Patent ID: 7558561
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating a story mail between communications devices that extends voice mail, the system comprising: a story mail transmitting device for transmitting a story mail that is associated with synchronization information, wherein said synchronization information is generated based on user specified correlation information that describes a correlation for presenting said story mail, said story mail including correlated visual media with continuous audio data; a story mail receiving device that uses said synchronization information to present said visual media and said continuous audio data associated with said story mail, said story mail receiving device comprising: a voice application for receiving continuous audio data at said story mail receiving device; a data application for receiving visual media at said story mail receiving device; and a synchronizer for using synchronization information that was generated based on user specified correlation information that describes a correlation for presenting said visual media with said continuous audio data; wherein at least one of said story mail transmitting device and said story mail receiving device is handheld; and wherein the presentation of said visual media results in the presentation of more than one visual representation.