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Patent USRE42476 - Instant video- and voicemail messaging method and means - Google Patents
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...http://www.google.com/patents/USRE42476?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent USRE42476 - Instant video- and voicemail messaging method and means
Publication number USRE42476 E1
Application number US 12/109,770
PCT number PCT/FI2001/000732
Also published as CN1468495A, CN100342736C, DE01958126T1, DE60138031D1, DE60139076D1, EP1321001A1, EP1321001B1, EP1321002A1, EP1321002B1, EP2059010A2, EP2059010A3, EP2059010B1, US7113767, US7218919, US8086222, US8406746, US8611863, US20040005877, US20040014456, US20070190987, US20110294469, US20120066327, US20140105107, WO2002017650A1, WO2002017658A1
Publication number 109770, 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, USRE42476E1
Inventors Mikko Kalervo Vaananen
Original Assignee Dot Assets No. 14 Llc
Patent Citations (54), Non-Patent Citations (54), Referenced by (3), Classifications (40), Legal Events (4)
US RE42476 E1
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
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;
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;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Väänänen” MESSAGE “The message of Vilma Väänänen was brought to you by OPERATOR.”
forming a communications connection to at least one server,
recording at least one voice/video message to at least one server via at least one established communications connection,
transferring at least one contact directory of at least one recipient to at least one server,
disconnecting the connection to at least one server,
at least one server relays the message to at least one recipient terminal via telephony network or the Internet.
A video- and/or voicemail messaging method, comprising at least one subscriber terminal and at least one server, in accordance with the invention is characterised by the steps of,
transferring at least one said message and at least one said contact directory to a Store and Forward Server Network (SFSN),
at least one server in the SFSN or the original server relays at least one message to at least one recipient terminal device through the Internet or the telephony network,
A video- and/or voicemail messaging server, comprising at least one media player and/or a DSP and at least one data storage means and communications connections in and out of the telephony network, SFSN and/or the Internet in accordance with the invention is characterised in that,
a recording is arranged to be made to the media player and/or DSP through an established communications connection from a subscriber terminal,
a capture of recipient contact information and/or other message attributes from the subscriber terminal is arranged on the server, and the contact information is arranged to be stored to the storage means,
at least one media player and/or DSP is arranged to store the recording to a data file,
at least one data file is arranged to be stored on the data storage means,
A video- and/or voicemail messaging subscriber terminal in accordance with the invention is characterised in that,
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.
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 Väänänen.” MESSAGE “This completed the message of Vilma Väänänen.” In some preferable embodiments the sender is displayed on the recipient terminal screen.
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 Väänänen.” MESSAGE “This completed the message of Vilma Väänänen.” 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.
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 Jävenpää” MESSAGE “This completed the message of Jero Jävenpää.” 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.
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U.S. Classification 455/412.1, 455/466, 379/88.26, 379/88.13, 455/413
International Classification H04M11/10, H04M11/00, H04W4/12, H04L12/58, H04W48/08, H04M3/42, H04M3/50, H04W8/26, H04M3/53, H04M3/533, H04M1/253, H04W76/02, H04M1/725
Cooperative Classification H04W4/24, H04M1/274516, H04L51/066, H04M15/59, H04M2201/60, H04W76/02, H04M3/53, H04L51/04, H04W48/08, H04M3/5315, H04M1/2535, H04L51/14, H04W4/12, H04M3/42382, H04M1/72558, H04W8/26, H04M1/72547
European Classification H04L12/58G, H04M1/725F1M, H04M3/42T, H04M1/2745C, H04L51/14
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