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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 20001838', 'application No. 01', 'application No. 01', 'application No. 01', 'application No. 01', 'application No. 01', 'application No. 01', 'application No. 01', 'application No. 01816921']

Patent USRE42476 - Instant video- and voicemail messaging method and means - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsThe invention relates to the field of instant messaging. More specifically the invention relates to a server centric method and unit for instant voice and video mail messaging. Even more particularly the invention relates to voicemail messaging with mobile terminals. The inventive methods and units under...http://www.google.com/patents/USRE42476?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent USRE42476 - Instant video- and voicemail messaging method and meansAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUSRE42476 E1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/109,770PCT numberPCT/FI2001/000732Publication dateJun 21, 2011Filing dateAug 20, 2001Priority dateAug 21, 2000Fee statusPaidAlso published asCN1468495A, CN100342736C, DE01958126T1, DE60138031D1, DE60139076D1, EP1321001A1, EP1321001B1, EP1321002A1, EP1321002B1, EP2059010A2, EP2059010A3, US7113767, US7218919, US8086222, US8406746, US8611863, US20040005877, US20040014456, US20070190987, US20110294469, US20120066327, US20140105107, WO2002017650A1, WO2002017658A1Publication number109770, 12109770, PCT/2001/732, PCT/FI/1/000732, PCT/FI/1/00732, PCT/FI/2001/000732, PCT/FI/2001/00732, PCT/FI1/000732, PCT/FI1/00732, PCT/FI1000732, PCT/FI100732, PCT/FI2001/000732, PCT/FI2001/00732, PCT/FI2001000732, PCT/FI200100732, US RE42476 E1, US RE42476E1, US-E1-RE42476, USRE42476 E1, USRE42476E1InventorsMikko Kalervo VaananenOriginal AssigneeDot Assets No. 14 LlcExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (54), Non-Patent Citations (54), Referenced by (2), Classifications (43), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetInstant video- and voicemail messaging method and meansUS RE42476 E1Abstract The invention relates to the field of instant messaging. More specifically the invention relates to a server centric method and unit for instant voice and video mail messaging. Even more particularly the invention relates to voicemail messaging with mobile terminals. The inventive methods and units under study allow faster voice messaging and enable similar, but not identical audio/video message �ping ball�. The sending of voicemail in accordance with the invention is instantaneous and involves no different telephone numbers for the sender to remember. The reception of messages is always instantaneous, provided the recipient is available, and only if not available, may the delivery of the messages be delayed.
transferring at least one said data file message and at least one said contact directory to a Store and Forward Server Network (SFSN); and at least one server in the SFSN or said server relaying said at least one data file message to at least one recipient terminal device through the Internet or a telephony network.
12. A video- and/or voicemail messaging mobile subscriber terminal, wherein:for a user of the mobile subscriber terminal is arranged with the possibility to select configured to receive a selection of at least one recipient from the mobile subscriber terminal;
at least one packet switched wireless communications connection is arranged to be formed to a server upon selection of said at least one recipient;, recipient contact information is arranged to be sent wirelessly via said packet switched wireless communications connection to the server; the terminal is arranged to relay at least one video and/or audio signal to the server for recording to a data file via said at least one packet switched wireless connection; and
20. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least one subscriber terminal and at least one server form a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
21. A mobile messaging method comprising:
receiving, at a server, at least one contact directory corresponding to a selected message recipient, wherein the at least one contact directory is received from a mobile subscriber terminal via a packet switched wireless communications connection between the server and the mobile subscriber terminal; recording at least one voice/video message to at least one data file, wherein the at least one voice/video message is received from the mobile subscriber terminal; disconnecting the packet switched wireless connection; and communicating the data file to one of a telephony network or an Internet to be relayed to at least one recipient terminal associated with the at least one contact directory. 22. A mobile messaging method comprising:
receiving, at a server, at least one contact directory corresponding to a selected message recipient, wherein the at least one contact directory is received from a mobile subscriber terminal via at least one packet switched wireless communications connection between the server and the mobile subscriber terminal; recording at least one voice/video message to at least one data file on said server, wherein the at least one voice/video message is received from the mobile subscriber terminal via said at least one packet switched wireless communications connection; and communicating the at least one data file to a Store and Forward Server Network (SFSN) for relaying of said at least one data file to at least one recipient terminal device associated with the at least one contact directory. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein undelivered messages are stored at the SFSN, and any one of attempts to resend said at least one data file to said selected message recipient or attempts to resend to alternative contact directories of said selected message recipient are made.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein undelivered messages are stored at the SFSN for a given time, after which they are deleted.
