upon receiving the notification, the users can fetch the updates, when needed, through a wideband channel.

Method and system for integrating narrowband and wideband channels

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extract the latest updation whenever necessary without suffering cost that can not be controlled by a user nor increasing unneeded network traffic by notifying a client device subscribing a page from a server device when the page of information is updated. SOLUTION: When change or updation exists in information joined by a mobile device 106, a web server device 202 pushes notification or an electronic message to a link server device 114. A messenger 208 of the link server device 114 sends the received notification to the mobile device 106 through a narrow band channel 204. When a user desires updated information, the mobile device 106 accesses it through a pull engine 210 via a wide band channel 206 by using the address embedded in the updated information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2000,JPO

Seetharaman Ramasubramani

Papers

Method and system for pushing and pulling data using wideband and narrowband transport systems

Method and apparatus for integrating narrowband and wideband data transports

Method and system for integrating narrowband and wideband channels

Method and system for integrating narrow band and wide band data transmission