Patent ID: 8532624
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for storing multimedia messages in order to facilitate contextual communications, comprising the steps of: (a) encoding a tag with a unique identifier, wherein said unique identifier is capable of being read by a mobile device; (b) receiving, at a registry server, said unique identifier from said mobile device; (c) accessing meta data associated with said tag from said registry server using said unique identifier; (d) sending said meta data associated with said tag from said registry server to said mobile device, thereby allowing a user to record, using said mobile device, a message associated with said unique identifier; and (e) storing said message onto a media server; wherein said tag is capable of being affixed to a physical, real-world object and thus allowing said message to be retrieved from said media server with said physical, real-world object in a time-shifted and space-shifted manner from when and where said message was recorded.