25. The method of claim 21, wherein said at least one contact directory is any one of a telephone number, ISDN number, URL-address, email, or an IP-address, and wherein recipient contact information in the recipient contact directory is readily and transparently converted from one directory to the next in accordance with message delivery requirements.
26. The method of claim 21, wherein billing for message delivery is realized during any one of before, in between or after any of the steps, and is any one of fixed price, cost per connection minute, or cost per transmitted bit based.
27. The method of claim 21, wherein during, before, in between or after any of the steps, at least one of a sender or the selected message recipient may reply, save or forward messages.
28. The method of claim 22, wherein communications connections used between said mobile subscriber terminal and the SFSN are any one of dial connections, data connections or packet switched connections, compliant with: SS7-, GSM-, H323-, HTTP-, GSM-data, IP-RAN-, UMTS-, WAP-, Teldesic-, Inmarsat-, Iridium-, GPRS-, CDMA-data-, WCDMA-data-, SMS-, MMS-, USSD-, email-LAN-, TCP/IP-, UDP-, POTS-, NDC-, PDC-, imode-, Globalstar-or WLAN-connections.
29. The method of claim 21, wherein the mobile subscriber terminal and the server form a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
30. A messaging server, comprising:
data storage means; and a processor having programmed instructions configured to: establish communications connections with at least one of a telephony network, a store and forward server network (SFSN), and an Internet, wherein a recording is arranged to be made to at least one of a media player or a digital signal processor (DSP) through an established packet switched communications connection from a mobile subscriber terminal; receive recipient contact information from the mobile subscriber terminal; store at least one data file on the data storage means, wherein the at least one data file corresponds to a message received from the mobile subscriber terminal; communicate the at least one data file to a server in the SFSN for relay to at least one recipient associated with the recipient contact information. 31. The messaging server of claim 30, wherein said data storage means is a database associated with a data management utility.
32. A messaging mobile subscriber terminal comprising:
an input interface configured to receive a selection of at least one recipient; a communication interface configured to communicate using at least one packet switched wireless communications connection upon selection of the at least one recipient, wherein recipient contact information is sent wirelessly via the packet switched wireless communications connection to a server, wherein the terminal is arranged to relay at least one video signal or audio signal to the server for recording to a data file via said at least one packet switched wireless communications connection; and programmed instructions to disconnect the packet switched wireless communication connection upon a dedicated action or upon the fulfillment of dedicated criteria. 33. The messaging mobile subscriber terminal of claim 32, wherein the mobile subscriber terminal is any one of a PC, PDA-mobile station or a Apple Macintosh computer with a wireless communication connection compliant with at least one of the following: SS7-, GSM-, H323-, HTTP-, GSM-data, IP-RAN-, UMTS-, WAP-, Teldesic-, Inmarsat-, Iridium-, GPRS-, CDMA-data, WCDMA-data, SMS-, MMS-, USSD-, email-LAN-, TCP/IP-, UDP-, POTS-, PDC-, NDC-, imode-, Globalstar-or WLAN-connections.
34. The method of claim 21, wherein undelivered messages are stored at a store and forward server network (SFSN) and wherein any one of attempts to resend at least one message to the selected message recipient or attempts to resend to alternative contact directories of the selected message recipient are made.
