Patent ID: 9462131
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A voice messaging method, comprising: initiating, by a converged messaging client at a sender side, a session invitation, and having a media negotiation with a converged messaging server; sending, by the converged messaging client at the sender side, voice data to the converged messaging server according to a result of the media negotiation; encapsulating, by the converged messaging server, the received voice data into a voice message, and storing the voice message in a message storage server; and acquiring, by a converged messaging client at a receiver side, the voice message from the message storage server, wherein the session invitation carries information on a voice message receiver and indicates this session is for voice messaging, wherein the session invitation is initiated through a Session Invitation Protocol (SIP) INVITE request, wherein a Request-Uniform Resource Identifier (Request-URI) of the SIP INVITE request is set to contain the information on the voice message receiver, wherein a Feature Tag which indicates that this session is for voice messaging is added in an Accept-Contact Header Field of the SIP INVITE request, wherein the converged messaging server encapsulates the received voice data through Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME), wherein the converged messaging server stores the encapsulated voice message in the message storage server through an APPEND instruction of Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP); and wherein the converged messaging client at the receiver side acquires the voice message from the message storage server by means of a FETCH instruction of the IMAP.