Patent ID: 8620654
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G10L,G11B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for a unified messaging system (UMS) running on one or more network nodes comprising: creating a Multi-Layered Voicemail (MLVM) message in a UMS mailbox of a recipient, the MLVM message being left by a caller from an endpoint, the MLVM message including an audio layer comprising audio data corresponding to speech of the caller, a text layer comprising text data generated from a translation of the audio data, and a mapping layer that maps each word in the text layer to a corresponding segment of audio data in the audio layer; receiving input from a graphical user interface (GUI) running on the endpoint, the input comprising edits made by the caller via the GUI to one or more words of the text layer; changing one or more segments of audio data in the audio layer in correspondence with the edits to the one or more words of the text layer, wherein the changing comprises: storing the MLVM message with the changed one or more segments of audio data in the UMS mailbox of the recipient.