Social networking-based teleconferencing system and method
AssigneeTawlk, Inc.
InventorsThomas Scriven, Anthony Fischler
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system and method for creating and posting voice messages via a social networking service. A social networking service includes a website for receiving a voice message, post the voice message to the social networking service by storing the voice message as an audio file to a server, and transmit the post to a mobile device each associated with a follower of the social networking service. A client application running on each mobile device receives a notification of the post from the social networking service, and includes a control interface to enable an associated follower to access the voice message.
Claims11
A system hosting a social networking service for providing a voice communication feature, the system comprising:
- a webpage of the social networking service, the webpage configured for receiving a voice message from a user of the social networking service, and for configuring the voice message for transmission from the social networking service to a mobile device associated with each of one or more followers of the user via a communication network, the configuring including posting the voice message from the user as an audio file to the social networking service and generating a graphical representation of the audio file for the transmission, the graphical representation being configured to allow access the audio file;
- and
- a client application configured to run on the mobile device associated with each of the one or more followers, the client application being configured for receiving the transmission of the graphical representation of the audio file from the social networking service via the communication network, displaying the graphical representation of the audio file, and, upon selection of the graphical representation of the audio file by a follower of the one or more followers, accessing and playing the audio file to deliver the voice message to each mobile device.
A system comprising:
- a webpage configured for receiving a voice message from a user of the webpage, and for configuring the voice message for transmission from the webpage to a mobile device associated with each of one or more followers of the user via a communication network, the configuring including posting the voice message from the user as an audio file to the webpage and generating a graphical representation of the audio file for the transmission, the graphical representation being configured to allow access the audio file;
- and
- a client application configured to run on the mobile device associated with each of the one or more followers, the client application being configured for receiving the transmission of the graphical representation of the audio file from the social networking service via the communication network, displaying the graphical representation of the audio file, and, upon selection of the graphical representation of the audio file by a follower of the one or more followers, accessing and playing the audio file to deliver the voice message to each mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.