35. The method of claim 21, wherein undelivered messages are stored at a store and forward server network (SFSN) for a given time, after which they are deleted.
36. The method of claim 22, wherein the at least one contact directory is any one of a telephone number, ISDN number, URL-address, email, or IP-address, and wherein the at least one contact directory is readily and transparently converted from one directory to the next in accordance with message delivery requirements.
37. The method of claim 22, wherein billing for message delivery is realized during any one of before, in between or after any of the steps, and is fixed price, cost per connection minute, or cost per transmitted bit based.
38. The method of claim 22, wherein during, before, in between or after any of the steps, any one of a sender or the selected message recipient may reply, save or forward messages.
39. The method of claim 22, wherein communications connections used between the mobile subscriber terminal, the server, and the SFSN are any one of dial connections, data connections or packet switched connections, compliant with any one of: SS7-, GSM-, H323, HTTP-, GSM-data, IP-RAN-, UMTS-, WAP-, Teldesic-, Inmarsat-, Iridium-, GPRS-, CDMA-data-, WCDMA-data-, SMS-, MMS-, USSD-, email-LAN-, TCP/IP-, UDP-, POTS-, NDC-, PDC-, imode-, Globalstar-or WLAN-connections.
40. The method of claim 22, wherein the mobile subscriber terminal and the server form a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
This application is a Reissue application of U.S. Ser. No. 10/344,994, filed Jul. 10, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,113,767, granted Sep. 26, 2006, which claims priority to Finland Patent Application No. 20001838, filed Aug. 21, 2000.
PRIORITY REQUEST DATA A previous patent application describes an invention with same goals and essence in patent application FI20001838 with server independent embodiments, where servers are used only as a backup, which is here taken as reference and priority of which is requested.
FIELD OF INVENTION The invention relates to the field of instant messaging. More specifically the invention relates to a server centric method and means for instant voice and video mail messaging. Even more particularly the invention relates voice-mail messaging with mobile terminals.
BACKGROUND For further prior art to this invention, we wish to submit WO 01/54387 A1, Nguyen. This document discloses a method where: �A unique telephone number and extension are associated with each (1) one of a plurality of subscribers (105). The telephone number is also associated with a remote access point of presence (RAPP) (120). Messages are left for subscribers by establishing a phone call to the phone number associated therewith. The phone call is received at a RAPP (120). The RAPP (120) receives the voice message, digitises and pocketsize the voice message, and transmits the message over a packet network (130) to a store and forward messaging system (125). The store and forward messaging system stores the message for retrieval. The message can be retrieved by either telephone, a client computer, or a private branch exchange terminal (110).� This document is cited here as reference.
SUMMARY The method under study is far faster and enables similar, but not identical audio/video message �ping ball� as described in the priority document. The sending of voicemail in accordance with the invention is instantaneous and involves no different telephone numbers for the sender to remember. The reception of messages is always instantaneous, provided the recipient is available, and only if not available, may the delivery of the messages be delayed.
