Patent Document ID: 8189748
Application ID: 11771715

Base Claim:
1. A method for sending a Short Voice Message (SVM), the method comprising: initiating, by a transmitting device, an SVM service function and recording an SVM; sending, by a communication network, a call setup message as a normal voice call to a receiving device, at a request of the transmitting device; decoding, by the receiving device, the received call setup message and recognizing, during a call setup, that the call setup message indicates an upcoming transmission of the SVM; setting, by the receiving device, parameters for recording the SVM and establishing the normal voice call with the transmitting device according to the SVM call setup message; sending, by the transmitting device, the recorded SVM directly to the receiving device through the established normal voice call; and recording and storing, by the receiving device, the received SVM.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recording of the SVM comprises modifying the recorded SVM at a request of a user.