Patent ID: 8438296
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for outputting prerecorded communications comprising: a central server comprising: a database maintaining one or more user profiles, a plurality of event data prerecorded from one or more real-time, text-based group communication services, the event data including a plurality of events and a plurality of timing characteristics associated with the events; and a first processing device comprising a playback module adapted to receive a plurality of playback instructions, to retrieve portions of the event data from the database according to the playback instructions, and to output the events from the retrieved portions of the event data according to the timing characteristics associated with the events, wherein the playback module outputs the events according to a first communication protocol; and an agent server comprising a second processing device adapted to deploy a playback agent, the playback agent adapted to receive a selected one of the user profiles and an identification of a target group communication service, to register with the target group communication service using the received user profile, to monitor a plurality of original communications content exchanged by a plurality of users in the target group communication service, to detect a trigger in the plurality of original communications content, to automatically retrieve the pre-recorded event data in response to detecting the trigger, and automatically insert the pre-recorded event data into the target group communication service in response to detecting the trigger while maintaining the plurality of original communications content, and to playback the pre-recorded event data in the target group communication service, the target group communication service enabling a plurality of users to communicate in real-time, wherein the play back agent is adapted to translate the received events into a native communication protocol of the target group communication service, and to submit the translated events to the target groups communication service.