The aforementioned advantages are best realised with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in which the user has a software application running on his subscriber terminal. The user chooses a recipient for a voice- or video mail from the contacts book of the terminal by pressing a button. The terminal forms a data connection to a server or dials a telephone connection to a server, which typically has a low latency i.e. the connection to the server is formed fast. The subscriber terminal sends the contact information of the recipient to the server. The subscriber terminal, the server or both indicate to the user that the recording of the message is begun or may be started. The recording is displayed and/or dictated down to phone line to the server or through a packet switched connection to the server. The server stores the recording typically in MP3-, WAV- or RealSystem Secure, u-law, A-law, PCM or ADPCM or the like format to a database. There is typically a DSP circuit that digitises the recording to a data file. Alternatively tape recording may be used. The server inspects the phone number, IP address or other contact directory of the recipient, and routes the message file, or a copy of it, to a server in close proximity in the SFSN (Store and Forward Server Network). This server, or alternatively the original server, then establishes a communication connection to the recipient(s). The connection is typically established by a phone call to the recipient, and when the recipient answers the message is played to the recipient. Prefixes and postfixes may be attached to the message such as: �Message of Ms. Vilma V��n�nen� MESSAGE �The message of Vilma V��n�nen was brought to you by OPERATOR.�
the user is arranged with the possibility to select at least one recipient, at least one communications connection is arranged to be formed to the sewer upon selection of at least one recipient, the recipient contact information is arranged to be sent to the server, the terminal is arranged to relay at least one video and/or audio signal to the server, the communication connection is arranged to be disconnected upon a dedicated action or upon the fulfilment of dedicated criteria. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the following the invention will be described in greater detail with reference to exemplary embodiments in accordance with the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. 1 demonstrates the principal method 10 of the invention as a flow diagram. FIG. 2 demonstrates a more scalable messaging method 20 in accordance with the invention. FIG. 3 demonstrates a method applicable to circuit switched networks in accordance with the invention. FIG. 4 demonstrates a subscriber terminal 40 in accordance with the invention. FIG. 5 demonstrates a network server 50 in accordance with the invention. FIG. 6 demonstrates a scalable messaging architecture 60 in accordance with the invention. FIG. 7 displays typical screenshots of an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS In phase 110 of FIG. 1 the message recipient is chosen. The recipient may be chosen by labeling the recipient with a pointer from the �contacts� file of the terminal device, the recipient may be chosen by speech recognition, a dedicated keyboard accelerator, hot key, dedicated key or any combinations or permutations of these in some embodiments. Several recipients or a group may also be selected in some embodiments. A simple press of a button may also be used to select at least one recipient. The terminal device is typically a computer, palmtop, laptop, or a mobile station, mobile phone, pager or any wired or wireless information device. In some embodiments the terminal features Windows-, Windows NT-, Epoc-, Windows CE-, Unix-, Linux-, OS/2, Symbian, Epoc, PalmOS, Pocket PC, GEOS, MS-Stinger and/or Sybase or the like operating system or software.
In phase 160 the server relays the message to the recipient(s) through the Internet or the telephony network. If the recipient terminal is capable of receiving the data file, which means typically having a packet switched access to the recipient device, the message may be sent with an packet switched connection, like IP, through the Internet, or through some other closed network. If the receiving terminal is a circuit switched device, for instance a telephone of any kind, the server may call the number and once answered by a recipient or a voicemail box plays the message as playback down the phone line. In some embodiments of the invention, a special prefix and postfix may be stored to the server, which in some embodiments are associated and recognized on the basis of the sender's directory information, the SIM or the mobile station memory, and is played prior to the recording in the data file or after it. The prefix and/or postfix could play for instance: �In the following you will hear a message from Ms. Vilma V��n�nen.� MESSAGE �This completed the message of Vilma V��n�nen.� In some preferable embodiments the sender is displayed on the recipient terminal screen.
In FIG. 3 the method 30 shows an inventive audio/video messaging method which is most applicable to circuit switched communications, i.e. cellular e.g. GSM or CDMA or fixed line e.g. POTS (Pain Old Telephone Service). In phase 310 at least one recipient or a group are selected from the telephone or mobile station memory. The recipient may be chosen by labeling the recipient with a pointer from the �contacts� file of the terminal device, the recipient may be chosen by speech recognition, a dedicated keyboard accelerator, hot key, dedicated key or any combinations or permutations of these in some embodiments. Several recipients or a group may also be selected in some embodiments. A simple press of a button may also be used to select at least one recipient.
In some preferable embodiments the mobile station features SIM Application Toolkit (SAT), Java Virtual Machine or Wireless Telephony Application Interface support WTAI. A special menu e.g. �Voice Messages�, or �Instant Voice Messages� or �Uni-directional phone call� menu may be realised in accordance with the invention. The recipient may be selected from this menu, typically on the SIM and/or mobile station memory with the aforementioned methods.
