Kirusa awarded patent for "A Technique for Synchronizing Visual and Voice Browsers to Enable Multi-Modal Browsing"

Third patent for leading developer of solutions that provide freedom of multimodality

New Jersey, Wednesday, August 1, 2007: Kirusa, the leading developer of Voice SMS and other value added mobile services, has been granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademarks Office for "A Technique for Synchronizing Visual and Voice Browsers to Enable Multi-Modal Browsing". The patent is for a technology that allows voice browsers to be synchronized with visual browsers to allow customers to experience a better multi-modal user interface.

Multimodal technology allows users to combine voice and visual interfaces when interacting with an application. Voice interaction can escape the physical limitations on keypads and displays as mobile devices become ever smaller. Visual and Voice enabled multimodal browsing empowers users to interact with applications in ways that are most suitable to the situation. For example, a user can ask for a stock quote by speaking the name of a company, and then see the results as a graph on the screen of a mobile device. As another example, when using the Voice SMS application, a user can send and reply to SMS messages by speaking.

On receiving the patent David Berkley, Chief Scientist, Kirusa said, “As an innovator, Kirusa is continuously inventing new technology, and this patent further strengthens our intellectual property position. The technology covered by this patent forms the basis of the Kirusa Multimodal Platform, enabling creation of applications with a superior multimodal interface."

About Kirusa

Kirusa is one of the leading global developers of Mobile Social Media and Value Added Services enabling mobile subscribers to reach out to their family and friends. Kirusa’s solutions include the hugely successful Kirusa Voice SMS service, the world’s most advanced Voice SMS solution, used by over 30 carriers around the world. Kirusa has pioneered a suite of social media applications that facilitate mobile subscribers to interact through voice, including the Call-n-Tweet application which helps users update their Twitter status using voice. Kirusa provides an open platform with APIs to enable third parties to offer mobile applications services to mobile subscribers. Used by mobile subscribers millions of times daily, Kirusa solutions are built on its patented and patent pending technology and its highly reliable and scalable open multimodal platform. Kirusa has been recognized as one of top 100 technology companies by Silicon India, and one of top 25 emerging technology companies by Smart Techie magazine. Headquartered in New Jersey and led by an experienced team of wireless telecom executives and technologists, Kirusa has offices in three continents. ‘Kirusa Voice SMS,’ is a trademark of Kirusa, Inc.

For more information visit: www.kirusa.com.

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