Patent ID: 6122271
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
A method of communicating a digital message, when the digital message is present, with a voice signal , comprising the steps of:assigning a priority level to said digital message, said priority level selected from the set consisting of high, medium, and low;digitizing said voice signal to provide a digital voice signal;analyzing said digital voice signal to determine a silence period in said digital voice signal;if said digital message is present, inserting said digital message into said digital voice signal according to said priority level, said priority level of high requiring said message to be inserted immediately, said priority level of medium requiring said message to be inserted upon either the occurrence of said silence period or a predetermined time period, said priority level of low requiring said digital message to be inserted only upon the occurrence of said silence period, said step of inserting providing a composite signal; andtransmitting said composite signal.