In phase 360 the server examines the message delivery requests. If it is determinable that the recipient is near the server, from the telephone number, country or area eode, VLR (Visitor Location Register), HLR (Home Location Register) or any other source, the server may proceed to phase 371. If the server concludes that reaching the recipient is not feasible or justified according to set criteria, it will proceed to phase 370. Other logical reasons apart from narity, for example cost of terminating connection may determine whether to proceed to 370 or 371, or neither. In extreme circumstances, if the delivery of the message is impossible, the server may delete the message and send a notification to the recipient, for example by SMS or email.
Assume the server proceeded to 371. In this phase the original server calls the numbers of the recipients and once answered by a recipient or a voicemail box plays the message as playback down the phone line. In some embodiments of the invention, a special prefix and postfix may be stored to the server, which in some embodiments are associated and recognized on the basis of the sender's directory information, the SIM or the mobile station memory, and is played prior to the recording in the data file or after it. The prefix and/or postfix could play for instance: �In the following you will hear a message from Ms Vilma V��n�nen.� MESSAGE �This completed the message of Vilma V��n�nen.� In some preferable embodiments the sender is displayed on the recipient terminal screen. In some embodiments, the caller ID, the name of the sender or the like is displayed by the Caller ID property of the network, or by a SMS, OTA (Over the Air) or WAP-flash, or SMS broadcast message.
During, in between or after any of the phases of methods 10, 20, 30, directory lookup may be executed in some preferable embodiments. The telephone number of the recipient is converted to an IP-address in one preferable embodiment. A prior art solution to directory lookup and conversion is presented in my patent application �Telenetwork directory template�, FI19992774, which is taken here as reference. Directory lookup is here established as the interchange retrieval and/or comparison of any directory information such as email-, IP-address, URL, ISDN number, MSISDN, phone number or the like to another corresponding email-, IP-address, URL, ISDN number, phone number or the like directory from the network, network server and/or terminal in order to deliver the message to a directory. Especially in cases where the IP-address of the recipient is a dynamic one, the directory lookup is an advantageous feature. In some embodiments where the recipient has a static IP address, the IP-address need not be looked up separately every time. In some preferable embodiments IP-addresses of recipients are stored on the subscriber terminal. In some embodiments only static IP-addresses of recipients are stored.
The server typically features several incoming sockets for incoming packet switched connections and incoming dial in ports for incoming telephone calls, and features also the outgoing ports and sockets for both connections. In addition the server typically features also a media player and a media recorder both of which may be integrated in some embodiments, alternatively tape recording and/or reproduction may also be used. The server typically also comprises a database and a database management system (DBMS). The recorded media files are stored in the database. The DBMS or any other associated data management logic then directs the files to the media player, provided the server decides to relay the message to the recipient directly, or the DBMS transfers the files to other servers in the SFSN, so that another server in the SFSN may deliver it to a recipient. The database can be any database or data management utility, for example Oracle, Solid, TimesTen, Clustra, Informix, Sybase, IBM D2,or any other database or data management system.
FIG. 4 shows an exemplary embodiment of a subscriber terminal in accordance with the invention. In FIG. 4 the user interface 400 of a preferable subscriber terminal is illustrated. The user interface 400 is typically a PDA and/or a mobile stations front- or backend, or a virtual telephone on a PC screen. In one preferable embodiment, once the VSMS, or any other button or a combination of buttons is pressed, a recording is begun, and the message may be transmitted in accordance with the inventive methods 10, 20 and/or 30. The release of the VSMS button, or any other button or their combination may finish the recording and send the message in accordance with the invention. In some embodiments the buttons may be pressed physically or with a mouse pointer from a screen. In some embodiments separate dedicated keys, combinations of keys, shortcut keys, keyboard accelerators or the like are used to record and deliver messages. In some embodiments, dedicated keys, combinations of keys, shortcut keys, voice recognition keyboard accelerators or the like are used to record and deliver messages specifically to recipients to whom the dedicated keys, combinations of keys, shortcut keys, vocal sound, keyboard accelerators are dedicated to. For example, in one embodiment the button �9� or Ctrl+M could be used to record and deliver the message e.g. to the �M� other of the sender, i.e. mother of the sender. Naturally any other logical relationship between the hot key and the recipient is possible.
