Patent ID: 7965824
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for enhancing a voice mail message for playback to a listener, comprising: means for creating the voice mail message for the listener, by a caller using a telephone device, the voice mail message comprising a plurality of message segments; means for identifying, by the caller using the telephone device, at least two of the message segments which are to have background sounds associated therewith; means for selecting, for each of the identified message segments by the caller using the telephone device, a sound to be associated therewith as the background sound, wherein the sounds selected as the background sound for at least two of the message segments are different sounds; and means for playing back, responsive to a request from the listener for playback of the voice mail message, at least two of the identified message segments for which a sound was selected to be associated therewith as the background sound, while concurrently playing back the sound selected as the background sound for each of the played-backed identified message segments, and wherein the sounds selected as the background sound for at least two of the played-back identified message segments are different sounds, such that the background sound played back for the voice mail message changes at least once during the playback.