Patent ID: 8804922

Claim:
A voice communications method comprising: a first electronic device making a phone call to a second electronic device; when the second electronic device fails to respond to the first electronic device after a predetermined time length, the second electronic device issuing an incoming call notification to a third electronic device; the third electronic device sending a response to the second electronic device after receiving the incoming call notification; the second electronic device answering the phone call from the first electronic device after receiving the response from the third electronic device; the first electronic device sending voice to the second electronic device; recording the voice sent from the first electronic device to the second electronic device to generate first recorded voice; encoding the first recorded voice to generate first encoded voice; and the second electronic device transferring the first encoded voice to the third electronic device; after the third electronic device receives the first encoded voice, the third electronic device decoding the first encoded voice to generate first decoded voice; playing the first decoded voice; recording voice received from a microphone of the third electronic device to generate second recorded voice; encoding the second recorded voice to generate second encoded voice; and the third electronic device transferring the second encoded voice to the second electronic device.