In some embodiments of the invention, a special prefix and postfix may be stored on the network messaging server, the SIM or the mobile station memory, is played prior and after the recording in the data file to the recipient, respectively. The prefix and/or postfix can be provided by the messaging server, or they can be recorded to the messaging server by the user from the mobile station. The prefix and/or postfix could play for instance: �In the following you will hear a message from Mr. Jero J�venp�� MESSAGE �This completed the message of Jero J�venp��.� The fact that the message was received could be detected in various ways in accordance with the invention. When the recipient or the voicemail box answers or hangs up, a DTMF tone or a USSD signal may be transmitted by the recipient and detected by the server or the network which may be used to notify the sender or the network that the message was delivered, e.g. with an SMS message of a flash message on the screen. Alternatively the recipient could be asked to press a button or perform a dedicated action in order to signal that the message was indeed received and/or understood. If one or some of the recipients are unavailable, the message may be kept in memory and several other attempts to send the message may be taken. In some embodiments it is possible to set expiration conditions for the message, such as time, demands on memory by other functions, or various other conditions. In some embodiments the SIM, the mobile station, and the messaging server may execute the methods 10, 20, 30 or any permutation of these together, by for example the SIM performing the recipient selection and commands for forming or dialling connection, and the network server by providing a media player.
The servers 610, 620, and the subscriber terminals 650, 651, 652, 653 may feature transcoders, which may modify the message format from one to the next. For example a message left with a normal phone call could be transeoded into an MMS message. Transcoding between any communication protocols, such as SS7-, GSM-, H323-, HTTP-, GSM-data, IP-RAN-, UMTS-, WAP-, Teldesic, Inmarsat-, Iridium-, GPRS-, CDMA-data-, WCDMA-data-, HTTP-, H323-, SMS, MMS-, USSD-, email-LAN-, TCP/IP-, UDP-, POTS-, NDC-, PDC-, imode-, Globalstar- and/or WLAN-, or file formats, such as MP3, WAV, RealSystem Secure or the like is in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 7 displays typical screenshots of an exemplary embodiment of the invention where the subscriber terminal is a mobile station, typically a GSM-CDMA- and/or a WAP mobile station. The main menu item 710 displays �Voice Messages�, and is in the main menu of SIM or mobile station operating system software in some embodiments. The main menu item 710 could bear any name e.g. �Instant Voice Message� in accordance with the invention. By choosing 711 �send� the user is directed to the names and telephone numbers directory of the mobile station, which may be stored on the SIM, mobile station memory or network. Once in the directory the user may send a voice message to a recipient, several recipients or a group of recipients by selecting the recipients from the names directory with a dedicated action. Alternatively the user may enter at least one telephone number or other contact directory directly to the mobile station at any stage.
By choosing 712 �options� the user is directed to the Options menu 720. In this menu, the user may record prefixes and postfixes, or alter Send options or Receive options. Send options and receive options may feature saving messages at any stage of methods 10, 20 and/or 30, or preferences concerning alternative routings to alternative directories, such as email addresses, IP addresses or the like.
The invention has been explained above with reference to the aforementioned embodiments and several commercial and industrial advantages have been demonstrated. The inventive methods and means under study allow faster voice messaging and enable similar, but not identical audio/video message �ping ball� as described in the priority document. The sending of voicemail in accordance with the invention is instantaneous and involves no different telephone numbers for the sender to remember. The reception of messages is always instantaneous, provided the recipient is available, and only if not available, may the delivery of the messages be delayed.
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