Patent ID: 8345836
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. Computer code embedded in a non-transient computer readable medium and intended to be executed on a communication device connected to a network, the code configured to: generate an outgoing message addressed to a recipient and containing voice media created using the communication device; receive status information indicative of the availability of the recipient on the network; progressively transmit the voice media of the outgoing message, as the voice media is created, when the status information is indicative that the recipient is available on the network; progressively receive an incoming message containing voice media as the voice media is received over the network from the recipient; progressively store the voice media of: (i) the outgoing message as the voice media is created and progressively transmitted; and (ii) the incoming message as the voice media is progressively received over the network; and selectively and progressively render the voice media of the incoming message, for the first time, both: (iii) in near real-time as the time-base media is progressively received over the network; and (iv) out of storage by retrieving the voice media of the message from storage.